Early numbers in the 2026 Local Government Elections for the Western Cape show the Democratic Alliance (DA) leads the way, while the ANC has crashed and burned.

The latest available stats as per the official IEC website shows that 34% of the total votes have been counted in province.

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The DA has 55.86% of the votes counted, followed by the ANC on 12.32% and the PA with 10.72%.

They are followed by the VF Plus on 5.81% and Julius Malema’s EFF with 2%.

Last elections

As a reminder, in the most recent Local Government Elections in 2021, the DA received 54.26% of the total votes cast, followed by the ANC with 20.38% and the GOOD party with 4.31%.

Correct as at 09:25 on Thursday, 5 November 2026