Chinanews.com, Johannesburg, November 3 (Reporter Wang Xi) The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced on the 2nd that only 12.2 million voters participated in the voting in the local government elections in South Africa this time. This is South Africa since the end of apartheid. , The lowest turnout rate among the six elections.
On the evening of November 1, local time in South Africa, the local government elections in South Africa officially ended in 23,151 polling stations across the country.
Currently, the Independent Electoral Commission is counting the votes, and about 30% of the votes have been counted.
But what is slightly embarrassing is that the voter turnout in this election is far from reaching expectations.
It is reported that there are about 26.2 million registered voters in South Africa, but in fact about 42.6 million people are eligible to vote.
In this election, only 12.2 million people actually participated in the vote, which means that more than 40% chose not to vote.
The Independent Election Commission of South Africa revealed that the record low voter turnout in the election was mainly attributed to a variety of factors, including the pandemic of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
South Africa has just passed the third wave of the peak of the epidemic, and health experts have warned that it is expected that South Africa will face a new peak of the epidemic before the Christmas holiday.
The South African Independent Election Commission also stated that it is expected that on November 9th, the commission will count 90% of the votes, and the results of this South African national local government election will soon follow.
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