DA 45.0%down 6.5 pts from 51.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Hendrik Johannes RettersDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 5 406 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 43045.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 11420.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus55210.2%
ActionSA53810.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters4728.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party661.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party460.9%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement380.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party290.5%
RISERise Mzansi290.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement210.4%
BOSABuild One South Africa170.3%
UATUnited Africans Transformation130.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation80.1%- BTWBorn To Win60.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%
COPECongress of the People30.1%- A.SAfrican Solution30.1%
MTLMovement for Total Liberation20.0%
MSMMagoshi Swaranang Movement20.0%- DOPDefenders of the People20.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance10.0%
- MAGAENG10.0%
- MOSHABIMoshabi Party10.0%
- BVPBelievers Voice Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Hendrik Johannes Retters (DA) won Ward 21 with 2 541 votes, 28.3% of the ward's 8 976 registered voters. Turnout was 60.3%: 5 417 of 8 976 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Polokwane, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 29
- Sello Brandan SebekaAble Leadership
- Leshoto Morwantjie SefaraActionSA
- Morokolo Frans MokgetleAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mulanga MulaudziAfrican National Congress
- Sewela MabulukaAfrican Solution
- James Tshepo MankgeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Azarea BrielAl Jama-ah
- Manoko Derrick MolotoBelievers Voice Party
Charles SekgobelaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Morongoa Martina MamaboloBorn To Win
- Motlanalo Julia MalulekeBuild One South Africa
- Erick MohlapamaswiCongress of the People
- Hendrik Johannes RettersDemocratic Alliance
Tlou Rebecca SomoEconomic Emancipation Forum- Phata Willington ThemaEconomic Freedom Fighters
Oriel Magezi MashimbyiKingdom Covenant Democratic Party- Mantwa Shelly ShaiMagaeng
- Sewela Dinah MatemanaMagoshi Swaranang Movement
- Thabang Jean Pierre ManiMoshabi Party
- Sammy Samuel SelekaMovement for Total Liberation
- Samson Lesiba NkunaNational Restoration Party
Meltonia Mokgatjane SethosaOrganic Humanity Movement- Pazarell Winnie Makgeledisa MphahlelePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Jennifer SouthernPatriotic Alliance
- Maboko Lazarus KganyagoRise Mzansi
Mohanoa Sophy RabosiwanaRise Up Africa / Tsoga Africa- Molatelo SebolaSebotha Community Party
- Makgoka Oscar MagoroSouth African Communist Party
- Rachel Trine van ZylVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 501 · spoilt 22 · special votes 290 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (5 417 of 8 976). The IEC publishes 61.3%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 541 vs 7 471; ANC 1 235 vs 3 503; ActionSA 531 vs 1 605; VF PLUS 497 vs 1 613; EFF 426 vs 1 358; SACP 70 vs 204; ACDP 43 vs 133; RISE 36 vs 65; BOSA 28 vs 66; MAYIBUYE 25 vs 73; PAC 10 vs 19; ALJAMA 5 vs 6; A.S 4 vs 11; COPE 4 vs 12; PA 4 vs 14; BTW 3 vs 12; MOSHABI 3 vs 4; BVP 1 vs 5; ECOFORUM 1 vs 2; MAGAENG 1 vs 3; MSM 1 vs 5; AHC 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 12; AL. 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 46; AZAPO 0 vs 16; DOP 0 vs 5; IFP 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 58; MTL 0 vs 3; SAREA 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 26; UPPA 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 63 times in 2 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, 23:31 SAST.