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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.

25 seats needed for a majority in a 49-seat council · One dot = one seat

55.6% of districts reporting · 84 of 151

55.6%
PartyEstimated seats
IFP36
ANC4
MK4
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY2
DA1
EFF1
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS1
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: 2 of 25. 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

55.6% of districts reporting · 84 of 151

55.6%
LeadingIFP
74.0%

Ahead by 15 487 votes of MK.

Party / candidateShare · votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
74.0%17 528 votes
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
8.6%2 041 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
6.4%1 524 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
4.1%971 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
2.3%556 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS
2.2%523 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
0.8%179 votes
Show 8 more parties and candidates
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.3%74 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.2%57 votes
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION
0.2%55 votes
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
0.2%53 votes
INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE
0.2%52 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT
0.1%30 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
0.1%23 votes
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY
0.1%12 votes

23 678 PR votes

Ward results

25 wards · Ward ballot

Ward 1 ↗
IFP86.3%
IFP86.3%
MK3.5%
Lead: 1 146 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 2 ↗
IFP67.7%
IFP67.7%
ANC27.2%
Lead: 149 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 3 ↗
IFP66.8%
IFP66.8%
MK19.9%
Lead: 481 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 4 ↗
IFP83.4%
HLONIPHANI VINCENT BUTHELEZI
IFP83.4%
MK5.7%
Lead: 1 641 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 5 ↗
IFP75.9%
IFP75.9%
MK12.1%
Lead: 1 214 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 6 ↗
IFP86.6%
MUZOMUHLE SIYABONGA ZULU
IFP86.6%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY6.3%
Lead: 1 423 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 7 ↗
IFP86.8%
IFP86.8%
MK5.0%
Lead: 722 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 8 ↗
IFP87.0%
IFP87.0%
ANC8.4%
Lead: 1 167 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 9 ↗
Awaiting votes
ANC—
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION—
Reporting progress unavailable
Ward 10 ↗
IFP84.1%
IFP84.1%
MK4.6%
Lead: 798 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 11 ↗
Awaiting votes
ANC—
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION—
Reporting progress unavailable
Ward 12 ↗
IFP82.6%
IFP82.6%
MK11.4%
Lead: 249 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 13 ↗
ANC41.4%
ANC41.4%
IFP34.7%
Lead: 56 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 14 ↗
IFP74.7%
IFP74.7%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY11.2%
Lead: 809 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 15 ↗
IFP77.1%
IFP77.1%
ANC10.4%
Lead: 689 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 16 ↗
IFP80.6%
IFP80.6%
MK9.5%
Lead: 579 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 17 ↗
IFP76.4%
IFP76.4%
ANC11.6%
Lead: 969 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 18 ↗
IFP63.7%
IFP63.7%
MK22.5%
Lead: 302 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 19 ↗
IFP58.5%
IFP58.5%
MK20.1%
Lead: 513 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 20 ↗
IFP86.4%
IFP86.4%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS9.6%
Lead: 209 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 21 ↗
IFP60.8%
IFP60.8%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS12.8%
Lead: 244 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 22 ↗
Awaiting votes
ANC—
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION—
Reporting progress unavailable
Ward 23 ↗
IFP56.0%
IFP56.0%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY16.9%
Lead: 461 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 24 ↗
IFP64.9%
IFP64.9%
MK33.0%
Lead: 155 votesReporting progress unavailable
Ward 25 ↗
IFP49.5%
IFP49.5%
EFF28.6%
Lead: 308 votesReporting progress unavailable