ANC 81.3%down 8.9 pts from 90.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ndivhuwo Brain RalebonaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 283 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 85781.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters27412.0%
DADemocratic Alliance482.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress421.8%
ActionSA200.9%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania80.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement80.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.3%
XPXimoko Party60.3%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement20.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement20.1%- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.1%
- MOSHABIMoshabi Party20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
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Voting districts · 7 ?
Ndivhuwo Brain Ralebona (ANC) won Ward 18 with 1 857 votes, 35.3% of the ward's 5 261 registered voters. Turnout was 43.9%: 2 312 of 5 261 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Makhado, voting district by voting district.
- Muila Primary SchoolVD 76210039ANC 83.0%
- Pfananani Childcare CentreVD 76210040ANC 74.9%
- Thwalima Secondary SchoolVD 76211142ANC 86.3%
- Muise Primary SchoolVD 76211210ANC 78.0%
- Muila Traditional CouncilVD 76211221ANC 78.0%
- Tuwani Primary SchoolVD 76211467ANC 83.9%
- Lekgolo-1 Primary SchoolVD 76211906ANC 94.4%
Candidates · 19
Lutendo MufamadiAble Leadership- Fulufhelo Patrick NemabakaActionSA
Famanda Brighton HlongwaneAfrican Christian Democratic Party- Ndivhuwo Brain RalebonaAfrican National Congress
- Rembuluwani NetshivhazwauluAfrican People's Convention
- Mukondeleli MashambaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Takalani Josephine RamulongoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bethuel MavhunguDemocratic Alliance
- Tshifhiwa MashauEconomic Freedom Fighters
Phathutshedzo MudauEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa- Tsiruwani Israel MakhariInternational Revelation Congress
- Tshiwela Joyce ManiMoshabi Party
Peter Kombani MaringaMovement Democratic Congress- Thabo Moses MashauPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Uhone MulaudziPatriotic Alliance
- Nkhumeleni Phillemon MaphapiSouth African Communist Party
Tshimangadzo David MutshariniUnemployment Movement SA- Anthony Patrick HeesVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
- Tshamaano Abigail PhathelaXimoko Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 11 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 303 · spoilt 20 · special votes 391 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (2 312 of 5 261). The IEC publishes 44.0%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 857 vs 5 587; EFF 274 vs 803; DA 48 vs 130; IRC 42 vs 103; ActionSA 20 vs 66; MAYIBUYE 8 vs 35; PAC 8 vs 11; VF PLUS 7 vs 17; XP 6 vs 7; ATM 2 vs 10; FISA 2 vs 3; MOSHABI 2 vs 4; PA 2 vs 5; SACP 2 vs 11; APC 1 vs 7; ACDP 0 vs 6; AZAPO 0 vs 5; DOP 0 vs 1; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 2; GLC 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 2; African Forward Congress 0 vs 5; SDP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 22. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 80 times in 7 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, 18:36 SAST.