The ANC won four wards in two provinces and the IFP retained a single ward in former president Jacob Zuma's stomping yard, in Nkandla.
MK Party organiser Floyd Shivambu led the party's campaign in the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, where the party snatched one ward from its arch-nemesis, the ANC.
The DA dominated the by-elections on Wednesday, garnering 32 592 votes or 55.96% of the support in five provinces and ultimately winning 16 out of the 17 wards it contested.
There were 195 548 registered voters in 23 wards in 14 municipalities, according to Independent Electoral Commission of SA data.
The DA was triumphant in wards in the North West (5), Free State (5), Limpopo (1), and eThekwini (5).
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