South Africa: Democratic Alliance Wins Cape Town Vote

24 April 2009
allAfrica.com
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Cape Town — 3h45pm (SA Time): The Democratic Alliance has won the Western Cape province with 50.18 percent (713,661) of the vote according to electoral commission results.

The party's leader Helen Zille and mayor of Cape Town is reportedly in talks to form a coalition with smaller opposition parties. The African National Congress came in second with 31.10 percent (442,340 votes), third was the Congress of the People with 8.83 percent and the Independent Democrats clinched fourth place with 5.13 percent.

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