Who deserves your vote for the Fans' Choice category?

Hacjivah Dayimani never trailed. Out of the gate the lead sat near 47%, dipped into the high-30s through a long stable middle stretch, and held there for weeks as Werner Kok and Warrick Gelant traded the runner-up spot. No lead change ever happened over all 51 days.

The real drama came late: the margin ground down to a 36% low around day 47, then surged in the final stretch — 42% on day 49, 46% on day 50, 48% by the close. Dayimani took 47.9% of 12,697 votes, more than Kok and Gelant combined.

• Wire-to-wire lead · Dayimani led every single day, zero lead changes
• Late-poll surge · Margin jumped from 36% to 48% in the final 4 days
• Runner-up swap · Gelant briefly overtook Kok for second around days 12-15
• South Africa dominates · 52 of the top-country sample voted, mostly for Dayimani