South Africa · Local government elections · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

South Africa is electing local councils.

This is not an election for president, and it is not the national parliament. Voters are choosing the councils that run cities, towns, and rural areas.

The country is divided into 213 municipalities. A municipality is the area one local council governs. Johannesburg and Cape Town are municipalities. So is a rural council whose name you may not know. A province is one of South Africa's nine larger regions, the level above a municipality.

The map is those municipalities. Beige means the Electoral Commission has not reported votes there. A color appears only when reported votes have one party ahead. That color is the one the Commission records for the party. It does not stand for a party from another country. This map does not declare a winner.

A ward is a smaller piece inside a municipality, closer to a neighborhood or a city district. Ward lines are not drawn. A ward would be colored only from that ward's own reported votes, and those outlines are not matched to this election's file.

The Commission publishes voting stations on its own site. This page does not ask for a home address.

No votes reported

Reported totals load from the Electoral Commission file.

The 213 municipalities

These names are the same places as the map, listed from A to Z. Each name is a council, not a candidate. It may be a city, such as Cape Town, a rural area, or a person the council is named for. Open a name to see that council. When two councils share a name, the province is added so they stay separate. Emalahleni in the Eastern Cape is not Emalahleni in Mpumalanga.

Abaqulusi Alfred Duma Amahlathi Ba-Phalaborwa Beaufort West Bela-Bela Bergrivier Big Five Hlabisa Bitou Blouberg Blue Crane Route Breede Valley Buffalo City Bushbuckridge Cape Agulhas Cederberg Chief Albert Luthuli City of Cape Town City of Johannesburg City of Matlosana City of Tshwane Collins Chabane Dannhauser Dawid Kruiper Dihlabeng Dikgatlong Dipaleseng Ditsobotla Dr Beyers Naude Dr JS Moroka Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Drakenstein eDumbe Ekurhuleni Elias Motsoaledi Elundini Emadlangeni Emakhazeni Emalahleni, Eastern Cape Emalahleni, Mpumalanga Emfuleni Emthanjeni Endumeni Engcobo Enoch Mgijima Ephraim Mogale eThekwini Ga-Segonyana Gamagara George Govan Mbeki Great Kei Greater Giyani Greater Kokstad Greater Letaba Greater Taung Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo Greater Tzaneen Hantam Hessequa Impendle Inkosi Langalibalele Intsika Yethu Inxuba Yethemba Joe Morolong Jozini Kagisano/Molopo Kai Garib Kamiesberg Kannaland Kareeberg Karoo Hoogland Kgatelopele Kgetlengrivier Kheis Khâi-Ma King Sabata Dalindyebo Knysna Kopanong Kou-Kamma Kouga KwaDukuza Laingsburg Langeberg Lekwa Lekwa-Teemane Lepele-Nkumpi Lephalale Lesedi Letsemeng Local Municipality of Madibeng Mafikeng Mafube Magareng Makana Makhado Makhuduthamaga Maluti a Phofung Mamusa Mandeni Mangaung Mantsopa Maphumulo Maquassi Hills Maruleng Masilonyana Matatiele Matjhabeng Matzikama Mbhashe Mbizana Mbombela Merafong City Metsimaholo Mfolozi Mhlontlo Midvaal Mkhambathini Mkhondo Mnquma Modimolle/Mookgophong Mogalakwena Mogale City Mohokare Molemole Moqhaka Moretele Moses Kotane Mossel Bay Mpofana Msinga Msukaligwa Mthonjaneni Mtubatuba Musina Nala Naledi Nama Khoi Ndlambe Ndwedwe Nelson Mandela Bay Newcastle Ngqushwa Ngquza Hill Ngwathe Nkandla Nketoana Nkomazi Nongoma Nqutu Ntabankulu Nyandeni Okhahlamba Oudtshoorn Overstrand Phokwane Phumelela Polokwane Port St Johns Prince Albert Ramotshere Moiloa Rand West City Ratlou Ray Nkonyeni Raymond Mhlaba Renosterberg Richmond Richtersveld Rustenburg Sakhisizwe Saldanha Bay Senqu Setsoto Siyancuma Siyathemba Sol Plaatjie Stellenbosch Steve Tshwete Sundays River Valley Swartland Swellendam Thaba Chweu Thabazimbi The Msunduzi Theewaterskloof Thembelihle Thembisile Thulamela Tokologo Tsantsabane Tswaing Tswelopele Ubuhlebezwe Ubuntu Ulundi Umdoni Umhlabuyalingana uMhlathuze uMlalazi uMngeni uMshwathi Umsobomvu uMuziwabantu Umvoti Umzimkhulu Umzimvubu Umzumbe uPhongolo Ventersdorp/Tlokwe Victor Khanye Walter Sisulu Witzenberg