DA 56.9%up 11.2 pts from 45.7% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Aileen Danette NieuwenhuizenDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 3 120 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 77456.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus43413.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress39112.5%- OMOOne Merafong Organisation1936.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance1344.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party782.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters401.3%
ActionSA391.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party120.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress70.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement60.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa30.1%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.1%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
UATUnited Africans Transformation10.0%- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.0%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Aileen Danette Nieuwenhuizen (DA) won Ward 21 with 1 790 votes, 34.2% of the ward's 5 237 registered voters. Turnout was 59.9%: 3 136 of 5 237 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Kgomotso Elijah MokgothoActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Glen Harry George FourieAfrican National Congress
- Simphiwe QutuAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mmeke Johnny MatlaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Malisema Sylvia MothaeAzanian Ground Forces
Madumo Joseph PhakeBuild One South Africa- Aileen Danette NieuwenhuizenDemocratic Alliance
- Tseliso Abel TsimatsimaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Richard Siyabonga VilakaziInkatha Freedom Party
- Joseph Mbulelo NdobathaLabour Party of South Africa
- Moiketsi Absalom NtilaneMerafong Agents of Change
- Sphamandla Nkululeko MninziOne Merafong Organisation
Teboho Phillemon MoeketsiPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Karel KwesPatriotic Alliance
- Nomfundo Priscilla NtlanguSouth African Communist Party
- Sello Johny MosiaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Dawid Petrus JacobsVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 132 · spoilt 18 · special votes 188 · 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 (3 136 of 5 237). The IEC publishes 59.9%.
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): DA 1 790 vs 5 365; VF PLUS 413 vs 1 297; ANC 387 vs 1 246; OMO 205 vs 398; PA 135 vs 400; MKP 88 vs 255; EFF 32 vs 129; ActionSA 27 vs 124; AIC 11 vs 20; ACDP 9 vs 36; LABOUR 6 vs 9; ATM 5 vs 21; IFP 2 vs 5; SACP 2 vs 5; BOSA 1 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 5; ACP 0 vs 1; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; FISA 0 vs 1; MAOC 0 vs 18; PAC 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 2; UCDP 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 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: Merafong City's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 02:41 SAST.