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2026 local elections

DOP

Defenders Of The People

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3reported local + metro seats
National share not separately reportedIEC

What stands out

3 comparable councils
Biggest gain

JB Marks

North West

+0.1pp
20210.0%
20260.1%
Biggest fall

Thabazimbi

Limpopo

−1.8pp
20211.8%
20260.0%
Biggest seat gain

Fetakgomo Tubatse

Limpopo

+1seats
0202112026
Biggest seat loss

Lepele-Nkumpi

Limpopo

−2seats
4202122026
Strongest support

Lepele-Nkumpi

Limpopo

4.1%Ward + municipal PR vote
Weakest support

Ephraim Mogale

Limpopo

0.02%Where contested · Ward + PR

Across the provinces

Eastern Cape—Free State—Gauteng—KwaZulu-Natal—Limpopo—Mpumalanga—North West—Northern Cape—Western Cape—
Defenders Of The People · 2026 provincial ward + municipal PR vote
ProvinceVote share (%)Basis / status
Eastern CapeUnavailableUnavailable
Free StateUnavailableUnavailable
GautengUnavailableUnavailable
KwaZulu-NatalUnavailableUnavailable
LimpopoUnavailableUnavailable
MpumalangaUnavailableUnavailable
North WestUnavailableUnavailable
Northern CapeUnavailableUnavailable
Western CapeUnavailableUnavailable

Province vote totals (JSON)

Ward + municipal PR vote

The council picture

2councils with seats
1hung councils with seats

211 of 213 local + metro allocations reported · Majority changes across 212 comparable councils, 2021–2026

Coalition possibilities

Seat arithmetic, not confirmed agreements. The marker shows the majority needed.

Past partners

Shared governments · Nov 2021–Feb 2026

AIM1 councilsAIC1 councilsANC1 councilsEFF1 councils
MISTRA dataset

Local results

17 councils
Lepele-NkumpiLimpopo4.1%—2Fetakgomo TubatseLimpopo0.9%—1MakhuduthamagaLimpopo0.4%—0PolokwaneLimpopo0.3%—0Nelson Mandela BayEastern Cape0.2%—0JB MarksNorth West0.1%+0.1 pp0BloubergLimpopo0.1%—0MolemoleLimpopo0.08%—0Elias MotsoalediLimpopo0.07%—0EmalahleniMpumalanga0.05%—0TshwaneGauteng0.04%—0MakhadoLimpopo0.04%—0EkurhuleniGauteng0.04%—0MoreteleNorth West0.04%—0Ephraim MogaleLimpopo0.02%—0LephalaleLimpopo0.0%−1.0 pp0ThabazimbiLimpopo0.0%−1.8 pp0
Defenders Of The People · Local election results
CouncilProvince2026 vote share (%)2021 vote share (%)Change (pp)2026 seats2021 seats
Lepele-NkumpiLimpopo4,1462UnavailableUnavailable24
Fetakgomo TubatseLimpopo0,9368UnavailableUnavailable10
MakhuduthamagaLimpopo0,3832UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
PolokwaneLimpopo0,2627UnavailableUnavailable00
Nelson Mandela BayEastern Cape0,2151UnavailableUnavailable02
JB MarksNorth West0,141400,141400
BloubergLimpopo0,1326UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
MolemoleLimpopo0,0802UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
Elias MotsoalediLimpopo0,0656UnavailableUnavailable00
EmalahleniMpumalanga0,0458UnavailableUnavailable00
TshwaneGauteng0,0424UnavailableUnavailable01
MakhadoLimpopo0,0411UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
EkurhuleniGauteng0,0394UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
MoreteleNorth West0,0357UnavailableUnavailable01
Ephraim MogaleLimpopo0,0244UnavailableUnavailable0Unavailable
LephalaleLimpopo01,0372-1,037200
ThabazimbiLimpopo01,8373-1,837300

Ward + municipal PR ballots. Missing comparisons remain unavailable; changes use comparable completed counts.

Source data

Ward + municipal PR vote · Change in percentage points since 2021 · Missing comparisons shown as —

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