ANC 38.3%down 7.4 pts from 45.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Joseph Matimba MasanguAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 845 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 09138.3%
ActionSA1 02235.9%
DADemocratic Alliance34412.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1595.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party893.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus481.7%- PFCPush for Change381.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party110.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance80.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention70.2%
COPECongress of the People70.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.2%- EIAEmpathy in Action40.1%
- Ba-Phalaborwa Community PartyBa-Phalaborwa Community Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Joseph Matimba Masangu (ANC) won Ward 16 with 1 091 votes, 20.1% of the ward's 5 416 registered voters. Turnout was 55.2%: 2 988 of 5 416 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Ba-Phalaborwa, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- American NgobeniActionSA
- Joseph Matimba MasanguAfrican National Congress
- Mapula Beauty SeeraneAfrican People's Convention
- Kgadi Meggie MonyelaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Citizen ShingangeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Basani Sarah BompeAmandla Awethu Movement
- Nyiko ChaukeBa-Phalaborwa Community Party
- Mahlatse Justice MakhubelaCongress of the People
- Freedom MashabaDemocratic Alliance
- Nokuhle Promise NtimaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Jonathan Lentsho MokgotlhoaEmpathy in Action
Gideon Solomon MabundaPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Appreciate MakhubelePatriotic Alliance
- Noel MaakePush for Change
- Ntsako Rose NgoveneSouth African Communist Party
- Nhlanhla Lizzy Marhanele-MabasoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Kingsley Tsundzukani NdubaneVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 914 · spoilt 69 · special votes 717 · 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 (2 988 of 5 416). The IEC publishes 55.2%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 091 vs 3 284; ActionSA 1 022 vs 3 003; DA 344 vs 1 037; EFF 159 vs 474; SACP 89 vs 254; VF PLUS 48 vs 118; PFC 38 vs 66; MAYIBUYE 11 vs 68; MKP 11 vs 29; PA 8 vs 20; APC 7 vs 20; COPE 7 vs 22; ATM 5 vs 29; EIA 4 vs 10; Ba-Phalaborwa Community Party 1 vs 2; AAM 0 vs 1; ACDP 0 vs 3; ACO 0 vs 1; ACP 0 vs 1; AFP 0 vs 3; GAZA 0 vs 6; IRC 0 vs 1; NIP 0 vs 2; Mopani Residents Association 0 vs 1; PAC 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 55. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 56 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: Ba-Phalaborwa's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 18:53 SAST.