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Turnout up, ANC down, and a wave of coalitions

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The results of the 2026 local government elections were finally announced on Sunday night. The Outlier and GroundUp took a close look. Here’s our takeaway.
The biggest takeaway is the decline of the ANC. After the 2021 election, the ANC had control of 122 of the 213 municipal councils. After this election, it will now control only 54.
A whopping 138 councils will be run by coalitions, almost double the number in 2021. About 63 councils previously run by the ANC, one previously run by the DA and six run by the IFP are now hung. This is because of gains by new parties, such as the MK party in KwaZulu-Natal, and smaller parties like the Patriotic Alliance in the…

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