Local government elections 2026
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Local elections 2026 · Metropolitan municipality
Counting hasn't started. This is the 2021 result.
No party won a majority. ANC won the most seats, 48 of 120
Metropolitan municipality
Parties that won seats on the council in the past 5 elections
Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa
| Party | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 48 37 ward, 11 PR | 50 36 ward, 14 PR | 63 34 ward, 29 PR | 81 43 ward, 38 PR | 72 34 ward, 38 PR |
| Democratic Alliance | 48 23 ward, 25 PR | 57 23 ward, 34 PR | 48 26 ward, 22 PR | 30 17 ward, 13 PR | 31 20 ward, 11 PR |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 8 | 6 1 ward, 5 PR | – | – | – |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Congress of the People | – | 1 | 6 | – | – |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Alliance | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Patriotic Alliance | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Independent Democrats | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Defenders of the People | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| African Independent Congress | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Abantu Integrity Movement | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Good | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| United Front of the Eastern Cape | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Congress Movement of the Coloured People in South Africa | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| United Independent Front | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| African Transformation Efficiency and Affirmative Movement | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 108 |