By Mikhaila Crowie
And Cindy Witten
23 April 2009
Activity at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) slowed down drastically as media, party agents and election observers started adding finishing touches to their final elections reports.
By 11h30 the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will verify the official 2009 Provincial Election results.
As it stands now, the Democratic Alliance (DA) leads the provincial poll with 586,003 votes, followed by the African National Congress (ANC) with 364, 578. The newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) have secured 91,898 votes tailed by the Independent Democrats who are on 66,199.
This year more than 2,6 million people in the Western Province registered to vote. Chief Electoral Officer for the Western Cape, Courtney Sampson, said that the IEC was satisfied with the voter turnout this year. He added that this has been the most exciting election the country has witnessed since the first democratic election in 1994.
Despite negative reports, the electoral process went off without a hindrance in the Cape. The IEC said there were no reports of intimidation or harassment at voting stations.
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