IEC expects election results count to finish by the weekend
Ongoing: Elections Hot
The Electoral Commission of South Africa said more than 60% of the 66,073 results from the 2026 Local Government Elections were captured at 5pm on Thursday. Chairperson Mosotho Moepya urged people to rely on verified results, not partial ones.
Moepya briefed the media at the National Results Operations Centre in Midrand. He said capturing and verification were progressing steadily. The commission has scanned 40,202 result slips and independently audited 32,238.
Capture rates differed widely by province. The Northern Cape led with 87%, followed by the Western Cape at 69% and the Free State at 64%. The Eastern Cape stood at 60% and Mpumalanga at 52%. KwaZulu-Natal reached 37%, North West and Gauteng 35% each, and Limpopo 23%.
Of 213 municipalities, 65 (31%) had completed capturing, scanning, auditing and the exception process. The commission said the figures stay provisional until objections material to an election are finalised. It also said its Issue Tracker had resolved more than 1,000 cases since special voting began.
Key facts
- Who
- Mosotho Moepya (IEC Chairperson); Electoral Commission (election management body that updated the media on results); Electoral Commission of South Africa (election management body running the 2026 Local Government Elections)
- What
- The IEC updated the media on the counting and tallying of results at its Results and Operations Centre in Midrand, reporting capture, scanning and audit progress and provincial and municipal completion rates. It urged stakeholders to rely on officially verified results rather than partial results.
- When
- 5 November 2026
- Where
- Midrand, Northern Cape, Western Cape
- Status
- Reported