ANC majority allocations in 13 Eastern Cape councils, but the Bay remains open

The ANC has more than half the seats in 13 Eastern Cape council allocations in TPR’s Friday review of the official IEC files. That gives a clearer picture of where the party has a majority in the displayed records, while the province’s two metros remain outside this complete-allocation group.

Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City still have incomplete full council seat records in the reviewed sources. This report does not call either council, infer a coalition from partial votes or announce a mayor. A dashboard allocation is also separate from a formal IEC declaration.

Where the ANC has a majority allocation

The 13 municipalities are Umzimvubu, Great Kei, Amahlathi, Ngqushwa, Intsika Yethu, Sakhisizwe, Elundini, Senqu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Ntabankulu, Port St Johns, Raymond Mhlaba and Matatiele. Every allocation below reconciles to its full stated council total.

The seats behind each majority

Eastern Cape / 13 ANC majority allocations

• Amahlathi: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Elundini: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Great Kei: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Intsika Yethu: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Matatiele: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Ngqushwa: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Ntabankulu: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Port St Johns: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Raymond Mhlaba: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Sakhisizwe: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Senqu: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Umzimvubu: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST

The narrow margins matter as much as the larger ones. Great Kei’s seven of 13 and Elundini’s 18 of 34 are majorities in the recorded full councils. An ANC ward win elsewhere, or a lead in municipal PR votes, is a different claim and cannot be added to this list on that basis.

Where the ANC leads but needs support

Makana gives the ANC ten of 25 seats, below the 13 needed for an outright majority. The DA has six and the Makana United Civic Movement four; five other parties have one each. These numbers identify the need for governing support without establishing which parties have agreed to work together.

In Ndlambe, the ANC has nine of 20, the DA seven and Thina Bahlali People’s Movement two, with one each for the EFF and FF Plus. Eleven seats make an outright majority. In Walter Sisulu, the ANC’s eleven are exactly half of the 22 seats, below the twelve-seat majority threshold.

Sundays River Valley presents another half-council position: ANC eight of 16, with nine required for an outright majority. Describing eight as a majority would overstate what the electorate’s recorded allocation gives the party.

A separate caution in Enoch Mgijima

The Enoch Mgijima source displays all 68 seats, including 31 for the ANC, eleven for the DA and seven for the SACP. No party reaches 35. But the same file still records 166 of 168 districts processed. TPR reports that complete seat allocation separately from the incomplete processing counter; it does not resolve the difference by changing either figure.

A mandate still carries responsibilities

A majority allocation gives residents a clear party to hold accountable for how that mandate is used. Where no party has a majority, residents need to see the governing arrangement itself: who accepts responsibility for services, budgets, appointments and public reporting. Seat arithmetic cannot supply those commitments.

The national tracker contains all 37 ANC majority allocations and every reviewed council without a party majority across the country. It links the dated official source for each, and keeps the remaining partial council records visible. This is reported evidence, not a prediction of coalition partners.

Read the evidence: IEC Umzimvubu record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Great Kei record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Amahlathi record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Ngqushwa record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Intsika Yethu record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Sakhisizwe record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Elundini record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Senqu record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Winnie Madikizela-Mandela record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Ntabankulu record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Port St Johns record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Raymond Mhlaba record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Matatiele record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Makana record, 6 November 2026 at 17:36 SAST · IEC Ndlambe record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Sundays River Valley record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Walter Sisulu record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Enoch Mgijima record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST · IEC Nelson Mandela Bay record, 6 November 2026 at 17:36 SAST · IEC Buffalo City record, 6 November 2026 at 17:37 SAST