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LGE 2026 · Provisional

Ballot Desk

South African local-election results, council by council. Ward and PR stay separate.

Desk / Western Cape

CPT · Metropolitan · LGE 2026

City of Cape Town

Western Cape

Voting districts

805 / 829

97.00% reported · Counting

Valid ward+PR votes

2 235 789

Registered 2 158 976

IEC report

5 min ago

07 Nov, 10:51 SAST · stored just now

These are stored figures from the IEC public results file, not a live tick. Share is ward votes plus PR votes, divided by the IEC valid-vote total (ValidVotesCast). Ward and PR stay in their own columns. The district-council 40% ballot is not part of this share.

Places

Ward plus PR. The longest bar is 1st place. The others are drawn against that total.

  1. 1stDADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE56.80% · 1 269 954
  2. 2ndANCAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS13.53% · 302 408
  3. 3rdPAPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE3.76% · 84 076

Party results

Change is against the previous stored snapshot of the same coverage. A dash means there is nothing comparable yet.

PartyWardPRWard+PRShareSince last snapshot
DADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE632 653637 3011 269 95456.80%——
ANCAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS149 739152 669302 40813.53%——
PAPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE44 31339 76384 0763.76%——
EFFECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS41 26741 95883 2253.72%——
VF+VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS38 26538 87677 1413.45%——
ActionSAACTIONSA28 59932 62061 2192.74%——
AL JAMA-AHAL JAMA-AH27 49826 58454 0822.42%——
GOODGOOD25 48926 01751 5062.30%——
NCCNATIONAL COLOURED CONGRESS24 65726 11950 7762.27%——
ACDPAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY13 73913 05326 7921.20%——
UDMUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT12 62113 61226 2331.17%——
SACPSOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY11 1578 78119 9380.89%——
ATMAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT8 82110 09418 9150.85%——
MKUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY6 2665 99312 2590.55%——
ARAAFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE6 4435 57412 0170.54%——
CMCCAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS6 0014 62810 6290.48%——
BOSABUILD ONE SOUTH AFRICA4 2843 9498 2330.37%——
PACAPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA3 4263 2556 6810.30%——
PMFCPEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE3 5343 0916 6250.30%——
INDINDEPENDENTS5 86805 8680.26%——
AICAFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2 6791 9714 6500.21%——
CIPKOPCAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY2 4341 9754 4090.20%——
HLDHOPEFUL LEADERS DEMOCRATS1 5752 2033 7780.17%——
OLAONE LOVE ALLIANCE1 8681 5973 4650.15%——
AMMAFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT1 6961 3903 0860.14%——
ACFCALLIANCE OF CITIZENS FOR CHANGE1 2461 0432 2890.10%——
CTPCONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE9361 3072 2430.10%——
HIHOME OF INDEPENDENCE1 0631 1042 1670.10%——
DPADEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S ALTERNATIVE9669261 8920.08%——
AACAFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS7451 0071 7520.08%——
OHMORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT1 0736761 7490.08%——
IFPINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY8407081 5480.07%——
UDFPUNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT PARTY5071 0261 5330.07%——
SUNSIZWE UMMAH NATION8615551 4160.06%——
TASMTRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT7095171 2260.05%——
UIMUNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT4345951 0290.05%——
USAUNITED SOUTH AFRICA4654939580.04%——
LPSALABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA5273008270.04%——
AMCAFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS207247440.03%——
APRAZANIA PEACEFUL REVOLUTION4213067270.03%——
KAPKHOI ABORIGINAL PARTY3293887170.03%——
LPLAND PARTY2012964970.02%——
SDPSERVICE DELIVERY PARTY3061784840.02%——
MFMINORITY FRONT3031394420.02%——
CKPCHRIST KINGDOM PARTY114184290.02%——
SNPSPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY2941074010.02%——
SMVPSAKK MILITARY VETERANS PARTY2201753950.02%——
ELFSAECONOMIC LIBERATORS FORUM SOUTH AFRICA1832103930.02%——
AAACALL AFRICAN ALLIED CONGRESS222993210.01%——
NFPNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY282753030.01%——
EPPEKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY1911062970.01%——
ANSAALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA1581292870.01%——
ODOPERATION DUDULA262242500.01%——
AGFABORIGINAL GORILLA FIGHTERS681692370.01%——
FDFREE DEMOCRATS01671670.01%——
APMAVRIGHT POLITICAL MOVEMENT18841020.00%——
DLPDEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY2020.00%——

Largest parties

The chart shows the ten largest. The table lists every party in the snapshot.

Council seats

Allocation in progress

Total seats
235
Seats calculated
101 (42.00%)
Majority threshold
118 seats
Not yet calculated
134
Ward seats in this snapshot
101
PR seats in this snapshot
0

Seat allocation is unfinished, so this page does not call the council hung or decided.

  • DA78 · ward 78 · PR 0
  • ANC23 · ward 23 · PR 0

Earlier elections on this IEC record

The 2026 file includes IEC fields for 2000, 2006 and 2011 where the Commission published them. 2016 and 2021 are not on this record. A difference is not shown: this desk has not verified that those fields use the same ballot and the same boundaries as the 2026 ward+PR share.

Party2000 IEC %2006 IEC %2011 IEC %
DA52.95%41.85%60.92%
ANC38.15%37.91%32.80%
PA0.00%0.00%0.00%
EFF0.00%0.00%0.00%
VF+0.00%0.49%0.18%
ActionSA0.00%0.00%0.00%
AL JAMA-AH0.00%0.00%0.37%
GOOD0.00%0.00%0.00%
NCC0.00%0.00%0.00%
ACDP3.81%3.22%1.22%
UDM1.44%0.82%0.39%
SACP0.00%0.00%0.00%
ATM0.00%0.00%0.00%
MK0.00%0.00%0.00%
ARA0.00%0.00%0.00%
CMC0.00%0.00%0.29%
BOSA0.00%0.00%0.00%
PACA0.45%0.49%0.21%
PMFC0.00%0.00%0.00%
IND1.02%1.66%0.26%
AIC0.00%0.00%0.00%
CIPKOP0.00%0.00%0.14%
HLD0.00%0.00%0.00%
OLA0.00%0.00%0.00%
AMM0.00%0.00%0.00%
ACFC0.00%0.00%0.00%
CTP0.00%0.00%1.11%
HI0.00%0.00%0.00%
DPA0.00%0.00%0.00%
AAC0.00%0.00%0.00%
OHM0.00%0.00%0.00%
IFP0.28%0.15%0.13%
UDFP0.00%0.00%0.00%
SUN0.00%0.00%0.00%
TASM0.00%0.00%0.00%
UIM0.00%0.00%0.00%
USA0.00%0.00%0.00%
LPSA0.00%0.00%0.00%
AMC0.00%0.00%0.00%
APR0.00%0.00%0.00%
KAP0.00%0.00%0.00%
LP0.00%0.00%0.00%
SDP0.00%0.00%0.00%
MF0.00%0.00%0.00%
CKP0.00%0.00%0.00%
SNP0.00%0.00%0.00%
SMVP0.00%0.00%0.00%
ELFSA0.00%0.00%0.00%
AAAC0.00%0.00%0.00%
NFP0.00%0.00%0.07%
EPP0.00%0.00%0.00%
ANSA0.00%0.00%0.00%
OD0.00%0.00%0.00%
AGF0.00%0.00%0.00%
FD0.00%0.00%0.00%
APM0.00%0.00%0.00%
DLP0.00%0.00%0.00%