Design preview · placeholder data

South Africa — 2026 Metro Election Results

This is a template preview, not real election data. South Africa's local government elections were held on 4 November 2026; official metro-by-metro results have not been published yet. The colours below reflect pre-election polling trends reported in the press (not a result), so you can review the map's layout, colours, and interactions ahead of time. A background task is checking for official results every 15 minutes and will refresh this map automatically once they land.

Metro map

Real-world map · pan and zoom · click a marker for details

ANC

EFF

IFP

Hung / too close to call

Metros at a glance

Same placeholder data as the map, sorted by metro · click to zoom

Placeholder dataset only — illustrates layout and interaction, not outcomes. Pre-election framing drawn from reporting such as Daily Maverick (3 Sep 2026) and The Citizen. Official results: elections.org.za (IEC). Basemap © Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community. This page auto-refreshes with real figures once a background check (sa-metro-election-map, every 15 min) detects official results.