Election Results | Battle of the Metros: Who will rule the cities?

As of 16:10 on Tuesday, 2 November, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) Results Operation Centre in Tshwane, Gauteng has received the results of 40 percent of the votes cast in the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE). Here’s an overview of the leading parties are faring in the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities, according to the IEC Municipal election results dashboard.

2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS: A lOOK AT THE METROS

According to the IEC’s Municipal Election Results Dashboard, 40 percent of the votes have been counted:

9293 of 23148 Voting Districts completed

1102 of 4468 Wards completed

64 of 213 Municipalities completed

1619 of 8794 Seats allocated

NATIONAL (40% complete)

1. ANC – 47% | 3 752 879 votes | 46 councils | 910 seats
2. DA – 22,81% | 1 821 454 votes | 3 councils | 165 seats
3. EFF – 9,77% | 780 273votes | 0 councils | 91 seats

PROVINCIAL METRO RESULTS

EASTERN CAPE (50% complete)

1. ANC – 66,39% | 891 546 votes | 6 councils | 167 seats
2.  DA – 13,81%  | 182 683 votes | 1 councils | 52 seats
3. EFF – 7,61%  | 100 688 votes | 0 councils | 12 seats

Nelson Mandela Bay (18% complete)

1. ANC – 42,72% | 32 283 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. DA – 37,89% | 28 636 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. EFF – 7,34% | 5544 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

Buffalo City (26% complete)

1. ANC – 69,66% | 44 564 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. EFF – 12,62% | 8072 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. DA – 10,4% | 6654 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

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FREE STATE (57% complete)

1. ANC – 50,81% | 332 490 votes | 7 councils | 113 seats
2. DA – 19,85% | 129 874 votes | 0 councils | 21 seats
3. EFF – 11,77% | 76 998 votes | 0 councils | 18 seats

Mangaung (31% complete)

1. ANC – 44,34% | 50 775 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. DA – 31,82% – | 36 440 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. EFF – 9,21% | 10 548 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

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GAUTENG (31% complete)

1. ANC – 37,33% | 518 142 votes| 1 councils | 61 seats
2. DA – 29,55% | 410 227 votes | 0 councils | 29 seats
3. EFF – 12,78% | 177 356 votes | 0 councils | 4 seats

Ekurhuleni (31% complete)

1. ANC – 37,82% | 133 557 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. DA – 28,47% | 100 546 votes | 0 councils | 1 seats
3. EFF – 14,02% | 49 502 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

City of Tshwane (10% complete)

1. DA – 39,95% | 41 295 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. ANC – 28,68% | 29 640 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. FF PLUS – 10,25% | 10 593 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

City of Johannesburg (17% complete)

1. ANC – 34,21% | 85 420 votes | 0 councils | 1 seats
2. DA – 25,9% | 64 660 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. ActionSA – 17,54% | 43 787 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

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KZN (28% complete)

1. ANC – 42,92% | 471 703 votes | 2 councils | 66 seats
2. IFP – 27,52% | 303 781 votes | 0 councils | 25 seats
3. DA – 9,54% | 105 257 votes | 1 councils | 19 seats

eThekwini (6% complete)

1. ANC – 51,97% | 45 209 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. DA – 21,28% | 18 513 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
3. EFF – 10,53% | 9157 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

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Western Cape (53% complete)

1. DA – 51,19% | 676 627 votes | 11 councils | 164 seats
2. ANC – 21,68% | 286 526 votes | 2 councils | 97 seats
3. Other Parties – 9,17% | 120 939 votes | 0 councils | 13 seats

City of Cape Town (21%)

1. DA – 59,68% | 216 029 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats
2. ANC – 16,61% | 60 125 votes | 0 councils | 1 seats
3. Cape Coloured Congress – 4,23% | 15 319 votes | 0 councils | 0 seats

For the live results visit https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/

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