ANC 62.0%down 21.4 pts from 83.4% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thipenyane Andrew MakatuAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 820 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 12962.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters30917.0%
DADemocratic Alliance27915.3%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement412.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party382.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus130.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
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Voting districts · 3 ?
Thipenyane Andrew Makatu (ANC) won Ward 1 with 1 121 votes, 31.1% of the ward's 3 606 registered voters. Turnout was 51.0%: 1 839 of 3 606 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Tswelopele, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 9
- Thipenyane Andrew MakatuAfrican National Congress
- Timothy Mthandazo LeferaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Paulus Makwaqa SennanyaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Ephraim Ntepe LethokoDemocratic Alliance
- Molemo Moris RamabeleEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Tieho Alex MoahludiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Tembeni David CisaniSouth African Communist Party
- Vuyo Percy MbalulaTikwana Youth Power
- Michael Arnoldus MüllerVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
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ESP areas in this ward · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 836 · spoilt 22 · special votes 266 · 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 (1 839 of 3 606). The IEC publishes 51.0%.
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 16 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 121 vs 3 376; EFF 305 vs 918; DA 293 vs 856; SACP 40 vs 110; ATM 37 vs 115; VF PLUS 11 vs 35; PAC 4 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 9; ACDP 0 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 1; ActionSA 0 vs 6; AIC 0 vs 13; ALM 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; ECOFORUM 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 32 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: Tswelopele's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 17:26 SAST.