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Elections in South Africa

What do we know about elections in South Africa?

Next: the municipal elections on Wednesday 4 November 2026 (date confirmed).

  • Next:
  • Date confirmed

What do we know about the next election in South Africa?

As of , the next elections we list for South Africa are the municipal elections on Wednesday 4 November 2026 (date confirmed). This page lists 2 elections, past and coming.

  1. The date

    An official source confirms the date.

    Our sources give Wednesday 4 November 2026.

  2. The contest

    The next votes are the municipal elections.

  3. The result

    No result in our data yet.

Next election

Municipal elections

Date confirmedDate set by Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Government Gazette of 7 August 2026, as reported by SAnews

The path to the result

  1. Date listed: Done
  2. Polling day: Next
  3. Published count: Later
  4. Final record: Later

After that

Latest result

No result in our data yet.

A result appears here after polling day, with its source.

National elections South Africa

  • Height is turnout
  • Colour is the largest party
  • Dashed is coming
  1. No earlier elections in our data.
  2. Today

Which elections are coming in South Africa?

Next parliament election

No election we list for South Africa has been held yet, and none has a result in our data.

Which other elections are coming in Africa?

Time and source Data as of