The count
Provisional results as the IEC reports them. IEC report
Voting districts in
89%
21,193 of 23,696
Councils declared
157
of 213
Hung councils
102
of 157 declared
Majority councils
55
of 157 declared
Registered voters
29.2m
29,230,808
Last IEC update
17:30
Fri 6 Nov
Councils are hung when no party holds more than half the seats. Only declared councils are classified.
National vote
As ofShare of valid votes counted so far, ward and PR ballots combined, as the IEC reports it. This is the raw count; the projection adjusts for provinces that are counting more slowly.
| Party | Share | Votes | Seats so far | Maj.Majorities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANCAfrican National Congress | 31.66% | 2,421 | 37 | |
| DADemocratic Alliance | 24.10% | 1,035 | 11 | |
| MKPuMkhonto weSizwe Party | 9.41% | 526 | 3 | |
| EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters | 6.24% | 278 | 0 | |
| ActionSAActionSA | 5.07% | 86 | 0 | |
| IFPInkatha Freedom Party | 5.01% | 357 | 3 | |
| VF PlusFreedom Front Plus (VF Plus) | 3.02% | 129 | 0 | |
| SACPSouth African Communist Party | 2.46% | 151 | 0 | |
| PAPatriotic Alliance | 2.01% | 154 | 0 | |
| ATMAfrican Transformation Movement | 1.00% | 37 | 0 | |
| SDPService Delivery Party | 0.50% | 20 | 0 | |
| IndependentsIndependent candidates | 0.48% | 12 | 0 | |
| RTCRise Tsantsabane Communities | 0.05% | 9 | 1 | |
| OtherAll other parties | 8.68% | 339 | – |
Seats so far: seats awarded in declared councils plus ward seats already won elsewhere (5,628 of 8,825). “Other” is the IEC’s own total for all remaining parties.
By province
As ofVote share in each province (the national file lists the top three parties per province), and the share of voting districts reported.
Eastern Cape
9 hung · 14 majority · 10 counting- ANC 46.3%
- DA 18.1%
- SACP 6.2%
Voting districts reported96%Free State
12 hung · 4 majority · 3 counting- ANC 37.3%
- DA 27.4%
- EFF 8.2%
Voting districts reported98%Gauteng
2 hung · 1 majority · 6 counting- DA 34.6%
- ANC 21.2%
- ActionSA 17.3%
Voting districts reported73%KwaZulu-Natal
25 hung · 8 majority · 11 counting- MKP 33.9%
- IFP 22.4%
- ANC 20.8%
Voting districts reported89%Mpumalanga
8 hung · 2 majority · 7 counting- ANC 44.3%
- MKP 9.7%
- SDP 5.3%
Voting districts reported96%Northern Cape
17 hung · 8 majority · 1 counting- ANC 41.6%
- DA 21.7%
- RTC 1.7%
Voting districts reported100%Limpopo
5 hung · 5 majority · 12 counting- ANC 55.3%
- EFF 10.7%
- DA 7.9%
Voting districts reported85%North West
7 hung · 5 majority · 6 counting- ANC 44.7%
- DA 14.5%
- EFF 12.4%
Voting districts reported87%Western Cape
16 hung · 8 majority · 1 counting- DA 55.0%
- ANC 13.7%
- PA 8.1%
Voting districts reported87%