eThekwini MarkData survey results — Elections 2026
eNCA Election Command Centre
ETHEKWINI
MarkData survey 2026
Opinion survey · Not official IEC election results
| 1Voting intentions | 2Municipal performance |
| 3Mayoral preferences | 4Who to blame for badly run cities |
| 5Flood damage repairs | 6Key insights |
Panel 1
Voting intentions
Who respondents said they plan to vote for in the coming local elections. MarkData survey responses — not IEC results.
Panel 2
Municipal performance
How respondents rated how well or badly the municipality is being run.
Panel 3
Mayoral preferences
Who respondents named as the ideal mayoral candidate to lead the metro after the elections.
Panel 4
Who to blame for badly run cities
Who respondents believe should shoulder the blame for big cities being badly run.
Panel 5
Flood damage repairs
Whether respondents think eThekwini did well in fixing the flood damage.
Key insights
eThekwini context
eThekwini context — population, registered voters, voter-roll and turnout figures from the MarkData key-insights graphic.
Survey methodology
Conducted by MarkData for eNCA. Fieldwork 12 August – 10 September among about 1,000 registered voters per metro who intend to vote. Margin of error as reported by MarkData.
Important disclaimer
All findings on this page are MarkData opinion-survey responses. They are not official IEC election results, and they do not replace certified election outcomes.
Original MarkData panel graphics remain the approved source assets on this page.
