The IEC has released the final results of the 2016 local government elections, which showed that the ANC has experienced the biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of apartheid 22 years ago.

The DA won the majority of votes in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Tshwane, and the economically-important Western Cape province.

“It’s a pretty humbling day for the ANC, which is trying to put a positive spin on things,” Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reported from Pretoria.

The ANC has lost support from people who say their hopes for economic opportunities have not been fulfilled since the end of white-minority rule.

The ANC saw its support countrywide fall to below 60% in this week’s local government elections. It could not reach the 50% support mark in Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Nelson Mandela Bay, or Mogale City.

The biggest benefactors of the ANC’s decline are the DA, and the EFF – which contested the local elections for the first time.

Results from South Africa’s major cities

The 2016 local government elections results showed a big decline in ANC support in South Africa’s major cities, with the DA gaining in popularity.

The charts below show how the support of the two largest parties in South Africa have changed over the last decade.

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Johannesburg

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Cape Town

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Tshwane

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Nelson Mandela Bay