DA 32.5%up 10.6 pts from 21.9% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Eugéne PotgieterDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 1 691 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance55032.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress36021.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party22413.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1297.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1287.6%
ActionSA1016.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus684.0%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa241.4%
- OMOOne Merafong Organisation241.4%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change231.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party140.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement140.8%
PAPatriotic Alliance80.5%
AICAfrican Independent Congress70.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party60.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
BOSABuild One South Africa20.1%- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.1%
- AGFAzanian Ground Forces10.1%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Eugéne Potgieter (DA) won Ward 18 with 572 votes, 14.4% of the ward's 3 965 registered voters. Turnout was 45.9%: 1 820 of 3 965 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Comfort Sibusiso LubisiActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Nozenza Martha NgamoleAfrican National Congress
- Stephen Phalatsi MekgweAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Nompumelelo Rose-Eveline MakhongoanaAzanian Ground Forces
- Lebogang QakoshaBuild One South Africa
- Eugéne PotgieterDemocratic Alliance
- Onnetse Brian MakhayaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Zakhele Innocent NdlovanaInkatha Freedom Party
- Vuyolwethu MqoqiLabour Party of South Africa
- Tshidiso Macdonald MokgethiMerafong Agents of Change
- Musa MakwediniOne Merafong Organisation
- Pule Selby MusiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Toroetsile Oaths GaonnwePatriotic Alliance
- Jeremiah Mzwandile MpisekhayaSouth African Communist Party
- Mandlenkosi Paul MangeUmkhonto 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 820 · spoilt 86 · special votes 78 · 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 (1 820 of 3 965). The IEC publishes 45.8%.
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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 572 vs 1 721; ANC 350 vs 1 083; SACP 244 vs 678; MKP 140 vs 402; EFF 135 vs 403; ActionSA 96 vs 311; VF PLUS 71 vs 201; LABOUR 29 vs 53; OMO 23 vs 47; MAOC 21 vs 64; AIC 17 vs 27; ACDP 16 vs 49; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 17; PA 5 vs 18; BOSA 3 vs 5; PAC 3 vs 9; IFP 2 vs 14; AGF 1 vs 2; FISA 1 vs 2; ALJAMA 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 29; UAT 0 vs 1; UCDP 0 vs 2; UMBRELLA 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 42 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 10 Nov 2026, 01:29 SAST.