With the poll putting the MK Party on the cusp of a majority in eThekwini metro, their voters’ preferred coalition partner is the IFP – and MK is the preferred partner of more than half the IFP’s eThekwini respondents. But ANC voters also chose the MK Party as their preferred coalition partner too.

In Tshwane, the DA was Action SA voters’ coalition partner preference, and Action SA was DA voters’ second favourite after the Freedom Front Plus.

In Nelson Mandela Bay, voters supporting the two largest parties (the DA and the ANC) definitively reject working together. Voters supporting third largest party polled, which is the EFF, preferred the DA as coalition partner. 

In a major Cape Town surprise, the DA turns out to be the most popular coalition choice for ANC voters. At the same time, the DA is also the party most ANC voters reject as coalition party – a clear mirroring of the ANC divisions in the city. DA voters in Cape Town prefer to work with the Patriotic Alliance, and Patriotic Alliance voters prefer to work with the DA.

The results of the polls for Tshwane (which encompasses Pretoria and surrounding areas) and eThekwini were announced in a live broadcast on eNCA .