DA 32.4%up 22.6 pts from 9.8% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Ward ballot ? · 3 517 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance1 14032.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 11031.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2818.0%
URFUnited Residents Front2507.1%- VFCVoice for Change1945.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1002.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation722.0%
ActionSA661.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party541.5%
- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation501.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus451.3%- ALMAfrican Liberation Movement401.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress230.7%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party150.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance150.4%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum150.4%- FISAFreedom in South Africa100.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention90.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement80.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party70.2%
COPECongress of the People60.2%- IndependentIndependent candidates40.1%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
- TRUTHTruth and Solidarity Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
DA won Ward 16 with 1 140 votes, 16.9% of the ward's 6 758 registered voters. Turnout was 51.4%: 3 475 of 6 758 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Matjhabeng (Welkom), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Paballo Isaia NhlapoActionSA
Mtandeki Stephen RadebeAfrican Alliance Congress- Likeleli Joyce MoleteAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Moeketsi Nephtaly KeketsiAfrican Congress for Transformation
- Simfumene Amos NdziweniAfrican Independent Congress
- Stephen Paseka SinxesiAfrican Liberation Movement
- Buti Jacob MdlantombiAfrican National Congress
- Chebo PhahlanaAfrican People's Convention
- Abia Tsietsi SelepeAfrican Transformation Movement
- Christina Nonkosi KlaasAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mookho Elisa NqeoboCongress of the People
- Luttiga Nombuyiselo PresenteDemocratic Alliance
- Lesole MokhesengEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Bonakele Lucas JamaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lamla Greatitude ShashaIndependent
- Lebeko John MaileInkatha Freedom Party
- Moeketsi David KumaloLabour Party of South Africa
- Mafube Petrus MosesePatriotic Alliance
- Muriel Mojaesi MasupaSouth African Communist Party
- Vuyisile Ishmael CharlesTruth and Solidarity Movement
- Phendulwa Thelma MasukelaUnited Africans Transformation
- Thembile John LalaUnited Residents Front
- Khothatso Delica MonyakiVoice for Change
- Sunette JoosteVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
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 · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 571 · spoilt 54 · special votes 528 · 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 (3 475 of 6 758). The IEC publishes 53.6%.
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): DA 1 140 vs 3 062; ANC 1 110 vs 3 319; EFF 281 vs 708; URF 250 vs 521; VFC 194 vs 656; ATM 100 vs 305; UAT 72 vs 199; ActionSA 66 vs 213; SACP 54 vs 154; ACT 50 vs 173; VF PLUS 45 vs 153; ALM 40 vs 110; AIC 23 vs 45; ACDP 15 vs 49; ECOFORUM 15 vs 412; PA 15 vs 28; FISA 10 vs 168; APC 9 vs 12; MAYIBUYE 8 vs 18; IFP 7 vs 13; COPE 6 vs 28; LABOUR 2 vs 4; TRUTH 1 vs 18; AAC 0 vs 5; ACP 0 vs 7; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; ARU 0 vs 6; BAWS 0 vs 1; BBM 0 vs 1; ICOSA 0 vs 6; MKP 0 vs 21; PAC 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 53.6%; its own counts give 51.42% (PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters in its voting districts); we show the calculated figure.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 93 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: Matjhabeng's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:50 SAST.