ANC 39.2%down 12.5 pts from 51.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ishmael Zenzile NdubathaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 652 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress64839.2%
- OMOOne Merafong Organisation60336.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1609.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters825.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress402.4%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa221.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party201.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party181.1%
ActionSA150.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party120.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance110.7%
BOSABuild One South Africa100.6%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change40.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party20.1%- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.1%
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Voting districts · 1 ?
Ishmael Zenzile Ndubatha (ANC) won Ward 26 with 648 votes, 17.6% of the ward's 3 679 registered voters. Turnout was 56.5%: 2 079 of 3 679 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 26, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Makgothu Isaac MafulakoActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Ishmael Zenzile NdubathaAfrican National Congress
- Borena Raymond SholokoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bernice Pontso TaoleAzanian Ground Forces
- Johannah MorifiBuild One South Africa
- Catherine Portia LetwabaDemocratic Alliance
- Josephine MatabaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nonhlanhla Nobuhle Agnes NdwandweInkatha Freedom Party
- Drienah Martha Dipuo MotshwaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Freddy Mohau ChabalalaMerafong Agents of Change
- Ndoda David NdubataOne Merafong Organisation
Mojalefa Martin FaliPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Samuel Goitsemang MabePatriotic Alliance
- Tebello Nancy KhampepeSouth African Communist Party
- Joseph Tshepo TshoagongUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Leoni MynhardtVryheidsfront 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 1 856 · spoilt 204 · special votes 325 · All 1 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 1 voting district; 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 1 voting district here (2 079 of 3 679). The IEC publishes 56.5%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 648 vs 2 077; OMO 603 vs 1 203; DA 160 vs 596; EFF 82 vs 408; AIC 40 vs 69; LABOUR 22 vs 70; MKP 20 vs 81; IFP 18 vs 44; ActionSA 15 vs 75; SACP 12 vs 49; PA 11 vs 33; BOSA 10 vs 38; MAOC 4 vs 49; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 22; ACDP 2 vs 18; FISA 1 vs 6; AAAM 0 vs 2; AGF 0 vs 2; ALJAMA 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 9; AZAPO 0 vs 4; PAC 0 vs 10; RWPP 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 24; UCDP 0 vs 2; UMBRELLA 0 vs 2; VF PLUS 0 vs 21. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 26 times in 1 voting district. 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, 21:23 SAST.