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Majority or hung council?

Outright majority

One party holds more than half the council seats.

Hung council

No party has a majority. Parties may work together in a coalition or support agreement.

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The allocation is incomplete. Estimates can change as more results arrive.

Illustration: a 10-seat council needs 6 seats for a majority. Exactly half is not enough. Election results alone do not tell us who governs now.

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6 November 2026

  1. Council outcome SAST ↗

    uMvoti KwaZulu-Natal

    Hung council in uMvoti

    14 seats needed for a majority.

    View the 27-seat allocation
    • IFP9 seats
    • ANC8 seats
    • MK8 seats
    • ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 seats
    • DA1 seats
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    Source & timing
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    Observed by Counted
    Published here

    These timestamps do not identify when the last vote was counted.

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