Midrand – The Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that it has received 197 objections regarding the Local Government Elections held on 4 November 2026.
In an update on Saturday, 7 November 2026, the IEC Chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, said: “Out of these, 54 have been dismissed, eight were withdrawn, while two have been upheld”.
Moepya also revealed that recounts were ordered for five wards, including City of Tshwane, Ward 57, Village Montessori School; City of Tshwane, Ward 102, Patt Projects; Mangaung Metro, Ward 19, Ehrlich Park Fire Station; Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ward 4, Shalom Church Centre; and Breede Valley Local Municipality, Ward 12, Christian Light Ministries.
“The Commission will spare no effort to finalise the objections before it announces the election results,” Moepya said.
He said the IEC plans to announce the Local Government Elections 2026 results on Sunday 8 November 2026 at 18h00.
“The Commission is pleased to report that at this time of the briefing, results processing has been finalised in respect of all municipalities in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape, and Limpopo provinces,” Moepya said.
He said three remaining three provinces are in the final leg of their results processing as follows: Gauteng Province: results processing is pending finalisation in Emfuleni, Johannesburg, and Ekurhuleni municipalities.
Northwest Province: results processing is pending finalisation in Rustenburg municipality.
KwaZulu-Natal: results processing is pending finalisation in Msunduzi and eThekwini municipalities.
“Results will be finalised in these municipalities by this evening,” Moepya said.
“We urge contesting parties and candidates, citizens and the media to bear with the Commission as it winds up the rest of the remaining processes.”
