ANC 74.7%up 5.1 pts from 69.6% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Leon Tsepo LesholuAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 961 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 46574.7%
DADemocratic Alliance26613.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party683.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters442.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party412.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress241.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement241.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement120.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance60.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.2%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition20.1%- EKHETHUEkhethu Peoples Party10.1%
Hours off in Ward 13 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Leon Tsepo Lesholu (ANC) won Ward 13 with 1 465 votes, 38.9% of the ward's 3 766 registered voters. Turnout was 54.3%: 2 045 of 3 766 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 13, Matatiele, voting district by voting district.
- Mpharane Senior Secondary SchoolVD 11780018ANC 74.6%
- Tsekong Primary SchoolVD 11780074ANC 66.7%
- Mpharane Upcsa ChurchVD 11781008ANC 82.3%
- Tlhakanelo Primary SchoolVD 11781019ANC 69.9%
- Likamoreng Primay SchoolVD 11781020ANC 79.4%
- Kutloanong Primary SchoolVD 11781031ANC 62.7%
- Khubetsoana Community HallVD 11781323ANC 78.7%
Candidates · 13
- Cynthia NzimandeAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Rorisang ThekisoAfrican Independent Congress
- Leon Tsepo LesholuAfrican National Congress
- Madibupuoa Anacletta QheshaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Ntswaki MatsosaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Maria Mandisa MboboArusha Economic Coalition
- Tshepo Godfrey MoshoeshoeDemocratic Alliance
- Tshireletso Magdeline MakoroEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nkopane SikwayiEkhethu Peoples Party
- Nthabiseng JangePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Joey Graham van WyhePatriotic Alliance
- Leonia Ntjhafatso TladiSouth African Communist Party
- Motlatsi MonyaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 016 · spoilt 55 · special votes 150 · All 7 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 7 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 7 voting districts here (2 045 of 3 766). The IEC publishes 54.3%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 16 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 465 vs 4 334; DA 266 vs 831; MKP 68 vs 234; EFF 44 vs 148; SACP 41 vs 138; AIC 24 vs 72; ATM 24 vs 77; MAYIBUYE 12 vs 31; PA 6 vs 10; PAC 5 vs 7; ACDP 3 vs 17; EKHETHU 1 vs 5; CI 0 vs 2; COPE 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 10; ILB 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 76 times in 7 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Matatiele's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:42 SAST.