IEC confirms voting stations are closed and counting has begun, with party agents watching every ballot
The Electoral Commission says ballots are being verified, reconciled and counted in the presence of authorised party agents, but it has released no results, no turnout figure and no timetable for when counts will be declared.
Voting stations have closed and the counting of ballots has begun, the Electoral Commission of South Africa said in a notice posted on its official X account on Wednesday.
The commission said ballots are being verified, reconciled and counted in the presence of authorised party agents. Those three steps, verification, reconciliation and counting, are the sequence the commission set out in the post, without saying how far the process has advanced at any particular voting station.
The notice carried no results, no turnout figure, no breakdown by municipality or province, and no time at which any count is expected to be declared. It also gave no figure for the number of voting stations involved or the number of ballots still to be processed.
The commission’s post was framed as an answer to the question of where the country stands in the results process, and it is the counting that now carries the election forward. Party agents representing contesting parties are present for the process, according to the commission.
Voters who have already cast their ballots have nothing further to do at this stage. The commission has not asked voters to take any action, and its notice contains no instruction to the public beyond the description of the counting process.
The Enquirer has no further detail on declaration times or results beyond what the commission has published.
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