DA 50.1%up 15.4 pts from 34.7% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
David Henry HarmanDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 2 187 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 09550.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress39117.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters22010.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1597.3%
ActionSA934.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party733.3%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change381.7%- OMOOne Merafong Organisation351.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement150.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party140.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania90.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress80.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party70.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa70.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party50.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.2%
BOSABuild One South Africa30.1%- TRPTrue Reformation Party30.1%
UATUnited Africans Transformation20.1%- AGFAzanian Ground Forces10.0%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
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Voting districts · 2 ?
David Henry Harman (DA) won Ward 16 with 1 148 votes, 26.9% of the ward's 4 264 registered voters. Turnout was 51.6%: 2 199 of 4 264 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Sarah Mmami Haja Ahmed KhanActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Motlogelwa Archibald MosianeAfrican National Congress
- Tito KhumaloAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mzwandile Honest MabentselaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Malisema Sylvia MothaeAzanian Ground Forces
- Mmaketseletso Alinah PotlwaneBuild One South Africa
- David Henry HarmanDemocratic Alliance
- Masekoane Lawrence NkhasiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Goodenough Thembenkosini MdletsheInkatha Freedom Party
- Vuyolwethu MqoqiLabour Party of South Africa
- Mpho Bond MaphosoMerafong Agents of Change
- Ithabeleng Nthati TsoloOne Merafong Organisation
- Bafana Edwin MthimkuluPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Thulani MoiloaPatriotic Alliance
- Jeremiah Mzwandile MpisekhayaSouth African Communist Party
- Hendrick Andrewe SelemelaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Elsabé MynhardtVryheidsfront 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 2 190 · spoilt 7 · special votes 354 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (2 199 of 4 264). The IEC publishes 51.6%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 148 vs 3 324; ANC 375 vs 1 188; EFF 205 vs 643; VF PLUS 149 vs 476; ActionSA 79 vs 273; MKP 78 vs 240; OMO 30 vs 65; MAOC 27 vs 95; SACP 19 vs 51; AIC 17 vs 29; ATM 17 vs 48; PAC 10 vs 28; IFP 9 vs 21; LABOUR 9 vs 16; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 12; ACDP 3 vs 14; PA 2 vs 10; BOSA 1 vs 7; AGF 0 vs 1; ALJAMA 0 vs 5; AZAPO 0 vs 1; TRP 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 4; UCDP 0 vs 4; UMBRELLA 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 43 times in 2 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: Merafong City's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:59 SAST.