Ballot papers found "dumped" in a tent outside the Electoral Commission results centre in Nelson Mandela Bay had already been captured‚ the commission says. Signed ballot papers found in a tent outside the IEC centre in...JUST IN: Signed ballot papers have been found in a tent outside the IEC centre in Nelson Mandela Bay. Police are on their way to investigate. But Crosby Bacela, the IEC regional supervisor, said that was a storage area and the ballot papers had been captured. See the latest results here: http://elections.timeslive.co.za/#/results?year=2016Posted by Times LIVE on Thursday, August 4, 2016The papers were found near a tent at the Eastcape Training Centre in Zwide‚ Port Elizabeth‚ angering the African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters who – by late afternoon – were trailing the Democratic Alliance at the polls. By 6pm‚ the DA had 49.49% of the votes‚ the ANC 39.25% and EFF 4.87%. DA mayoral candidate Athol Trollip said the discovery was “predictable”.“The ANC is panicking‚ it’s the same old movie‚” he said.ANC provincial deputy chairman Sakhumzi Somyo said: “We are surprised because ballot papers are supposed to be kept in a place of safety and secured. Now that we hear stories about the ballot papers that have been found near the counting station is a shock to us. We have asked our team at Nelson Mandela Bay to find out what happened and give us explanation. It will depend on what explanation we get‚ if indeed it needs a follow up we will do so.”EFF regional co-ordinator Zilindile Vena said the police had to be called in if there was any criminal element involved.“We will not play in the hands of the ANC. They are scared of losing the metro and now they are doing this. This is just a scam by the ANC‚ they don’t want to accept the results and now they are creating mayhem‚” Vena said.How did your ward/city vote? Click here for the #ElectionResults:http://bit.ly/2apwZKUElectoral Commission regional supervisor Crosby Bacela confirmed all ballots found in the tent had been captured already.“I was actually being sensitised by [ANC official and former Bay mayor] Mr [Nceba] Faku and I was coming to check this. But now this is what I witnessed. The box was torn while the people were packing it to archive‚” Bacela said.When asked if the discovery of the ballots compromised the Electoral Commission’s credibility‚ Bacela agreed that it should not have been left in an exposed area‚ but said it would not affect results.“I don’t think there is any question about the credibility of the results. Any ballot that is here has been counted‚ they ... fell out of the box when the people were packing them.“...Any ballot paper that has been exposed is regarded as serious‚” he said.Bacela said the ballots would be packed and moved to a warehouse.* An incident of ballot boxes dumped in another area of the city was also investigated by electoral officials‚ who said it was litter‚ as these had been empty and unused...