Local elections 2026

South Africans vote for 213 municipal councils on 4 November 2026. This tracker reads the Electoral Commission's results files and compares the count with the 2021 local elections, council by council.

Registered voters

more than 2021 ()

Ballots counted

Councils with a majority

hung councils

Count progress

of voting districts

Who leads where

Each council is coloured by the party with the most votes. Pale fills mark hung councils, where no party won a majority of seats and a coalition is needed.

The metros

The eight metros hold of registered voters. Each bar shows seats won by party; the line marks the seats needed for an outright majority.

Kingmaker councils

Hung councils ranked by how close the biggest party came to a majority. The smaller the gap, the more a single small party or independent can decide who governs.

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Swing since 2021

Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa, results.elections.org.za. Figures are the IEC's "overall support", which combines ward and proportional-representation ballots. The FS164 area appears on the map without results. Data fetched .