Polls, results and change

How the pre-election polls compare with the count, and how party support has moved since the last municipal election.

Place

No verified comparisonThe IEC summary combines party-ballot results. The poll comparison needs a separate party-list result for the same place.

Johannesburg

Poll maximum margin of error ±5.89 points

ANC

EFF

ActionSA

FF+

IFP

Poll range, maximum margin
Poll share

Poll against result
Party	Poll	Margin	Result	Result minus poll
DA	31.3%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
ANC	28.1%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
EFF	12.5%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
ActionSA	11.5%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
MK	5.2%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
FF+	3.1%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
IFP	2.1%	±5.89	n/a	n/a
PA	1.0%	±5.89	n/a	n/a

Poll shares leave out don’t-know answers and are rescaled to 100%. The margin is Ipsos’s maximum for one estimate, not a test of the gap. A result inside the range does not prove the poll was right, and one outside it does not prove it was wrong. See how we judge accuracy.

Poll: Ipsos Wave 2, fieldwork 12 September to 13 October 2026, published 30 October 2026. Ipsos release