ANC 42.2%down 32.8 pts from 75.0% in 2021
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Elected ward councillor ?
Esther Ntombekhaya MacandaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 584 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress66942.2%
- OMOOne Merafong Organisation53433.7%
DADemocratic Alliance1398.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1237.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation322.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress201.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party90.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party90.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party80.5%
ActionSA70.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa50.3%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change40.3%
BOSABuild One South Africa40.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus30.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.1%- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.1%
- AGFAzanian Ground Forces10.1%
Hours off in Ward 25 ?
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Esther Ntombekhaya Macanda (ANC) won Ward 25 with 634 votes, 19.5% of the ward's 3 245 registered voters. Turnout was 54.3%: 1 761 of 3 245 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 25, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Bertina Kelebogile MhlapoActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Esther Ntombekhaya MacandaAfrican National Congress
- Anacletta Mamotlatsi MtshawulanaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Ditaba Johannes MakgeneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Keletso PakkiesAzanian Ground Forces
- Matshidiso Elizabeth MotsumiBuild One South Africa
- Tshokolo Benjamen KivietDemocratic Alliance
- Olivia MorebudiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Julie Debra TembeInkatha Freedom Party
- Matlakala Elisa MosieaLabour Party of South Africa
- Tebogo Bernard KeitebetseMerafong Agents of Change
- Mziwakhe David DlhaminiOne Merafong Organisation
- Niklaas MohojePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Toroetsile Oaths GaonnwePatriotic Alliance
- Tooto Kleinboy MosiwaSouth African Communist Party
- Dipuo Christinah MdlaloseUnited Africans Transformation
- Leoni MynhardtVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 764 · spoilt 195 · special votes 168 · 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 (1 761 of 3 245). The IEC publishes 54.4%.
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): ANC 634 vs 2 084; OMO 563 vs 1 097; DA 132 vs 449; EFF 125 vs 409; UAT 30 vs 89; AIC 27 vs 65; LABOUR 13 vs 18; SACP 11 vs 27; IFP 8 vs 29; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 14; PA 4 vs 13; ActionSA 3 vs 46; BOSA 3 vs 14; PAC 3 vs 15; VF PLUS 3 vs 13; ACDP 2 vs 9; AGF 1 vs 2; ATM 1 vs 5; FISA 1 vs 2; MAOC 1 vs 11; ACP 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 26; RWPP 0 vs 2; UCDP 0 vs 5; UMBRELLA 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 45 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.