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2021 Municipal Elections

South Africa's municipal elections will be held on 01 November 2021 to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces.
These will be the sixth municipal elections held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994 – municipal elections are held every five years.

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2021 Municipal elections results reports

List of published councillors declared elected as amended as at 19 November 2021 (PDF)

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Candidate list for Municipal Elections 2021

Updated candidate lists as of 08 October 2021

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Eastern Cape List of Eastern Cape certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (2.9MB) Download
Free State List of Free State certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (1.02MB) Download
Gauteng List of Gauteng certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (2.1MB) Download
KwaZulu-Natal List of KwaZulu-Natal certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (2.6MB) Download
Mpumalanga List of Mpumalanga certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (1.06MB) Download
Northern Cape List of Northern Cape certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (0.7MB) Download
Limpopo List of Limpopo certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (1.6MB) Download
North West List of North West certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (1.1MB) Download
Western Cape List of Western Cape certified party and independent candidates contesting PR and Ward per municipality. PDF (1.6MB) Download

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Latest media releases

Friday, 05 December 2025

The Electoral Commission’s seminar on digital technology has called for optimal use of digital platforms to encourage youth to participate in electoral democracy ahead of the forthcoming local government elections.

Friday, 28 November 2025

This Quarter 2 Disclosure Report which covers the period from July until September 2025 provides an overview of donations declared by political parties to the Electoral Commission in terms of section 9 (1) the Political Funding Act No 6 of 2018. The report indicates continued donation and fundraising activities involving both monetary and in-kind contributions. Four political parties made financial disclosures.

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Voting station lists

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National list of voting stations PDF (16 MB) Download
Eastern Cape voting station list PDF (4.1 MB) Download
Free State voting station list PDF (1.6 MB) Download
Gauteng voting station list PDF (2.6 MB) Download
KwaZulu-Natal voting station list PDF (2.6 MB) Download
Mpumalanga voting station list PDF (985 KB) Download
Northern Cape voting station list PDF (985 KB) Download
Limpopo voting station list PDF (2.9 MB) Download
North West voting station list PDF (1.7 MB) Download
Western Cape voting station list PDF (1.6 MB) Download

Election timetable

Download the full 1 November 2021 Election timetable (PDF)

    29 September 2021
  • Cut-off date: Compilation of lists of parties contesting the election, certification of party lists and making available those lists (s15)
  • Cut-off date: Compilation and certification of list of ward candidates for each ward and making available those lists (s18)

    • 1 October 2021
  • Issue of certificates to party list and ward candidates (s15;s18)

    • 4 October 2021 (Midnight)
  • Closing of applications for Special Votes (Reg 28C 1) - 4 October 2021 (Midnight)

    • 15 October 2021
  • Notice: List of addresses of voting stations open for inspection (s19)
  • Notice of routes, including the locations and times of stopping, of Mobile voting stations (s22)

    • 30 October 2021
  • Special Votes: Home visitations (Reg 28C 1) and special votes at Presiding Officer (Reg 28C 2)

    • 31 October 2021
  • Special Votes: Home visitations (Reg 28C 1) and special votes at Presiding Officer (Reg 28C 2)

    • 1 November 2021
  • Election Day

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