City of Cape Town election results 2026

Parties so far

1. Democratic Alliance61,3%450 282 votes · ahead in 73 wards
2. African National Congress10,5%77 107 votes · ahead in 26 wards
3. Patriotic Alliance4,0%29 280 votes
4. Freedom Front Plus3,5%25 783 votes
5. Economic Freedom Fighters2,9%21 162 votes
6. National Coloured Congress2,9%21 154 votes
7. ActionSA2,6%19 287 votes
8. Good2,2%16 486 votes
9. Al Jama-Ah2,2%15 963 votes · ahead in 1 ward
10. African Christian Democratic Party1,4%10 140 votes
11. United Democratic Movement0,9%6 583 votes
12. Africa Restoration Alliance0,6%4 624 votes

Seats come once counting ends

After the 2021 election this council had 231 seats, so a party needed 116 to govern alone. The largest party then had 135: Democratic Alliance. The size of the council can change between elections, and early votes cannot tell us the final seats. The Commission announces them.

How far each ward is counted

18 of 118 wards in City of Cape Town have no results yet. Colour shows how much is counted, not who is ahead. Select a ward.

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Results by ward in City of Cape Town

• Ward 5DA 86,1%
• Ward 6ANC 51,3%
• Ward 7DA 78,4%
• Ward 8DA 83,0%
• Ward 9DA 46,6%
• Ward 10DA 53,7%
• Ward 11DA 84,2%
• Ward 12DA 56,9%
• Ward 13DA 84,5%
• Ward 14DA 66,3%
• Ward 15DA 87,2%
• Ward 16DA 56,3%
• Ward 17DA 65,5%
• Ward 18ANC 47,9%
• Ward 19DA 60,4%
• Ward 20DA 63,8%
• Ward 21DA 86,5%
• Ward 22DA 59,9%
• Ward 23DA 86,2%
• Ward 25DA 60,3%
• Ward 26DA 65,2%
• Ward 27DA 67,8%
• Ward 28DA 64,2%
• Ward 30DA 53,7%
• Ward 31DA 48,8%
• Ward 33ANC 36,9%
• Ward 34ANC 60,1%
• Ward 35ANC 46,5%
• Ward 36ANC 48,8%
• Ward 37ANC 48,6%
• Ward 38ANC 49,3%
• Ward 39ANC 42,3%
• Ward 40ANC 39,7%
• Ward 41ANC 43,7%
• Ward 42DA 69,5%
• Ward 43DA 39,8%
• Ward 44DA 59,3%
• Ward 45DA 63,0%
• Ward 46Al Jama-Ah 40,7%
• Ward 47DA 40,0%
• Ward 49DA 65,1%
• Ward 51ANC 62,4%
• Ward 53DA 69,3%
• Ward 54DA 89,5%
• Ward 55DA 77,3%
• Ward 57DA 57,0%
• Ward 58DA 81,9%
• Ward 59DA 81,3%
• Ward 61DA 64,6%
• Ward 62DA 85,9%
• Ward 63DA 79,6%
• Ward 64DA 90,4%
• Ward 65DA 58,4%
• Ward 66DA 58,6%
• Ward 67DA 51,4%
• Ward 68DA 58,4%
• Ward 69ANC 53,2%
• Ward 70DA 84,2%
• Ward 71DA 81,9%
• Ward 72DA 71,1%
• Ward 73DA 84,4%
• Ward 75DA 54,3%
• Ward 76DA 40,5%
• Ward 77DA 83,3%
• Ward 78DA 48,5%
• Ward 79DA 59,3%
• Ward 81DA 54,7%
• Ward 82DA 53,3%
• Ward 83DA 81,9%
• Ward 84DA 70,9%
• Ward 85ANC 41,9%
• Ward 86ANC 66,1%
• Ward 87ANC 71,4%
• Ward 88DA 32,1%
• Ward 90DA 86,4%
• Ward 91ANC 62,6%
• Ward 92DA 33,9%
• Ward 93ANC 49,1%
• Ward 94ANC 44,9%
• Ward 96ANC 52,7%
• Ward 97ANC 47,8%
• Ward 98ANC 51,7%
• Ward 99ANC 70,1%
• Ward 100DA 45,3%
• Ward 101ANC 48,1%
• Ward 102DA 82,1%
• Ward 103DA 83,8%
• Ward 104ANC 52,2%
• Ward 105DA 80,6%
• Ward 106DA 44,5%
• Ward 107DA 83,6%
• Ward 108DA 51,9%
• Ward 109DA 67,5%
• Ward 110DA 60,1%
• Ward 111DA 71,0%
• Ward 112DA 88,1%
• Ward 113DA 74,2%
• Ward 116DA 57,0%
• Ward 117DA 89,2%
• Ward 118ANC 52,4%

About these results

Are these the final 2026 local election results?

Not yet. These are running totals as the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) publishes them, and they change as more voting stations are counted. Only the Commission's declaration is final.

How do I see the results for my ward?

Use Find my ward on Mandate SA, with your location or by searching your municipality and ward number. Your ward's page shows every candidate and each voting station as it is counted.

Where do these results come from?

From the results the Electoral Commission of South Africa publishes. Mandate SA adds them up and shows them free of charge. Vote totals add the ward and party ballots together, as the Commission's dashboard does.

Does the party with the most votes run the municipality?

Not always. A party needs more than half of a council's seats to govern alone. If no party has that, the council is hung, and parties may form a coalition or a minority government.

Why do early results look different from the final picture?

Stations are counted at different speeds, so early totals lean towards the places counted first. Check how many stations are in before reading much into a figure.