DA 52.2%down 14.9 pts from 67.1% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Louis Jacobus van HeerdenDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 1 988 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 03852.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40620.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress1587.9%- SMMService Movement for Metsimaholo1155.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters944.7%
ActionSA683.4%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation211.1%
- KAMKingdom Ambassadors Movement191.0%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party120.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party90.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.4%- MPPFMetsimaholo Progressive People Forum80.4%
UIMUnited Independent Movement60.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress50.3%- MCAMetsimaholo Community Association40.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress30.2%- FDCMFezile Dabi Civic Movement30.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
UATUnited Africans Transformation20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.1%- PCOProgressive Civic Organisation10.1%
- LENTSWELentswe la Setjhaba10.1%
- PMProudly Metsimaholo10.1%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Louis Jacobus van Heerden (DA) won Ward 16 with 1 038 votes, 27.3% of the ward's 3 802 registered voters. Turnout was 52.8%: 2 008 of 3 802 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Metsimaholo, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Nomaeza Jane NthoroaneActionSA
- Jesaja Letlokoana ModisenyaneAfrican Congress for Transformation
- Tshepiso Adelinah BandaAfrican Heart Congress
- Luckey Lehlohonolo MasiloAfrican National Congress
- Lehlohonolo Sarel SebiloaneAfrican Transformation Movement
- Sanah Dimakatsonyana MokoenaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Anna Catharina DelportAlternative African Allegiance
Phasenjane David MotoloCongress of the People- Louis Jacobus van HeerdenDemocratic Alliance
- Nthabiseng Irine Winnyfred KgotlagomangEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ditaba Peter MotsoenengFezile Dabi Civic Movement
- Ntsenki Sophie MotloungInkatha Freedom Party
- Dineo Evodia LelalaKingdom Ambassadors Movement
- Teboho Samuel KobediLentswe la Setjhaba
- De-Wit Samuel MaloisaneMetsimaholo Community Association
- Pule Esaia MahonkoMetsimaholo Progressive People Forum
- Mpho PutsoenyaneProgressive Civic Organisation
- Yeshvir BhanaProudly Metsimaholo
- Yolanda WilsonService Movement for Metsimaholo
- Hellman Tshepe RamaeleSouth African Communist Party
Mokoena Abram MokoenaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party- Lourina Maria Celliers-GraaffUnited Independent Movement
Tshupa Ishmael MahaselaUnited Residents Front- Theo du ToitVryheidsfront 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 1 999 · spoilt 16 · special votes 85 · 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 (2 008 of 3 802). The IEC publishes 52.8%.
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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 038 vs 3 131; VF PLUS 409 vs 1 217; ANC 163 vs 490; EFF 110 vs 305; SMM 106 vs 323; ActionSA 54 vs 188; ACT 17 vs 59; KAM 16 vs 35; MKP 15 vs 24; SACP 13 vs 31; UIM 11 vs 17; MPPF 7 vs 23; ATM 6 vs 21; MCA 4 vs 10; AHC 3 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 8; FDCM 2 vs 5; IFP 2 vs 9; PM 2 vs 3; LENTSWE 1 vs 7; PCO 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 22; AIC 0 vs 3; COPE 0 vs 1; Moqhaka Community Forum 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 6; UD4 0 vs 1; URF 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 62 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.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Metsimaholo's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:48 SAST.