MunicipalitiesANC 36IFP 18DP 10No resultdarker = bigger win
1999 council boundaries: the IEC's 1999 voting districts dissolved by council (approximate; gaps where a VD has no shape)
No majority
IFP 34 of 80 seats · 41 for a majority
Most provincial votes: IFP 41.9% · down 8.4 pts from 50.3% in 1994
Turnout87.4%
Voters on the roll3.44M
Provincial ballot ? · 2 963 358 valid votes
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 241 52241.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 167 09439.4%
DPDemocratic Party241 7798.2%- NNPNew National Party97 0773.3%
MFMinority Front86 7702.9%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party53 7451.8%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement34 5861.2%
FAFederal Alliance9 7620.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania7 6540.3%- VFFFVryheidsfront \ Freedom Front6 8040.2%
AEBAfrikaner Eenheidsbeweging5 8010.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation5 0520.2%
SOPAThe Socialist Party of Azania3 4510.1%
MUMMass United Movement2 2610.1%
Provincial legislature seats · 80 ?
- Inkatha Freedom Party34
- African National Congress32
- Democratic Party7
- New National Party3
- Minority Front2
- United Democratic Movement1
- African Christian Democratic Party1
Municipalities · 67
- Ashburton TLCDP 37.0%
- Bergville TLCANC 28.6%
- Camperdown TLCANC 39.2%
- Cathkin Park TLCIFP 32.9%
- Cedarville TLCANC 78.4%
- Colenso/Nkanyezi TLCANC 48.6%
- Cool Air TLCANC 34.3%
- Creighton TLCANC 35.2%
- Dalton TLCANC 51.3%
- Dannhauser TLCIFP 39.8%
- Dolphin Coast/Ballito TLCANC 55.5%
- Dundee TLCIFP 39.5%
- Empangeni/Ngwelezane TLCIFP 38.0%
- Eshowe TLCIFP 54.1%
- Estcourt/Wembezi TLCANC 42.2%
- Gingindlovu TLCIFP 57.8%
- Glencoe TLCANC 40.6%
- Greytown TLCANC 50.0%
- Harding TLCANC 65.4%
- Hattingspruit TLCIFP 32.4%
- Hibberdene TLCANC 39.2%
- Hilton TLCDP 56.0%
- Himeville TLCANC 48.6%
- Howick TLCANC 67.2%
- Impendle TLCANC 64.1%
- Impenjati/Southbroom TLCDP 51.0%
- Inner West Durban MLCANC 58.4%
- Inyala/Mtubatuba TLCIFP 65.8%
- Ixopo TLCANC 56.3%
- Kokstad TLCANC 75.7%
- Kranskop TLCIFP 63.0%
- KwaDukuza/Stanger TLCANC 50.8%
- Ladysmith/Emnambithi TLCANC 65.2%
- Louwsburg TLCIFP 74.7%
- Mandeni TLCANC 51.6%
- Margate TLCANC 45.5%
- Matatiele TLCANC 74.6%
- Melmoth TLCIFP 80.7%
- Mooi River TLCANC 71.9%
- Mtunzini TLCDP 34.2%
- New Hanover TLCANC 55.3%
- Newcastle TLCANC 43.7%
- Nkwazi/Zinkwazi Beach TLCANC 39.0%
- Nongoma TLCIFP 96.1%
- North Central Durban MLCANC 45.8%
- Northern Durban MLCANC 31.6%
- Outer West Durban MLCANC 66.6%
- Paulpietersburg TLCIFP 41.5%
- Pennington TLCDP 37.1%
- PMB/Msunduzi TLCANC 67.0%
- Pongola TLCIFP 48.7%
- Port Shepstone TLCDP 37.4%
- Richards Bay TLCANC 40.0%
- Richmond TLCANC 65.7%
- Scottburgh/Umzinto North TLCDP 26.8%
- South Central Durban MLCANC 51.1%
- South Durban MLCANC 51.2%
- St Lucia TLCDP 40.1%
- Ulundi TLCIFP 94.8%
- Umkomaas TLCIFP 26.0%
- Umtamvuma/Port Edward TLCDP 50.4%
- Underberg TLCANC 50.6%
- Utrecht TLCIFP 42.3%
- Vryheid TLCIFP 57.9%
- Wartburg TLCDP 55.9%
- Weenen TLCIFP 65.0%
- Winterton TLCANC 52.4%
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 3 009 499 · spoilt 46 141 · special votes 0 · All 3 340 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 1994 election for the same province, both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Total is the sum of the seats the IEC allocated to parties.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 23:25 SAST.