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Eastern Cape

39 municipalities

Alfred Nzo101 candidates · 0 wards

Amahlathi205 candidates · 14 wards

Amathole104 candidates · 0 wards

Blue Crane Route83 candidates · 6 wards

Buffalo City1525 candidates · 50 wards

Chris Hani102 candidates · 0 wards

Dr. A.B. Xuma348 candidates · 19 wards

Dr. Beyers Naude170 candidates · 12 wards

Elundini294 candidates · 17 wards

Emalahleni281 candidates · 17 wards

Enoch Mgijima711 candidates · 34 wards

Great Kei118 candidates · 7 wards

Intsika Yethu298 candidates · 20 wards

Inxuba Yethemba123 candidates · 9 wards

Joe Gqabi59 candidates · 0 wards

King Sabata Dalindyebo879 candidates · 37 wards

Kou-Kamma86 candidates · 6 wards

Kouga270 candidates · 15 wards

Kumkani Mhlontlo323 candidates · 26 wards

Makana248 candidates · 13 wards

Matatiele482 candidates · 26 wards

Mbhashe601 candidates · 32 wards

Mnquma712 candidates · 32 wards

Ndlambe179 candidates · 10 wards

Nelson Mandela Bay2499 candidates · 60 wards

Ngqushwa148 candidates · 11 wards

Ngquza Hill577 candidates · 32 wards

Ntabankulu206 candidates · 19 wards

Nyandeni445 candidates · 32 wards

O R Tambo139 candidates · 0 wards

Port St Johns278 candidates · 21 wards

Raymond Mhlaba316 candidates · 21 wards

Sakhisizwe143 candidates · 9 wards

Sarah Baartman96 candidates · 0 wards

Senqu320 candidates · 17 wards

Sundays River Valley119 candidates · 8 wards

Umzimvubu520 candidates · 28 wards

Walter Sisulu166 candidates · 11 wards

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela757 candidates · 32 wards

Free State

23 municipalities

Dihlabeng485 candidates · 19 wards

Fezile Dabi202 candidates · 0 wards

Kopanong140 candidates · 9 wards

Lejweleputswa203 candidates · 0 wards

Letsemeng83 candidates · 7 wards

Mafube182 candidates · 9 wards

Maluti a Phofung1255 candidates · 35 wards

Mangaung2061 candidates · 51 wards

Mantsopa241 candidates · 9 wards

Masilonyana253 candidates · 10 wards

Matjhabeng1252 candidates · 36 wards

Metsimaholo881 candidates · 23 wards

Mohokare91 candidates · 7 wards

Moqhaka483 candidates · 20 wards

Nala206 candidates · 12 wards

Ngwathe279 candidates · 14 wards

Nketoana214 candidates · 9 wards

Phumelela176 candidates · 8 wards

Setsoto362 candidates · 15 wards

Thabo Mofutsanyane284 candidates · 0 wards

Tokologo95 candidates · 7 wards

Tswelopele147 candidates · 8 wards

Xhariep48 candidates · 0 wards

Gauteng

11 municipalities

City of Johannesburg9094 candidates · 135 wards

City of Tshwane6774 candidates · 107 wards

Ekurhuleni7171 candidates · 112 wards

Emfuleni2060 candidates · 45 wards

Lesedi467 candidates · 13 wards

Merafong City662 candidates · 25 wards

Midvaal434 candidates · 15 wards

Mogale City1065 candidates · 39 wards

Rand West City1121 candidates · 35 wards

Sedibeng223 candidates · 0 wards

West Rand214 candidates · 0 wards

KwaZulu-Natal

54 municipalities

AbaQulusi549 candidates · 24 wards

Alfred Duma835 candidates · 37 wards

Amajuba162 candidates · 0 wards

Big Five Hlabisa260 candidates · 14 wards

Dannhauser414 candidates · 13 wards

Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma171 candidates · 15 wards

Greater Kokstad199 candidates · 11 wards

Harry Gwala66 candidates · 0 wards

Inkosi uMtubatuba772 candidates · 23 wards

Johannes Phumani Pungula191 candidates · 14 wards

Jozini523 candidates · 25 wards

King Cetshwayo126 candidates · 0 wards

KwaDukuza682 candidates · 30 wards

Mandeni324 candidates · 18 wards

Maphumulo198 candidates · 13 wards

Mkhambathini137 candidates · 10 wards

Mpofana72 candidates · 6 wards

Msunduzi1559 candidates · 41 wards

Mthonjaneni186 candidates · 13 wards

Ndwedwe300 candidates · 19 wards

Newcastle1253 candidates · 36 wards

Nkandla171 candidates · 14 wards

Nongoma472 candidates · 23 wards

Nqutu345 candidates · 20 wards

Okhahlamba388 candidates · 15 wards

Ray Nkonyeni907 candidates · 36 wards

Richmond108 candidates · 9 wards

Ugu127 candidates · 0 wards

Ulundi456 candidates · 25 wards

Zululand126 candidates · 0 wards

eDumbe230 candidates · 10 wards

eMadlangeni116 candidates · 6 wards

eNdumeni158 candidates · 8 wards

eThekwini7601 candidates · 112 wards

iLembe92 candidates · 0 wards

iMpendle103 candidates · 6 wards

iNkosi Langalibalele483 candidates · 24 wards

uMdoni396 candidates · 19 wards

uMfolozi316 candidates · 18 wards

uMgungundlovu176 candidates · 0 wards

uMhlabuyalingana543 candidates · 20 wards

uMhlathuze915 candidates · 36 wards

uMkhanyakude140 candidates · 0 wards

uMlalazi588 candidates · 28 wards

uMngeni302 candidates · 13 wards

uMshwathi192 candidates · 14 wards

uMsinga255 candidates · 21 wards

uMuziwabantu195 candidates · 11 wards

uMvoti216 candidates · 14 wards

uMzimkhulu333 candidates · 22 wards

uMzinyathi77 candidates · 0 wards

uMzumbe360 candidates · 20 wards

uPhongolo397 candidates · 15 wards

uThukela127 candidates · 0 wards

Limpopo

27 municipalities

Ba-Phalaborwa487 candidates · 19 wards

Bela-Bela221 candidates · 9 wards

Blouberg640 candidates · 22 wards

Capricorn278 candidates · 0 wards

Collins Chabane739 candidates · 36 wards

Elias Motsoaledi951 candidates · 31 wards

Ephraim Mogale413 candidates · 16 wards

Fetakgomo Tubatse1213 candidates · 39 wards

Greater Giyani899 candidates · 31 wards

Greater Letaba832 candidates · 30 wards

Greater Tzaneen1040 candidates · 35 wards

Lepele-Nkumpi812 candidates · 30 wards

Lephalale438 candidates · 15 wards

Makhado1017 candidates · 38 wards

Makhuduthamaga937 candidates · 31 wards

Maruleng346 candidates · 14 wards

Modimolle-Mookgophong314 candidates · 14 wards

Mogalakwena951 candidates · 32 wards

Molemole567 candidates · 16 wards

Mopani225 candidates · 0 wards

Musina337 candidates · 12 wards

Polokwane1735 candidates · 45 wards

Sekhukhune243 candidates · 0 wards

Thabazimbi318 candidates · 12 wards

Thulamela1215 candidates · 41 wards

Vhembe250 candidates · 0 wards

Waterberg209 candidates · 0 wards

Mpumalanga

20 municipalities

Bushbuckridge1169 candidates · 40 wards

Chief Albert Luthuli467 candidates · 25 wards

City of Mbombela1100 candidates · 45 wards

Dipaleseng110 candidates · 6 wards

Dr JS Moroka1000 candidates · 31 wards

Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme160 candidates · 11 wards

Ehlanzeni204 candidates · 0 wards

Emakhazeni128 candidates · 8 wards

Emalahleni857 candidates · 36 wards

Gert Sibande125 candidates · 0 wards

Govan Mbeki841 candidates · 33 wards

Lekwa345 candidates · 15 wards

Mkhondo344 candidates · 19 wards

Msukaligwa344 candidates · 19 wards

Nkangala274 candidates · 0 wards

Nkomazi782 candidates · 35 wards

Steve Tshwete757 candidates · 29 wards

Thaba Chweu271 candidates · 14 wards

Thembisile Hani878 candidates · 33 wards

Victor Khanye181 candidates · 9 wards

Northern Cape

31 municipalities

!KHEIS84 candidates · 6 wards

Dawid Kruiper285 candidates · 17 wards

Dikgatlong140 candidates · 8 wards

EMTHANJENI89 candidates · 8 wards

FRANCES BAARD96 candidates · 0 wards

GA-SEGONYANA300 candidates · 15 wards

GAMAGARA132 candidates · 8 wards

HANTAM110 candidates · 7 wards

Joe Morolong252 candidates · 15 wards

John Taolo Gaetsewe69 candidates · 0 wards

KAI !GARIB155 candidates · 10 wards

KAMIESBERG92 candidates · 6 wards

KAREEBERG60 candidates · 6 wards

KAROO HOOGLAND66 candidates · 6 wards

KGATELOPELE106 candidates · 6 wards

KHâI-MA78 candidates · 6 wards

Magareng102 candidates · 6 wards

NAMA KHOI142 candidates · 9 wards

NAMAKWA60 candidates · 0 wards

Phokwane220 candidates · 10 wards

Pixley Ka Seme67 candidates · 0 wards

RENOSTERBERG52 candidates · 6 wards

RICHTERSVELD63 candidates · 6 wards

SIYANCUMA94 candidates · 7 wards

SIYATHEMBA102 candidates · 6 wards

Sol Plaatje941 candidates · 33 wards

THEMBELIHLE84 candidates · 6 wards

TSANTSABANE102 candidates · 7 wards

UBUNTU68 candidates · 6 wards

UMSOBOMVU61 candidates · 7 wards

Z.F. Mgcawu77 candidates · 0 wards

North West

22 municipalities

Bojanala242 candidates · 0 wards

Ditsobotla535 candidates · 20 wards

Dr Kenneth Kaunda147 candidates · 0 wards

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati93 candidates · 0 wards

Greater Taung463 candidates · 24 wards

JB Marks610 candidates · 34 wards

Kagisano-Molopo251 candidates · 15 wards

Kgetlengrivier130 candidates · 7 wards

Lekwa-Teemane122 candidates · 7 wards

Madibeng1229 candidates · 41 wards

Mafikeng778 candidates · 35 wards

Mamusa117 candidates · 8 wards

Maquassi Hills201 candidates · 11 wards

Matlosana820 candidates · 39 wards

Moretele610 candidates · 25 wards

Moses Kotane800 candidates · 35 wards

Naledi211 candidates · 9 wards

Ngaka Modiri Molema148 candidates · 0 wards

Ramotshere Moiloa354 candidates · 19 wards

Ratlou220 candidates · 14 wards

Rustenburg1457 candidates · 45 wards

Tswaing193 candidates · 14 wards

Western Cape

30 municipalities

Beaufort West203 candidates · 7 wards

Bergrivier130 candidates · 7 wards

Bitou219 candidates · 7 wards

Breede Valley570 candidates · 21 wards

Cape Agulhas122 candidates · 6 wards

Cape Winelands172 candidates · 0 wards

Cederberg127 candidates · 6 wards

Central Karoo75 candidates · 0 wards

City of Cape Town6335 candidates · 118 wards

Drakenstein820 candidates · 33 wards

Garden Route193 candidates · 0 wards

George698 candidates · 28 wards

Hessequa176 candidates · 9 wards

Kannaland126 candidates · 5 wards

Knysna317 candidates · 11 wards

Laingsburg86 candidates · 5 wards

Langeberg352 candidates · 12 wards

Matzikama192 candidates · 8 wards

Mossel Bay333 candidates · 17 wards

Oudtshoorn409 candidates · 13 wards

Overberg97 candidates · 0 wards

Overstrand371 candidates · 15 wards

Prince Albert81 candidates · 5 wards

Saldanha Bay388 candidates · 16 wards

Stellenbosch578 candidates · 23 wards

Swartland206 candidates · 12 wards

Swellendam85 candidates · 6 wards

Theewaterskloof375 candidates · 14 wards

West Coast101 candidates · 0 wards

Witzenberg412 candidates · 12 wards

Source of record: IEC certified candidate lists, 16 September 2026 · version iec-certified-2026-09-16 · data notes on the register page

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