The Democratic Alliance comfortably won the Ward 1 by-election in Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday.
The DA's candidate, Tracy Weise, obtained 4 368 votes which is 92% of the valid votes cast. Altogether, 4 767 votes were cast.
DA MPL Bobby Stevenson described the result as a resounding vote of confidence in Executive Mayor, Athol Trollip, and the DA-led coalition government in the Metro.
The ANC polled only 306 votes and the EFF managed a mere 22 votes -- and this in a ward that includes the Nelson Mandela University.
Stevenson sees the outcome as a clear indication that voters are soundly rejecting the EFF's plan to topple Mayor Trollip through a vote of no confidence on the 6th of April.
