ANC 59.0%down 17.5 pts from 76.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Zukisa DesemelaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 459 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 45259.0%
DADemocratic Alliance66627.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1174.8%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1054.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus492.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance411.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement140.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania110.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party30.1%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Zukisa Desemela (ANC) won Ward 2 with 1 480 votes, 34.2% of the ward's 4 322 registered voters. Turnout was 59.1%: 2 556 of 4 322 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 2, Walter Sisulu, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 11
- Zukisa DesemelaAfrican National Congress
- Nompumelelo Sylvia TsholobaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Athenkosi Nicholas MpelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sandiswa LuvatshaDemocratic Alliance
- Luphumlo Eric NgqazoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Unathi Sicelo GumenkePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Wally FickoPatriotic Alliance
- Zwelithini Goodwell MqokrwanaSouth African Communist Party
- Bokang PhamoliUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Julia StuurmanUnited Residents Front
- Kathryn Beatrice BezuidenhoutVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 561 · spoilt 33 · special votes 403 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (2 556 of 4 322). The IEC publishes 59.4%.
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 13 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 480 vs 4 378; DA 691 vs 2 053; EFF 122 vs 360; SACP 117 vs 324; VF PLUS 55 vs 151; PA 52 vs 138; ATM 5 vs 30; PAC 3 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 6; MKP 1 vs 4; AIC 0 vs 10; IFP 0 vs 8; URF 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 38 times in 4 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: Walter Sisulu's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:42 SAST.