The Patriotic Alliance (PA) and the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP) both won their first councils in yesterday’s local government elections.

At the time of writing, the MKP had won a majority in Richmond and a plurality in Endumeni, both in KwaZulu-Natal, with all the votes cast in both municipalities counted.

The results in those two municipalities, along with the 2021 elections, are shown in the chart below.

In Prince Albert in the Western Cape, the PA had also emerged as the biggest party, winning five of the ten council seats.

The chart below shows the results of the last two local government elections in the municipality.

ActionSA also surprised in the Western Cape, emerging as the biggest party in Laingsburg, but winning the same number of seats as the Democratic Alliance (DA); both parties won three seats.

The chart below shows the results of the last two local government elections in the municipality.