# The Electoral Commission has declared the 2026 local government elections free and fair. A total of 29.2-million South Africans registered to vote, and 14.9 million cast their ballots, for a 52-percent turnout. The elections involved 213 councils, ten-thousand-526 available seats, 520 political parties and 636 independent candidates. Announcing the results in Johannesburg yesterday evening, IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said the ANC received the most votes 30.76-percent and secured three-thousand-246 council seats, followed by the DA, MK Party, EFF and ActionSA:
IEC declares the local government elections free and fair [SOUND]
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