Municipal elections in South Africa: the ANC is losing ground, the country is moving towards coalitions On November 4, municipal elections were held in South Africa - 136,790 candidates ran for 10,526 seats. The turnout was 54.5%, with approximately 15.9 million of the 29.2 million registered voters voting. The official results will be published within seven days after the polls close. After processing 50% of the ballots, ANC gets 31.75%, DA - 26.33%. Next: Knesset - 7.86%, EFF - 5.81%, ActionSA - 4.07%, IFP - 3.88%. The DA leads in Gauteng and the Western Cape, an MP leads in KwaZulu-Natal, and the ANC leads in the other six provinces. The main result is a significant decrease in the share of the ANC compared to the 2021 elections (then about 45.6%). The chairman of the ANC, Guid Mantshe, urged the party to accept the result "even if it does not suit it" and not to damage the credibility of the electric company, and emphasized its readiness for coalitions where there is no majority. DA leader Jordan Hill-Lewis said he was ready to negotiate with all political forces, but called for a coalition discussion before the count was completed was premature. Analysts say a likely scenario is an ANC-DA coalition in major cities, including Johannesburg, similar to a partnership in the national government. The alternative to the ANC is an alliance with the EFF and Jacob Zuma's MP.

Municipal elections in South Africa: the ANC is losing ground, the country is moving towards coalitions On November 4, municipal elections were held in South Africa - 136,790 candidates ran for 10,526 seats. The turnout was 54.5%, with approximately 15.9 million of the 29.2 million registered voters voting. The official results will be published within seven days after the polls close. After processing 50% of the ballots, ANC gets 31.75%, DA - 26.33%. Next: Knesset - 7.86%, EFF - 5.81%, ActionSA - 4.07%, IFP - 3.88%. The DA leads in Gauteng and the Western Cape, an MP leads in KwaZulu-Natal, and the ANC leads in the other six provinces. The main result is a significant decrease in the share of the ANC compared to the 2021 elections (then about 45.6%). The chairman of the ANC, Guid Mantshe, urged the party to accept the result "even if it does not suit it" and not to damage the credibility of the electric company, and emphasized its readiness for coalitions where there is no majority. DA leader Jordan Hill-Lewis said he was ready to negotiate with all political forces, but called for a coalition discussion before the count was completed was premature. Analysts say a likely scenario is an ANC-DA coalition in major cities, including Johannesburg, similar to a partnership in the national government. The alternative to the ANC is an alliance with the EFF and Jacob Zuma's MP.