Elections in South Africa - dates and deadlines
Every elections date Find SA Status tracks, current and archived, with the official source, the date we last verified it and the next scheduled review.
There are 1 elections records here: 0 still upcoming and 1 archived. Archived records stay online because "when did that happen" is a real question, but they are clearly marked so nobody plans around a date that has passed.
Last reviewed 2026-10-13 · next scheduled review 2026-10-14
There are no upcoming elections dates in the dataset right now. The archived entries below show the most recent ones.
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These dates have passed. They are kept for reference - for example to check when a filing season closed in a previous year.
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Proposed Date not yet announced2026 Municipal (Local Government) Elections
South Africa's municipal elections are held every five years. The previous municipal elections were held on 1 November 2021, which means the next ordinary municipal elections are constitutionally due by early November 2026. The exact polling date is proclaimed by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and published in the Government Gazette. At the time this record was last verified, no proclamation date for the 2026 municipal elections had been published in a form Find SA Status could confirm, so no date is shown.
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