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KwaZulu-Natal · municipality · 2026

AbaQulusi

Estimated council seats

Current count

Based on votes counted so far. Unfinished wards and the remaining votes can change these seats.

24 seats needed for a majority in a 47-seat council · One dot = one seat

35.3% of districts reporting · 42 of 119

35.3%
PartyEstimated seats
IFP22
MK15
ANC6
DA2
EFF1
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY1
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How these seats are worked out

Based on combined ward and PR votes counted so far. Only reported ward wins and independent seats are fixed. Unfinished wards and candidate-list limits can change the allocation. This is a calculation using the current count, not a forecast of the final result.

We reserve the IEC’s reported independent ward seats, then divide the combined party votes by the remaining council seats, discard the fraction and add one. Whole quotas receive seats first, followed by the largest remainders. A tied remainder favours the party with more votes; an unresolved tie leaves the estimate unavailable.

A party keeps its reported ward seats. Where those exceed its proportional allocation, we recalculate the remaining seats for the other parties. We assume parties can fill their estimated seats. We do not predict unfinished ward contests, additional independent wins, unopposed-ward adjustments or candidate-list shortages. The remaining districts may vote differently.

Ward seats reported: 0 of 24. The IEC’s complete allocation replaces this estimate when its totals reconcile.

Method: Municipal Structures Act, Schedule 1, items 12, 13 and 16 ↗.

IEC result time: 05 Nov 2026, 21:07 SAST · Source figures ↗

Municipal PR votes

35.3% of districts reporting · 42 of 119

35.3%
LeadingIFP
45.0%

Ahead by 2 016 votes of MK.

Party / candidateShare · votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
45.0%7 395 votes
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
32.8%5 379 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
12.2%2 004 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
4.2%691 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
1.7%276 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
1.6%258 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS
0.9%147 votes
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ACTIONSA
0.3%52 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
0.2%34 votes
LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
0.2%32 votes
GAP FIXERS OF SOUTH AFRICA
0.2%28 votes
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
0.1%23 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.1%20 votes
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY
0.1%20 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS
0.1%19 votes
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE
0.1%11 votes
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM
0.0%8 votes
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION
0.0%8 votes
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE
0.0%7 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT
0.0%4 votes
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
0.0%4 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.0%0 votes
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY
0.0%0 votes

16 420 PR votes

Ward results

24 wards · Ward ballot

Ward 1 ↗
IFP47.6%
IFP47.6%
MK39.2%
Lead: 37 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 2 ↗
IFP61.2%
IFP61.2%
MK27.9%
Lead: 152 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 3 ↗
IFP36.8%
IFP36.8%
ANC33.6%
Lead: 31 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 4 ↗
IFP44.7%
IFP44.7%
ANC36.9%
Lead: 19 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 5 ↗
ANC43.0%
ANC43.0%
IFP30.0%
Lead: 27 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 6 ↗
IFP52.0%
IFP52.0%
MK27.4%
Lead: 231 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 7 ↗
MK56.5%
MK56.5%
IFP32.9%
Lead: 277 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 8 ↗
Awaiting votes
FF+—
ActionSA—
Reporting progress unavailable
Ward 9 ↗
DA36.5%
DA36.5%
MK27.0%
Lead: 86 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 10 ↗
IFP46.7%
IFP46.7%
MK33.0%
Lead: 80 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 11 ↗
IFP55.2%
IFP55.2%
MK29.5%
Lead: 151 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 12 ↗
IFP53.4%
IFP53.4%
MK23.6%
Lead: 659 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 13 ↗
IFP52.1%
IFP52.1%
MK20.8%
Lead: 141 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 14 ↗
MK46.5%
MK46.5%
IFP40.6%
Lead: 33 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 15 ↗
IFP46.4%
IFP46.4%
MK35.8%
Lead: 189 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 16 ↗
MK45.5%
MK45.5%
IFP31.8%
Lead: 54 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 17 ↗
IFP74.5%
IFP74.5%
ANC12.5%
Lead: 487 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 18 ↗
Awaiting votes
FF+—
ActionSA—
Reporting progress unavailable
Ward 19 ↗
MK45.2%
MK45.2%
IFP44.9%
Lead: 4 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 20 ↗
MK40.7%
MK40.7%
IFP28.0%
Lead: 133 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 21 ↗
IFP62.3%
IFP62.3%
MK22.7%
Lead: 61 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 22 ↗
IFP27.5%
IFP27.5%
MK26.1%
Lead: 1 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 23 ↗
IFP59.5%
IFP59.5%
MK29.9%
Lead: 207 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 24 ↗
IFP66.3%
IFP66.3%
MK22.1%
Lead: 184 votesReporting progress unavailable