Registered voters in South Africa's 2026 local government elections
This dataset contains the number of people registered to vote in the 2026 municipal elections broken down by sex and age categories as at 2 September 2026.
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The data
2,007 rows, 11 columns.
- area_type Category
- There are three options: National, Provincial and Municipality National, Province, Municipality
- province Category
- Name of province All provinces, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape
- muni_code Text
- Municipality code
- municipality_name Text
- Municipality name
- age_group Category
- Age group has nine categories: 18-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ 18-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+, Total
- male_count Number
- Number of males registered to vote 38 – 13071304
- male_percent Number
- Percentage of males in municipal, provincial or national total, depending on area type 0.26 – 57.62
- female_count Number
- Number of females registered to vote 55 – 16151548
- female_percent Number
- Percentage of females in municipal, provincial or national total, depending on area type 0.51 – 63.22
- total_count Number
- Total number of people (male and female) registered to vote 93 – 29222852
- total_percent Number
- Percentage of people registered to vote in municipal, provincial or national total, depending on area type 0.76 – 100
First rows
| area_type | province | muni_code | municipality_name | age_group | male_count | male_percent | female_count | female_percent | total_count | total_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 18-19 | 317494 | 1.09 | 396220 | 1.36 | 713714 | 2.44 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 20-29 | 2162504 | 7.40 | 2692254 | 9.21 | 4854758 | 16.61 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 30-39 | 3123693 | 10.69 | 3661446 | 12.53 | 6785139 | 23.22 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 40-49 | 2988117 | 10.23 | 3310243 | 11.33 | 6298360 | 21.55 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 50-59 | 2203631 | 7.54 | 2597728 | 8.89 | 4801359 | 16.43 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 60-69 | 1401412 | 4.80 | 1921112 | 6.57 | 3322524 | 11.37 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 70-79 | 639455 | 2.19 | 1026250 | 3.51 | 1665705 | 5.70 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | 80+ | 234998 | 0.80 | 546295 | 1.87 | 781293 | 2.67 | |
| National | All provinces | All municipalities | Total | 13071304 | 44.73 | 16151548 | 55.27 | 29222852 | 100.00 | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | All municipalities | 18-19 | 53792 | 1.48 | 61098 | 1.68 | 114890 | 3.17 | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | All municipalities | 20-29 | 293510 | 8.09 | 338040 | 9.32 | 631550 | 17.41 | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | All municipalities | 30-39 | 361848 | 9.97 | 419691 | 11.57 | 781539 | 21.54 |
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