ANC 49.0%down 24.5 pts from 73.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Bulelani MatenjwaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 4 348 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 13149.0%
DADemocratic Alliance61714.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters4269.8%
ActionSA2435.6%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement2315.3%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1072.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1042.4%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement1022.3%
- Mayibuye Civic MovementMayibuye Civic Movement912.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party811.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus631.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress360.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party300.7%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation130.3%- AIMAbantu Integrity Movement110.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania70.2%
COPECongress of the People70.2%- APPEIRAfrican Peoples Progression70.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention60.1%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation60.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%- DOPDefenders of the People40.1%
GOOD30.1%- DMDemocratic Movement30.1%
- E.T.MEighteen Twelve Movement30.1%
- P.PPeople's Power30.1%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum20.0%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.0%
- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance20.0%
- NANational Alliance10.0%
- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 59 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Bulelani Matenjwa (ANC) won Ward 59 with 2 449 votes, 26.2% of the ward's 9 336 registered voters. Turnout was 47.5%: 4 434 of 9 336 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 59, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 31
- Maxhoba Nicholas BuwaAbantu Integrity Movement
- Winty Mashaya NgcukanaActionSA
- Nomthandazo Florence VakalaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Buyisile Eugen MzwakheAfrican Independent Congress
- Bulelani MatenjwaAfrican National Congress
- Thembelani KwatshubeAfrican People's Convention
- Lindane MfincaneAfrican Transformation Movement
- Siyabulela David NgqokoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Ashicardo Valentino VaaltynAl Jama-ah- Siphokazi MjijwaAzanian People's Organisation
- Nolita RunquChrist Kingdom Party
- Mpatheli Terrence PikoliCongress of the People
- Noluthando SandiDefenders of the People
- Sakhekile TukaniDemocratic Alliance
- Bevan Jermaine BrownDemocratic Movement
- Sibulele Nontuthuzelo QonaEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Yolanda LuzipoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Julian Brain JulliesEighteen Twelve Movement
- Lawrence TroonGOOD
- Phakamile Christopher HaniLabour Party of South Africa
- Thukela ZumaniMayibuye Civic Movement
- Gary Stanton van NiekerkNational Alliance
Janice Patricia de KlerkOrganic Humanity Movement- Siyanda ZazelaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Thozama Randy MntwapiPatriotic Alliance
- Siyanda MayanaPeople's Power
- Melikaya Enoch XotyeniService Delivery Party
- Sinoxolo GongxekaSouth African Communist Party
- Themba Carlos MosiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Zikona KwatshaUnited Democratic Movement
- Graeme LateganVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 437 · spoilt 50 · special votes 422 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (4 434 of 9 336). The IEC publishes 47.6%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 449 vs 4 580; DA 521 vs 1 138; EFF 373 vs 799; ActionSA 207 vs 450; UDM 198 vs 429; MAYIBUYE 116 vs 218; SACP 110 vs 214; ATM 103 vs 210; MKP 98 vs 179; Mayibuye Civic Movement 54 vs 145; VF PLUS 43 vs 106; AIC 26 vs 62; ACDP 17 vs 47; AZAPO 15 vs 28; AIM 13 vs 24; PAC 10 vs 17; P.P 8 vs 11; APC 7 vs 13; COPE 4 vs 11; GOOD 4 vs 7; PA 4 vs 8; DM 3 vs 6; DOP 1 vs 5; E.T.M 1 vs 4; ACT 0 vs 6; APPEIR 0 vs 7; ECOFORUM 0 vs 2; FISA 0 vs 1; LABOUR 0 vs 2; NA 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1; UPPA 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 67 times in 3 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.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:07 SAST.