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Local Government Election 2026ANC leads nationally 35.2%Final resultsView overall results →

Election results: full breakdown

Local Government Election 2026

Eastern Cape

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Registered voters
115,874
Votes cast
151,523
Turnout
45.5%
Valid votes
148,499
Spoilt votes
3,024
Party Votes Ward PR District
ANCANC - AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 78,292 26,630 27,001 24,661
DADA - DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 27,961 9,749 9,753 8,459
SACPSACP - SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY 9,417 3,460 3,315 2,642
EFFEFF - ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS 7,585 2,613 2,719 2,253
ATMATM - AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT 6,115 1,958 2,068 2,089
UDMUDM - UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 5,043 1,917 1,676 1,450
VF PLUSVF PLUS - VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS 2,363 764 794 805
PAPA - PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE 1,806 652 651 503
MKPMKP - UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY 1,539 505 543 491
AICAIC - AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 1,439 560 452 427
PACPAC - PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA 780 331 297 152
GKCMGKCM - GREAT KEI COMMUNITY MOVEMENT 537 183 183 171
INDINDEPENDENT 533 533 0 0
MAYIBUYEMAYIBUYE - AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT 414 157 158 99
MUCMMUCM - MAKANA UNITED CIVIC MOVEMENT 397 198 199 0
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ACTIONSAACTIONSA - ACTIONSA 374 118 130 126
ACDPACDP - AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 369 107 108 154
NO_ABBRMAYIBUYE CIVIC MOVEMENT 356 184 172 0
NYCONYCO - NGCOBO YETHU CIVIC ORGANIZATION 303 145 158 0
ILISOILISO - ILISO LABANTU MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 293 103 95 95
IFPIFP - INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY 235 55 84 96
PMCPMC - PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE 222 72 72 78
AMC.ROY.AMC.ROY. - AFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS 222 1 168 53
NO_ABBRTHE INDEPENDENTS 206 91 57 58
MFCVMFCV - MOUNT FLETCHER COMMUNITY VOICE 203 94 109 0
ACTACT - AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION 186 26 134 26
BPMBPM - BATHO PELE MOVEMENT 149 41 43 65
TBPMTBPM - THINA BAHLALI PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT 114 34 37 43
COPECOPE - CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE 106 34 30 42
MPSMPS - MASIGODUKE PEOPLES SOCIETY 82 1 35 46
ALJAMAALJAMA - AL JAMA-AH 79 29 25 25
APCAPC - AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION 66 41 25 0
MAKANAMAKANA - MAKANA CITIZENS FRONT 59 9 16 34
AHCAHC - AFRICAN HEART CONGRESS 58 25 33 0
LABOURLABOUR - LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA 45 22 14 9
A.DA.D - AFRICAN DEMOCRATS 44 13 12 19
AUCAUC - AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS 43 12 17 14
PAMOPAMO - PHAKAMA ADELAIDE MOVEMENT 41 13 11 17
NANA - NATIONAL ALLIANCE 37 20 17 0
GOODGOOD - GOOD 32 17 15 0
OHMOHM - ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT 27 12 15 0
THE VOICETHE VOICE - VOICE OF THE VOICELESS CIVIC ORGANIZATION 27 4 16 7
EKHETHUEKHETHU - EKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY 25 7 8 10
APFAPF - AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST 21 4 2 15
P.PP.P - PEOPLE'S POWER 20 11 9 0
APEMOAPEMO - AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT 19 16 3 0
IRPIRP - INDEPENDENT RURAL PARTY 16 0 5 11
E.T.ME.T.M - EIGHTEEN TWELVE MOVEMENT 13 8 5 0
RISERISE - RISE MZANSI 13 7 6 0
ILBILB - IZWI LABAHLALI BEWARD 13 4 3 6
CICI - CIVIC INDEPENDENT 11 0 2 9
PECPEC - PHAKAMA EASTERN CAPE 10 5 5 0
ARUARU - AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY 10 0 10 0
CIVICCIVIC - STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION 9 0 0 9
APSPAPSP - AFRICAN PEOPLE'S SOCIALIST PARTY 8 6 2 0
AIMAIM - ABANTU INTEGRITY MOVEMENT 8 4 4 0
URFURF - UNITED RESIDENTS FRONT 8 3 5 0
SRWPSRWP - SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY 7 4 3 0
TBMTBM - THINA BANTU MOVEMENT 7 3 4 0
AZAPOAZAPO - AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION 6 4 2 0
ARECOARECO - ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION 6 3 3 0
OLAOLA - ONE LOVE ALLIANCE 5 4 1 0
SDPSDP - SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY 5 4 1 0
ACPACP - ALL CITIZENS PARTY 5 3 2 0
AMAMBOAMAMBO - AMABOMVANE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 5 3 2 0
SMSM - SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 5 2 3 0
JEPJEP - JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY 4 4 0 0
KSRKSR - KHOISAN REVOLUTION 4 2 2 0
QINAQINA - QINA MHLALI QINA 4 1 2 1
NO_ABBRNDLAMBE CITIZENS MOVEMENT 3 2 1 0
PCMPCM - PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT 3 2 1 0
DMDM - DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 3 0 3 0
LANDLAND - LAND PARTY 3 0 3 0
MRRAMRRA - MTHATHA RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION 3 0 3 0
UPPAUPPA - UNITED PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE ALLIANCE 3 0 3 0
DOPDOP - DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE 2 2 0 0
PATSAPATSA - PATRIOTIC SOUTH AFRICANS 2 1 1 0
CKPCKP - CHRIST KINGDOM PARTY 2 0 2 0
FISAFISA - FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 2 0
HCDFHCDF - HOFMEYR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FORUM 2 0 0 2
AS - BNMAS - BNM - ACTION SAVE-BNM 1 1 0 0
ABMCABMC - ABOVE MASSIVE CONSTITUENCY 1 0 1 0
ASEPASEP - AFRICAN-SOCIO-ECONOMIC-PARTY 1 0 0 1
KPAKPA - KOMANI PROGRESS ACTION 1 0 1 0
SWOSWO - SIBANYE (WE ARE ONE) 1 0 1 0
APPEIRAPPEIR - AFRICAN PEOPLES PROGRESSION 0 0 0 0
ECOFORUMECOFORUM - ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM 0 0 0 0
NO_ABBRDEFEND SA MOVEMENT 0 0 0 0
PCAMPCAM - PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE MOVEMENT 0 0 0 0
PFPPFP - PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY 0 0 0 0

Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Updated 5 Nov 2026, 02:49