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ProvinceEC
Eastern Cape
- Executive mayor
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- Wards
- 703
- Council seats
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- Residents (Census 2022)
- 7 230 204
Municipalities in Eastern Cape
Metropolitan municipalities
Eastern Cape at a glance
3 627 626 registered voters (IEC, 2026-09-09)
How the province voted in the 2024 provincial election. Context only: local elections often break differently.
- ANC62.2%
- DA14.9%
- EFF10.1%
- UDM3.7%
- PA2.3%
- ATM1.5%
2 metros (Buffalo City, Nelson Mandela Bay), 6 district municipalities and 31 local municipalities. 703 wards for 2026 (710 in 2021). Several councils are under provincial intervention, including Amathole, OR Tambo, Makana and Enoch Mgijima.
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