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Estimated council seats

Current count

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

10 seats needed for a majority in a 19-seat council · One dot = one seat

60.3% of districts reporting · 41 of 68

60.3%
PartyEstimated seats
IFP7
MK5
ANC4
EFF1
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY1
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS1
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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: 3 of 10. 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, 19:27 SAST · Source figures ↗

Municipal PR votes

60.3% of districts reporting · 41 of 68

60.3%
LeadingIFP
34.5%

Ahead by 1 574 votes of MK.

Party / candidateShare · votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
34.5%5 997 votes
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
25.5%4 423 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
18.8%3 255 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
5.9%1 019 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS
4.6%801 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
3.9%669 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
2.3%397 votes
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NYONI PROGRESS PARTY
2.1%365 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
0.8%145 votes
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
0.4%76 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.3%60 votes
LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
0.2%38 votes
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY
0.2%38 votes
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM
0.2%28 votes
ABANTU BEZWELETHU CONGRESS DEMOCRACY
0.1%26 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
0.1%22 votes

17 359 PR votes

Ward results

10 wards · Ward ballot