LIVE | First results in for Gauteng: ANC down, DA leads
Early numbers in the 2026 Local Government Elections for the Gauteng province show a drastic decrease in votes for the ANC, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) leads the way.
The latest available stats as per the official IEC website shows that 7% of the total votes have been counted.
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The DA has 40.9% of the votes counted, followed by the ANC on 18.27% and ActionSA with 14.88%.
They are followed by the VF Plus on 7.09% and Julius Malema’s EFF with 5.74%.
Gayton McKenzie’s PA party has 1.4%.
Last elections
As a reminder, in the most recent Local Government Elections in 2021, the ANC received 36.06% of the total votes cast, followed by the DA with 28.7% and EFF with 11.89%.
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