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ANC 47.0%

Most party (PR) votes

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 4 voting districts in

Turnout30.1%

Voters on the roll3 068

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

checked 23:16Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Mkhuliseni SwatiAfrican National Congress

PR ballot ? · 912 valid votes

ANCAfrican National Congress42947.0%
DADemocratic Alliance10511.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party899.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters849.2%
LABOURLabour Party of South Africa414.5%
OMOOne Merafong Organisation394.3%
AGFAzanian Ground Forces303.3%
ActionSA283.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus171.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party121.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress70.8%
SACPSouth African Communist Party60.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement60.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.4%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change40.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.3%
UATUnited Africans Transformation20.2%
BOSABuild One South Africa20.2%
TRPTrue Reformation Party20.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.1%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%

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Voting districts · 4 ?

Mkhuliseni Swati (ANC) won Ward 5 with 404 votes, 13.2% of the ward's 3 068 registered voters. Turnout was 30.1%: 925 of 3 068 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 18

Mawetu Peter NqwakuActionSA
Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
Mkhuliseni SwatiAfrican National Congress
Neo BanganaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bernice Pontso TaoleAzanian Ground Forces
Tlhoriso Frans KubuBuild One South Africa
Kolase Sidney SitsiliDemocratic Alliance
Khotso Solomon MofoloEconomic Freedom Fighters
Sandile VilakaziInkatha Freedom Party
Sisanda MbayimbayiLabour Party of South Africa
Vuyisile Petrus BlomMerafong Agents of Change
Thabo Eric MatsaneOne Merafong Organisation
Babalwa MagotshanaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Toroetsile Oaths GaonnwePatriotic Alliance
Peter KhumisiSouth African Communist Party
Bongiwe GqizaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Dirk Arno van der HoffVryheidsfront 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 · 9 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 925 · spoilt 17 · special votes 92 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (925 of 3 068). The IEC publishes 30.1%.

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.

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 404 vs 1 269; DA 109 vs 333; MKP 98 vs 281; EFF 86 vs 261; LABOUR 46 vs 87; OMO 42 vs 81; AGF 29 vs 59; ActionSA 22 vs 81; AIC 21 vs 32; VF PLUS 14 vs 48; IFP 12 vs 39; SACP 7 vs 20; MAOC 5 vs 20; ACDP 4 vs 10; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 9; PA 2 vs 6; PAC 2 vs 8; BOSA 1 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 14; AZAPO 0 vs 1; RWPP 0 vs 1; TRP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 4; 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: 63 times in 4 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, 23:15 SAST.

Ward 5 2026 election results