ANC 38.5%
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sydwell Melato MakgakgaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 4 044 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 55538.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1 13928.2%
ActionSA70117.3%
DADemocratic Alliance3207.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party792.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus581.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party391.0%
UATUnited Africans Transformation360.9%- BTWBorn To Win210.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party170.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement110.3%
BOSABuild One South Africa110.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation80.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum40.1%
MTLMovement for Total Liberation40.1%- A.SAfrican Solution40.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance30.1%
RISERise Mzansi30.1%- MAGAENG30.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.0%
RUARise Up Africa / Tsoga Africa20.0%- MOSHABIMoshabi Party20.0%
COPECongress of the People10.0%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa10.0%
MSMMagoshi Swaranang Movement10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- DOPDefenders of the People10.0%
- BPBathobohle Political Party10.0%
- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance10.0%
- MIVMolemole Independent Voice10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Sydwell Melato Makgakga (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 575 votes, 16.1% of the ward's 9 782 registered voters. Turnout was 41.6%: 4 069 of 9 782 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Polokwane, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 30
- Nyeleti Happy BaloyiAble Leadership
- Mahlodi Joyce MabulaActionSA
- Sydwell Melato MakgakgaAfrican National Congress
- Pontsho MakauAfrican Solution
- Nare Griffiths ChoshiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Azarea BrielAl Jama-ah- Mabokhu Joshua BopapeAzanian People's Organisation
- Tlou Elvis SetatiBelievers Voice Party
- Maboa Moses MothibaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Maribana Samuel MakgokaBorn To Win
- Ngako David SetjieBuild One South Africa
- Erick MohlapamaswiCongress of the People
- Kgabo David LegodiDemocratic Alliance
- Calvin Tlou MatsiEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Phuti Chris MabotjaEconomic Freedom Fighters
Kwena Mpho MatshaKingdom Covenant Democratic Party- Sara Matime MafokoaneMagaeng
- Paledi MothapoMagoshi Swaranang Movement
- Tshiangwa Adolphina ManiMoshabi Party
- Thomas Ntemeka MojapeloMovement for Total Liberation
- Makgoba Joseph MolepoNational Restoration Party
- Meltonia Mokgatjane SethosaOrganic Humanity Movement
- Pazarell Winnie Makgeledisa MphahlelePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Jennifer SouthernPatriotic Alliance
- Karabo Semole Johanna NdlovuRise Mzansi
- Mmatlou Queen ManamelaRise Up Africa / Tsoga Africa
- Mmakwena Lisbeth SeemaSouth African Communist Party
- Mologadi Alina ThemaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Motlatso Martin KgomoUnited Africans Transformation
- Susanna Elizabeth ClarkeVryheidsfront 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 053 · spoilt 30 · special votes 361 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (4 069 of 9 782). The IEC publishes 41.6%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 38 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 575 vs 4 678; EFF 1 146 vs 3 415; ActionSA 698 vs 2 088; DA 297 vs 945; SACP 83 vs 237; VF PLUS 57 vs 177; MKP 46 vs 120; UAT 31 vs 103; BTW 18 vs 56; AZAPO 11 vs 27; BOSA 10 vs 30; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 30; RISE 7 vs 10; PA 5 vs 9; ECOFORUM 4 vs 10; MTL 4 vs 12; PAC 4 vs 12; AL. 3 vs 4; BVP 2 vs 4; COPE 2 vs 7; OHM 2 vs 4; A.S 1 vs 9; MAGAENG 1 vs 9; MOSHABI 1 vs 3; MSM 1 vs 5; RUA 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 38; AHC 0 vs 9; AIC 0 vs 13; ATM 0 vs 21; BP 0 vs 2; BPSA 0 vs 1; DOP 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 2; MIV 0 vs 3; Civic Warriors 0 vs 1; SAREA 0 vs 2; UPPA 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 117 times in 5 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: Polokwane's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:29 SAST.