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Local Government Elections 2026
South Africans elect their ward and municipal councillors on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. Find your ward, check who's standing and dig into the data with these tools.
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Election tools
Built by DataDesk and The Outlier from IEC data
Ward map Ballotbox Find your ward on the map, see who is standing there and how it voted in the 2021 local elections. Open the map 
Elections chat Ask DataDesk Ask questions in plain English about the candidates, who's registered to vote and how turnout has changed. Answers come from the IEC's candidate list and voter figures. Ask a question 
Data tool Political party funding Who is funding South Africa’s political parties. Declared donations from 2021 to 2026 by party and donor, from IEC disclosures. Follow the money 
Interactive map Municipal voter turnout Registered voters, turnout and turnout rate in all 213 municipalities across five local elections, from 2000 to 2021. Find your municipality 
Analysis By-elections 2021–26 The ANC has lost 68 ward seats in by-elections since 2022. Who is taking them, and what it means for these elections. Read the analysis 
Data Election datasets Browse election, governance and voter datasets in the DataDesk library, ready to chart or download. Search datasets Candidate, voter and results data come from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).