Early results for South Africa's Nov. 4 municipal election based on 50% of votes released by the country's Independent Electoral Commission showed the left-leaning African National Congress, or ANC, securing 31.7% of ballots nationwide in the Nov. 4 municipal elections, against 26.2% for the center-right Democratic Alliance, or DA. The data also showed 7.9% for the populist uMkhonto weSizwe, 5.8% for the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters and 4.1% for the right-wing ActionSA.