ANC 54.8%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lorraine MathebulaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 386 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 85654.8%
- SDPService Delivery Party3369.9%
AUMAfrican Unified Movement2938.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2858.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party2447.2%
DADemocratic Alliance2056.1%- ODFOrganisation for Democracy and Freedom551.6%
ActionSA441.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus150.4%
COPECongress of the People100.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party90.3%- TWMPThe Winners Movement Party80.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention70.2%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement60.2%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
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Voting districts · 7 ?
Lorraine Mathebula (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 856 votes, 23.1% of the ward's 8 028 registered voters. Turnout was 44.1%: 3 539 of 8 028 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
- Madile Primary SchoolVD 76160190ANC 41.2%
- Makwetse Primary SchoolVD 76160415ANC 47.5%
- Ehlanzeni Tvet College (Mapulaneng Campus)VD 76160437ANC 54.1%
- Nazarene Church (Maromeng)VD 76160932ANC 41.9%
- Powerline Primary SchoolVD 76160943ANC 82.3%
- Evengelical Lutheran Church of South AfricaVD 76161056ANC 54.6%
- Khensani AcademyVD 76161102ANC 57.6%
Candidates · 18
- Attorney ZithaActionSA
- Lorraine MathebulaAfrican National Congress
- Dumisani NgobeniAfrican People's Convention
- Happy Given MosomaAfrican Unified Movement
- Refiloe Annah MashalaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Swabi Surance MohlalaDemocratic Alliance
- Vuyisile MabasoDemocratic Community Movement
- Innocent SibuyiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lindokuhle MnisiLabour Party of South Africa
- Sibongile Lanny MagabeOrganisation for Democracy and Freedom
Pleasure MogakanePan Africanist Congress of Azania- Anob MbebeService Delivery Party
- John Ricon HlabaneSouth African Communist Party
- Natvate Mboye NtshiriThe Winners Movement Party
- Tervin SibuyiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Kgopotso MohlabineUnited Residents Front
- Ben Bernard DlovoVryheidsfront 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 551 · spoilt 165 · special votes 417 · 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 (3 539 of 8 028). The IEC publishes 44.4%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 856 vs 5 568; SDP 336 vs 962; AUM 293 vs 852; EFF 285 vs 883; SACP 244 vs 680; DA 205 vs 599; ODF 55 vs 84; ActionSA 44 vs 132; VF PLUS 15 vs 40; COPE 10 vs 20; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 30; MKP 9 vs 26; TWMP 8 vs 29; APC 7 vs 21; DCM 6 vs 15; URF 3 vs 8; ACDP 0 vs 25; AEF 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 12; BLOM 0 vs 1; BRA 0 vs 14; BTCP 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 3; GAZANKUL 0 vs 2; GJDP 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 2; Mahlo People’s Movement 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 4; PAC 0 vs 4; SAHRA 0 vs 12; SUN 0 vs 4; UAT 0 vs 42. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 127 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: Bushbuckridge's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:52 SAST.