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Ekurhuleni: DA leads votes while completed ward seats are split
The DA and ANC each have three completed ward seats in the reviewed IEC file, despite a wider DA lead in running vote totals. Most ward outcomes remain unresolved.
IEC source: 5 November 2026 at 20:11 SAST. 288 of 653 voting districts and 7 of 112 wards marked complete. Valid ward votes recorded: 333,201; valid municipal PR votes recorded: 334,145. Partial count; no completed council allocation or TPR projection.
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Ekurhuleni illustrates the danger of treating a running citywide vote lead as a council result. The DA leads both recorded ballot totals, yet the DA and ANC each have three of the seven ward seats marked complete. ActionSA has the seventh.
What the two ballots show
| Party | Ward votes | Municipal PR votes |
|---|---|---|
| DA | 109,324 | 108,727 |
| ANC | 69,758 | 69,248 |
| ActionSA | 52,762 | 62,154 |
| MK | 21,973 | 22,658 |
| FF Plus | 21,992 | 21,195 |
Five largest recorded municipal PR totals shown; the connected results view contains all contestant rows. Ward and PR totals are separate ballots. District tables combine ward and municipal PR ballots and are labelled accordingly.
The DA records 108,727 municipal PR votes, followed by the ANC with 69,248 and ActionSA with 62,154. On ward votes, the DA has 109,324, the ANC 69,758 and ActionSA 52,762. ActionSA’s larger PR total is one reason the two ballots need their own columns.
Those figures do not establish how any particular person voted. They also do not turn the seven completed wards into a representative sample of the entire municipality. Later returns can come from places with different party support and different numbers of voters.
What is still unresolved
The reviewed IEC file marks 288 of 653 voting districts complete, leaving 365 districts outside the completed count. Seven of the 112 wards are marked complete. The 224-seat council’s full allocation, including its municipal PR seats, is not present as a completed result.
A party needs at least 113 of 224 seats for an outright majority. TPR has not established a winner, a final hung council or an agreed governing arrangement from this partial record. Each is a different claim requiring additional evidence.
For readers, the next useful development will be a change that alters the representation picture: more completed ward contests, a verified full allocation, an official declaration or documented council leadership votes. A party statement can be reported as its position, but the statement cannot substitute for any of those records.
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Ekurhuleni IEC source, 5 November 20:11 SAST · IEC counting and audit process, 5 November 2026
Sources, evidence and corrections
- Ekurhuleni official IEC record, 5 November 20:11 SAST
- SAnews reporting the IEC results-management process, 5 November 2026
Evidence reviewed on 5 November 2026. This is a dated editorial report; the connected results views show later accepted records.