IEC-reported council seats
Provisional8 seats for a majority 15-seat council
How these seats are worked out
These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The party totals add up to all 15 council seats. Results remain provisional; a seat majority does not establish a governing agreement or who will become mayor.
IEC result time: 05 Nov 2026, 19:26 SAST · Source figures ↗
Municipal PR votes
100.0% of districts reporting · 27 of 27
LeadingMK
33.3%
Ahead by 1 694 votes of IFP.
Change since 2021 (percentage points). Compared with combined ballots. Not adjusted for boundary changes.
Party / candidateShare · votes
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTYMK
33.3%6 364 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP
24.4%4 670 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDA
16.5%3 157 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC
13.1%2 506 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUSFF+
5.3%1 016 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTYSACP
5.2%990 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSEFF
0.8%146 votes
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PATRIOTIC ALLIANCEPA
0.6%118 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENTAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.4%76 votes
LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICALABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
0.1%28 votes
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
0.1%22 votes
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOMAFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM
0.1%16 votes
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENTORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
0.0%6 votes
INDEPENDENTSINDEPENDENTS
0.0%0 votes
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITYAFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY
0.0%0 votes
19 115 PR votes
Ward results
8 wards · Ward ballot
Change since 2021 (percentage points). Compared with combined ballots. Not adjusted for boundary changes.
Ward 1 ↗Lead: 273 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 2 ↗Lead: 135 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 3 ↗Lead: 300 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 4 ↗Lead: 155 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 5 ↗Lead: 635 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 6 ↗Lead: 31 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 7 ↗Lead: 230 votesReporting progress unavailableWard 8 ↗Lead: 358 votesReporting progress unavailable
MK44.6%
PATRICK MUSA NGCOBOMK44.6%
IFP33.7%
MK27.5%
MVUSELELO GLADNESS MDLALOSEMK27.5%
IFP22.5%
DA40.6%
SIBUSISO PRAISE-GOD MBATHADA40.6%
MK29.2%
MK35.7%
MUSAWENKOSI ANDILE BUTHELEZIMK35.7%
IFP28.5%
MK51.1%
SANDILE PERCIVAL KHANYENDEMK51.1%
IFP22.7%
MK25.0%
SIBUSISO HERBERT MKHWANAZIMK25.0%
IFP23.9%
DA27.6%
MOHAMED SALEEM ABDOOLDA27.6%
MK18.1%
IFP44.3%
SIBUSISO ZWANEIFP44.3%
MK24.1%