Four Wards to go, the score is 34-21and the EFF gets muscle

As at 5:15 am on 5 August 2016 with 98.43% of votes counted in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole the ANC has 34 Seats and the DA has 21.

At this moment in time it looks like the EFF will be the Kingmaker – one wonders which of the two other leading parties will be climbing out of a warm EFF bed this morning and grabbing a quick cuddle before heading off to work?

With 5 Wards left to be announced – Wards 2, 37, 43, 47 and 59 – overall support for the DA slipped further to 46.65%, the ANC climbed to 40.99% and the EFF climbed to 5.07%.

The DA has seats in:

Ward 1: Lakeside, Seaview, Theesecombe, Lovemore Heights, Sardinia Bay, Miramar, Providentia, Emerald Hill, Lovemore Park, Schoenmakerskop, Summerstrand
Ward 3: Walmer, Walmer Heights, Central, St Georges, Greenshields Park
Ward 5: Millard Grange, Mount Croix, North End, Central, South End
Ward 6: Broadwood, Charlo, Springfield, Overbaakens, Goldwater, Lorraine, Mangold Park, Walmer Park, Fairview, Fernglen
Ward 7: Schauderville, Holland Park, Ferguson, Steytler, Adcockvale, Newton Park, Kensington, Perridgevale, Parsons Hill, Greenacres, Glenhurd, Mill Park
Ward 8: Kabega Park, Willow Glen, Glenroy Park, Weybridge Park, Brymore, Ben Kamma, Lorraine, Kamma Park, Lorraine Manor
Ward 9: Western Hills, Westering, Tulbach, Linton Grange, Taybank, Framesby, Framesby North, Framesby Extension, Sunridge Park
Ward 10: Gelvandale, Gelvan Park, Springdale, Parkside
Ward 11: Algoa Park, Cradock Place, Korsten, Sidwell
Ward 12: Parsons Vlei, Malabar, Morningside, Cotswold Extension, Cotswold, Francis Evatt Park
Ward 13: Helenvale
Ward 32: West End, Salsoneville, Cleary Park, Hillside, Salt Lake, Bethelsdorp, Windvogel
Ward 34: Bethelsdorp, West End
Ward 35: Chatty, Heath Park, Bethelsdorp
Ward 38: Jacksonville, Kleinskool
Ward 39: Rowallan Park, Van der Stel, Kabega Park, Kunene Park, Hunter’s Retreat, Bertwood Park, Sherwood
Ward 40: Van Stadena, Seaview, St Albans, Greenbushes, Colleen Glen, De Stades, Lakeside, Kuyga, Kragga Kamma, Blue Horizon Bay
Ward 48: Allenridge West, Gerald Smith, Blikkiesdorp, College Hill, Cannon Hill
Ward 49: Rosedale, Mountain View, Thomas Gamble
Ward 51: Levydale, Vanes Estate, Uitenhage NU, Winterhoekpark, Fairbridge Heights, Moselville, Penford, Van Riebeeckhoogte, Scheepershoogte, Valleisig, Fairbridge Heights Extension, Jansenville
Ward 52: Manor Heights, Campher Park, Bothasrus, Despatch Central, Retief, Windsor Park, Heuwelkruin, Asalia Park