ANC 45.9%down 32.5 pts from 78.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Ward ballot ? · 2 519 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 15545.9%
PAPatriotic Alliance50320.0%
DADemocratic Alliance43317.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1144.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1054.2%
ActionSA441.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement331.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus251.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party200.8%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation170.7%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party110.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention100.4%- VFCVoice for Change90.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress80.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party70.3%
COPECongress of the People70.3%
URFUnited Residents Front50.2%
AACAfrican Alliance Congress30.1%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.1%
- TRUTHTruth and Solidarity Movement10.0%
- ALMAfrican Liberation Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 18 with 1 155 votes, 21.6% of the ward's 5 340 registered voters. Turnout was 48.1%: 2 568 of 5 340 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Matjhabeng (Welkom), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Mkhuzo Jafta KhezaActionSA
- Evelyn Thobeka HlazoAfrican Alliance Congress
- Molefi Elias MolefiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Maruping Joseph DhlaminiAfrican Congress for Transformation
- Simfumene Amos NdziweniAfrican Independent Congress
- Ida Lerato MotaungAfrican Liberation Movement
- Itumeleng Isaac MarupingAfrican National Congress
- Pule Makgotho Clapton MmihiAfrican People's Convention
- Mathlodi Beresita MdluliAfrican Transformation Movement
- Zanyiwe Josephine MafilikaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mookho Elisa NqeoboCongress of the People
- Mookho Elizabeth RamphomaDemocratic Alliance
- Andile Moses NguboEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Paseka Justice KgalalaEconomic Freedom Fighters
Evonn Khanyelwa MolelekoaIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa- Lebeko John MaileInkatha Freedom Party
- Moeketsi David KumaloLabour Party of South Africa
- Mantoa Peculiar MarumoPatriotic Alliance
- Thekiso Israel MohaleSouth African Communist Party
- Vuyisile Ishmael CharlesTruth and Solidarity Movement
- Bangani Andrew YawaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Dikeledi Suzan SetheisoUnited Residents Front
- Sello Jacob NchobaVoice for Change
- Jan Johannes Jacobus CoetzeeVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 577 · spoilt 58 · special votes 108 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (2 568 of 5 340). The IEC publishes 48.3%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 155 vs 3 504; PA 503 vs 997; DA 433 vs 1 414; SACP 114 vs 321; EFF 105 vs 381; ActionSA 44 vs 178; ATM 33 vs 101; VF PLUS 25 vs 102; MKP 20 vs 64; ACT 17 vs 69; ACDP 11 vs 38; APC 10 vs 14; VFC 9 vs 30; AIC 8 vs 28; COPE 7 vs 22; IFP 7 vs 35; URF 5 vs 11; AAC 3 vs 5; ECOFORUM 3 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 30; FISA 2 vs 6; ALM 1 vs 4; TRUTH 1 vs 6; ACP 0 vs 15; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 21; ARU 0 vs 3; BAWS 0 vs 1; BBM 0 vs 1; ICOSA 0 vs 1; LABOUR 0 vs 3; NPM 0 vs 1; PAC 0 vs 13; UAT 0 vs 10. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 102 times in 5 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, 20:38 SAST.