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Local Government Election 2026ANC leads nationally 33.1%Final resultsView overall results →

Election results: councils and wards

Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Port St Johns

All results in28 voting districts counted

Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Updated 5 Nov 2026, 11:10

Registered voters
17,478
Votes cast
22,258
Turnout
42.1%
Spoilt votes
553
Wards
12

Wards won so far

  • ANC 11 wards (11 final)
  • LABOUR 1 ward (1 final)

Votes (ward and party ballots together)

PartyVotes
ANCANC - AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS8,247
DADA - DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1,334
EFFEFF - ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,096
LABOURLABOUR - LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA960
ATMATM - AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT957
SACPSACP - SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY625
UDMUDM - UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT611
MKPMKP - UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY427
INDINDEPENDENT42
MAYIBUYEMAYIBUYE - AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT31
PAPA - PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE29
CICI - CIVIC INDEPENDENT29

Who leads in each ward

Each ward in the colour of the party ahead on its ward ballot; “from …” marks a ward that has changed hands since last time. Open a ward for its results and candidates.