2021 Local Government Elections
Held on 1 November 2021. Results for every voting district, as published by the IEC. Mapped on the boundaries in force on polling day.
District council PR ballot: results
The district council PR ballot (40% of district council seats).
| Party or contestant (as listed) | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | 3 838 037 | 53,8% |
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | 995 877 | 14,0% |
| ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS | 804 399 | 11,3% |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | 591 265 | 8,3% |
| VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | 161 062 | 2,3% |
| AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT | 55 509 | 0,8% |
| NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY | 52 592 | 0,7% |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | 46 508 | 0,7% |
| PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE | 38 402 | 0,5% |
| GOOD | 35 206 | 0,5% |
| AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 32 239 | 0,5% |
| ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS | 31 253 | 0,4% |
| Others (160 together) | 445 926 | 6,3% |
Show all 172 parties and contestants
Key figures
- Valid votes
- 7 128 275
- Turnout
- 46,8%
- Votes cast
- 7 299 991
- Spoilt votes
- 171 716
- Registered voters
- 15 597 051
- Ballots
- 44
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Map
Provinces on the boundaries in force on polling day — select one to see its municipalities
Turnout, District council PR ballot, 2021
By province
Provinces as named on polling day
| Province | Valid votes | Turnout | AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE | Most votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | 1 023 959 | 46,7% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 71,3% |
| Free State | 450 186 | 45,9% | 0,5% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 52,2% |
| Gauteng | 386 061 | 45,2% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 41,1% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1 780 226 | 51,4% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 41,6% |
| Limpopo | 1 117 102 | 44,2% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 71,0% |
| Mpumalanga | 788 945 | 42,5% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 62,0% |
| North West | 681 957 | 42,0% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 56,8% |
| Northern Cape | 322 311 | 53,2% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 51,5% |
| Western Cape | 577 528 | 51,5% | – | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 49,1% |
Coverage and comparability
What this election's record holds, the delimitation its areas sit on, and which elections it may be compared with
By ballot
- District council PR ballot
- Municipal PR ballot
- Ward ballot
Boundaries and comparisons
Areas of the 2021 municipal delimitation; boundaries held (Municipalities 2021 (MDB), Provinces (MDB, as in force for the 2021 local elections), Wards 2021 (MDB)).
Nationally and by province this election compares with every other local Government election. By municipality: no other election is on the same delimitation, so municipal results are listed per election and never side by side. Wards are compared only within one delimitation.
About this record
Coverage, limitations, source issues and how the figures were checked
What the record holds
- Results for every voting district (23 147), ward (4 468) and municipality (213): the ward ballot, the municipal proportional representation (PR) ballot and the district council PR ballot (DC 40%), from the IEC's downloadable detailed results, one file per province.
- Mapped on the Municipal Demarcation Board's 2021 ward and municipal boundaries, the boundaries the election was held on.
What it does not hold
- Votes cast are the sum of valid and spoilt votes (the files give the parts). Contestants are listed in the files' order (alphabetical), not ballot-paper order. Seats are not in these files and are not shown.
Source issues
- Ward candidates are not named in the files: ward-ballot votes are given per party, and all independent ward candidates of a ward are one line, "INDEPENDENT". Stored as published; the winner of a ward is shown only where a party line has the most votes.
- Mpumalanga: the voting-district file (generated 23 November 2021) has 6 fewer spoilt ward-ballot votes and 4 fewer spoilt DC 40% votes than the IEC's summaries (printed later). Valid votes agree exactly. Loaded as the voting-district file states; to raise with the IEC.
How it was read and checked
- Election date: 1 November 2021 (IEC electoral event 1091).
- Reconciled with the IEC's national Results Summary (all ballots): every party line, for every ballot type, nationally and per province, agrees exactly; valid votes agree exactly (ward 11 749 100; PR 11 720 611; DC 40% 7 128 275).
Sources
The official files behind these results
Turnout 46,8%