ANC 56.9%down 20.6 pts from 77.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Poppie Sbongile MahlanguAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 941 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 10456.9%
DADemocratic Alliance45623.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1769.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party562.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party311.6%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa191.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance160.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation150.8%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement150.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus100.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement90.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention60.3%
SAMEBASouth African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Associati50.3%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party30.2%- FISAFreedom in South Africa30.2%
MPMpumalanga Party20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%
MSMMagoshi Swaranang Movement20.1%
USUs the People20.1%
KCDPKingdom Covenant Democratic Party20.1%
BOSABuild One South Africa20.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.1%
AFCAnswer for Community10.1%- DRADennilton Residents Association10.1%
- DOPDefenders of the People10.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.1%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
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Voting districts · 6 ?
Poppie Sbongile Mahlangu (ANC) won Ward 16 with 1 112 votes, 23.1% of the ward's 4 817 registered voters. Turnout was 41.0%: 1 975 of 4 817 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Elias Motsoaledi, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Poppie Sbongile MahlanguAfrican National Congress
- Mduduzi Freddy MashiyaAfrican People's Convention
- Salome Nono MabundaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Zondiwe Abram MahlanguAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Johannes Velly MahlanguAnswer for Community
- Fanie Ntlhomeng MakuwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Peter Lesolo ModibaBuild One South Africa
- Dithomo Lucas TalaDemocratic Alliance
- Kitse Lucky MafatleDennilton Residents Association
- Philemon MamosadiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Tribulations Tokelo MogaleKingdom Covenant Democratic Party
- Olgah Mafolo MabelaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Mahlatse Ramakgahlele MphahleleMagoshi Swaranang Movement
Kamogelo MotubatseMovement for African Convention- Thuliani Collen TlouMpumalanga Party
- Kabelo Ronnie MalapaneOrganic Humanity Movement
- Mashego Phillemon MaimelaPatriotic Alliance
- Khuwa Betty NtuliService Delivery Party
Comfort Pabodibeng MathotmoSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Phillip Tshepo MtshweniSouth African Communist Party
- Betty Sessi SkosanaSouth African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Associati
- Themba Jacob MatebulaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Margaret Lerato SkosanaUs the People
- Tumishi Amos MohlahloVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 953 · spoilt 31 · special votes 140 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (1 975 of 4 817). The IEC publishes 40.9%.
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 35 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 112 vs 3 314; DA 437 vs 1 341; EFF 164 vs 508; MKP 63 vs 172; SACP 29 vs 84; BPSA 23 vs 55; MAYIBUYE 18 vs 49; PA 15 vs 47; VF PLUS 12 vs 32; APC 10 vs 18; SADA 6 vs 7; SAMEBA 6 vs 16; ATM 5 vs 19; AFC 4 vs 6; US 4 vs 9; MP 3 vs 5; SDP 3 vs 5; BOSA 1 vs 3; DRA 1 vs 2; FISA 1 vs 6; MSM 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 16; ALAM 0 vs 3; AZAPO 0 vs 9; DOP 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 3; INGUBO 0 vs 3; KCDP 0 vs 2; NCC 0 vs 1; OHM 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 2; SAPP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 30. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 112 times in 6 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: Elias Motsoaledi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 02:25 SAST.