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The race to win Msunduzi Municipality’s Ward 28 has finally come to an end, with the DA coming in victorious after Wednesday’s by-elections.
According to the IEC results as of Thursday morning, the DA’s Renisha Singh won the by-elections by 59.70% with a total of 1 899 votes out of the overall 3 181 valid votes that were cast on Wednesday.
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Coming in at second place is the ANC’s Parusha Chetty with a total of 863 votes. In third place is independent runner, Rajesh Ramnunan, with 213 votes.
In Ward 28, a total of 3 219 votes were cast, and only 38 of these votes were spoilt ballots.
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