ANC 83.9%down 10.3 pts from 94.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Khakhathi Edward MugwenaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 322 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 94883.9%
DADemocratic Alliance954.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party893.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters562.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa281.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention261.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress150.6%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement120.5%
UATUnited Africans Transformation100.4%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania90.4%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)90.4%
ActionSA80.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party80.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus30.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement20.1%
XPXimoko Party10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
MDCMovement Democratic Congress10.0%- DOPDefenders of the People10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Khakhathi Edward Mugwena (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 948 votes, 37.5% of the ward's 5 198 registered voters. Turnout was 45.0%: 2 341 of 5 198 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Makhado, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
Ofhani MagidiAble Leadership- Libada Arnold MafhalaActionSA
- Khakhathi Edward MugwenaAfrican National Congress
- Livhuwani Pieties MuofheAfrican People's Convention
Nyadzani VeleAfrican Transformation Movement- Raesetja MavhunguAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mathacha Nathaniel MukwevhoDemocratic Alliance
- Tendani Fredderick SephukoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Rambelani SingoEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Humbulani DavhanaInternational Revelation Congress
- Tshiwela Joyce ManiMoshabi Party
- Peter Kombani MaringaMovement Democratic Congress
- Ndifelani Nephtally ManenzhePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nditsheni Josias MalatjiPatriotic Alliance
- Azwindini Edith NekokwaneSouth African Communist Party
- Mpho Godfrey NeluheniUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Gloria Kasamu RikhotsoUnemployment Movement SA- Ndanduleni NedzambaUnited Africans Transformation
- Khathutshelo Kenneth TshidzumbaVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)
- Anthony Patrick HeesVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
- Fumani Wesley MalulekeXimoko Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 13 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 371 · spoilt 49 · special votes 232 · 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 (2 341 of 5 198). The IEC publishes 45.6%.
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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 948 vs 5 886; DA 95 vs 270; SACP 89 vs 258; EFF 56 vs 175; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 28 vs 52; APC 26 vs 45; IRC 15 vs 44; MAYIBUYE 12 vs 32; UAT 10 vs 34; PAC 9 vs 25; VIP 9 vs 35; ActionSA 8 vs 25; MKP 8 vs 18; VF PLUS 3 vs 5; DOP 1 vs 2; PA 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 6; ATM 0 vs 5; ELM 0 vs 5; FISA 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 1; KYN 0 vs 2; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 80 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: Makhado's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:54 SAST.