33 million ballots needed to accommodate ConCourt ruling: IEC

The Electoral Commission (IEC) says 33 million ballots have to be produced to accommodate the extension of the Constitutional Court judgment to the other political parties.

The IEC announced that 32 political parties will be allowed to submit their candidate list following Thursday’s Constitutional Court judgment in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, regarding the ANC candidates list.

Briefing the media in Pretoria, IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya says the Commission does not anticipate these developments will affect the November 4th election date.

“33 million ballots have to be produced to accommodate the extension of the judicial injunction.

Of this new total requirement, 6.6 million ballots had not been printed.

This affects six municipalities whose ballots were affected by the appeal of the ANC that was before the Constitutional Court.

The Commission held back from commencing with printing of the ballots until the Constitutional Court had made a ruling on this matter.” Live Today| Media Briefing IEC Chairperson, Commissioner Mosotho Moepya will brief the media and the public on the outcome of the Constitutional Court judgment and its implications for the Commission.

YouTube: https://t.co/G4a0WDVaWe Facebook: https://t.co/c71mQ3Q964 https://t.co/dMvRjHL43N — IEC South Africa (@IECSouthAfrica) October 16, 2026 The IEC says the Constitutional Court ruling on the ANC’s candidate lists has added to the logistical demands ahead of the November fourth local government elections.

The figures were outlined following the court’s decision to allow 181 ANC candidates to contest in six municipalities.

107 local municipalities will be affected with the inclusion of the additional 32 parties in similar positions to the ANC.

IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya says, “The application of the constitutional court order to all similarly situated parties to the ANC affects 107 municipalities.

33 million ballots have to be produced to accommodate the extension of the judicial injunction.

Of this new total requirement, 27 million ballots had already been printed.

However, 6.6 million ballots of that total requirement had not been printed.”