These councils are in municipalities such as Nama Khoi, Thembelihle, Kgatelopele, and the Gamagara, amongst others. Parties as the ANC, DA, as well as independent candidates and civil movements in those councils, will be forced to enter into collation governments. In some of these municipalities, the ANC won the votes but without an outright majority. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is on Thursday morning set to update its scoreboard declaring the province the first in the country to capture all votes.

The municipalities with hung councils include three local municipalities from the Namakwa District Municipality, four from the Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality, two from the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, and one from the John Taolo Gaetsewe district.

The municipalities are as follows: Nama Khoi Local Municipality which includes Springbok (Namakwa), Hantam Local Municipality which includes Calvinia (Namakwa), and Karoo Hoogland which includes Sutherland (Namakwa); Kareeberg which includes the Carnarvon (Pixley Ka Seme), Thembelihle which include Strydenburg (Pixley Ka Seme), Siyathemba which include Prieska (Pixley Ka Seme), Siyacuma which include Douglas (Pixley Ka Seme); !Kheis which includes Groblershoop (ZF Mgcawu), Kgatelopele which includes Daniëlskuil (ZF Mgcawu); and Gamagara which includes Kathu (John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality).

According to the IEC, the Nama Khoi has 17 seats available, in Habta 13, Karoo Hoogland 11, Kareeberg 11, Thembelihle 11, Siyathemba 11, Siyacuma 13, !Kheis 11, Kgatelopele 11, and the Gamagara with 15 seats.

The overall provincial vote capture shows the ANC support base at 50.76%, followed by the DA with 19.6% and the EFF with 10.39%. The ruling party has received over 300,000 votes, the DA over 120,000, and the EFF over 60,000 votes.

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