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title: "The Full Picture: View the poll results via Daily Maverick's customised provincial maps"
description: "These nine provincial interactive maps track the results for the municipal elections, and also show the 66 hung councils at a glance. They also indicate the results from the previous local government elections in 2016 – and, where relevant, how things looked before 1 November amid by-elections and coalition realignments (the incumbent). Just click on the specific municipality you wish to scan to see the pop-up details."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "2021 ELECTIONS"
author: "Daily Maverick"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-02-track-live-poll-results-via-daily-mavericks-customised-provincial-maps/"
published: "2021-11-02T16:38:23"
updated: "2021-11-07T13:10:10"
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# The Full Picture: View the poll results via Daily Maverick's customised provincial maps

> These nine provincial interactive maps track the results for the municipal elections, and also show the 66 hung councils at a glance. They also indicate the results from the previous local government elections in 2016 – and, where relevant, how things looked before 1 November amid by-elections and coalition realignments (the incumbent). Just click on the specific municipality you wish to scan to see the pop-up details.

By Daily Maverick · Published 2 November 2021, 18:38 SAST · Updated 7 November 2021, 15:10 SAST

## Content

*Jointly compiled with Victoria O'Regan and Wayne Sussman.*

*Explanatory Footnote:*

***Incumbent:** The party or coalition parties that controlled the council/municipality before the 2021 election results.*
***Leading party**: The party that got the most party ward and proportional representation votes.*
***Percentage:** Party ward and proportional representation votes won by the leading party as a percentage of total valid votes.*
***Votes:** The number of votes obtained by the leading party.*
***Seats:** The number of seats obtained by the leading party.*
***Control:** Which party or coalition parties ultimately control the council/municipality.*
***Turnout:** Voter turnout.*