MunicipalitiesANC 20darker = bigger win
Blank areas: district management areas, which had no wards; the MDB has published no 2000 municipal boundaries to draw them
ANC majority
25 of 30 seats
Most provincial votes: ANC 81.8% · up 1.0 pts from 80.8% in 1999
Turnout77.8%
Voters on the roll1.32M
Provincial ballot ? · 1 011 606 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress827 33881.8%
DADemocratic Alliance/Demokratiese Alliansie85 7148.5%
VF PlusVryheidsfront Plus24 9462.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party13 1191.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania11 9691.2%
DPSADikwankwetla Party of South Africa9 8061.0%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement8 9470.9%- NNPNuwe Nasionale Party/New National Party8 2950.8%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party7 8250.8%
IDIndependent Democrats5 2890.5%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation3 5710.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party3 5630.4%- NANasionale Aksie1 2240.1%
Provincial legislature seats · 30 ?
- African National Congress25
- Democratic Alliance/Demokratiese Alliansie3
- Vryheidsfront Plus1
- African Christian Democratic Party1
Municipalities · 21
- DihlabengANC 82.3%
- Golden Gate Highlands NP DMAANC 87.9%
- KopanongANC 79.2%
- LetsemengANC 81.2%
- MafubeANC 86.4%
- Maluti a PhofungANC 85.6%
- MangaungANC 77.6%
- MantsopaANC 86.3%
- MasilonyanaANC 86.5%
- MatjhabengANC 82.3%
- MetsimaholoANC 72.8%
- MohokareANC 84.4%
- MoqhakaANC 82.8%
- NalaANC 86.9%
- NalediANC 86.7%
- NgwatheANC 81.7%
- NketoanaANC 84.7%
- PhumelelaANC 84.9%
- SetsotoANC 86.4%
- TokologoANC 83.1%
- TswelopeleANC 87.4%
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 1 027 401 · spoilt 15 795 · special votes 49 526 · All 1 063 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 1999 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, 21:42 SAST.