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Month: December, 2025

Complete Mapping Index


All basic maps, for all metros, are now complete. This post is nothing more than an index to the complete set of metro maps. They include: individual party support, leading party, second biggest party, turnout and support for other parties. They will be supplemented next year but, for the moment, this is just a helpful post that gives you a set of direct links to all basic indicators. Next year, they will form the foundation of much more analysis, statistics and maps to come. Until then, have a good break, and thank you for subscribing.

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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | EFF Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | DA Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | All Maps


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | CTM | ANC Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | EFF Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | DA Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | All Maps


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | BCM | ANC Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | EFF Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | DA Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | All Maps


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | NMB | ANC Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | EFF Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | DA Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | All Maps


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | MAN | ANC Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | MK Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | EFF Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | IFP Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | DA Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | All Maps


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | ETH | ANC Support


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Election 2026/7 [10] Fragmentation: The most powerful force in Gauteng


We have looked, in detail, at turnout trends, which will be a determining factor in the next elections. The other primary force – perhaps even more impactful than turnout – is fragmentation: the degree to which the ANC’s and DA’s vote share has split since 2011. Back then, those two parties had a monopoly on the metro vote. Since then, both the number of “Other Parties” and their combined vote share, has exploded.

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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | Second Biggest Party


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | Turnout


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | Leading Party Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | Other Parties Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | MK Support


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Election 2026/7 Resource: Heat Map | EKU | EFF Support


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