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2026 South African municipal elections
The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. A total of 620 political parties registered to participate in the elections. The total number of voting districts heading into the elections was 4,488.
As of August 2026, approximately 29 million South Africans were registered to vote, according to the Electoral Commission. The largest age category for registered voters in late 2025 was 30 through 39. In terms of gender, 55% of registered voters were female.
A significant number of new voters registered in the lead up to the elections. The Commission's two voter registration weekends, held in June and August 2026 respectively, recorded over 754,000 new voter registrations, 46% of which came from those under 29 years old.