ANC 39.1%down 26.4 pts from 65.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sanele Alex MakuboAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 602 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress62739.1%
DADemocratic Alliance35222.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus23414.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party18911.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement654.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters402.5%- SDPService Delivery Party372.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party181.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party130.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention130.8%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.7%
- ACMAfrican Content Movement30.2%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Sanele Alex Makubo (ANC) won Ward 1 with 627 votes, 20.7% of the ward's 3 031 registered voters. Turnout was 55.1%: 1 670 of 3 031 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Phumelela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 12
- Nomakhosi Amely TshabalalaAfrican Content Movement
- Sanele Alex MakuboAfrican National Congress
- Thabile Traphinah MsimangaAfrican People's Convention
- Christinah Ntombizodwa TsotetsiAfrican Transformation Movement
- Thoko Priccila MakhuboAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- William John van RooyenDemocratic Alliance
- Thabiso Lucas MoloiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sibongile Cynthia KhenaInkatha Freedom Party
- Jabulani ButheleziService Delivery Party
- Xolisile Constance NgwenyaSouth African Communist Party
- Thabo Alfred JiyaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Hendrik Johannes Jacob CoetzeeVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 669 · spoilt 67 · special votes 103 · 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 (1 670 of 3 031). The IEC publishes 54.6%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 627 vs 1 892; DA 352 vs 1 078; VF PLUS 234 vs 717; MKP 189 vs 392; ATM 65 vs 225; EFF 40 vs 145; SDP 37 vs 108; IFP 18 vs 70; APC 13 vs 23; SACP 13 vs 32; MAYIBUYE 11 vs 50; ACM 3 vs 9; ACDP 0 vs 3; ACT 0 vs 15; ActionSA 0 vs 8; AHC 0 vs 8; AIC 0 vs 5; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; CFA 0 vs 1; COPE 0 vs 2; ECOFORUM 0 vs 1; EKHETHU 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 6. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 68 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: Phumelela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 17:31 SAST.