ANC 50.9%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Jephres Aaron MatsieAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 954 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 50350.9%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party46815.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters31610.7%
BRABetter Residents Association1424.8%
SAHRASouth Africa My Home Residents Association1174.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1043.5%
AUMAfrican Unified Movement1043.5%- TWMPThe Winners Movement Party762.6%
ActionSA381.3%
BLOMBushbuckridge Locals Movement210.7%
APCAfrican People's Convention190.6%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement100.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party60.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%- Mahlo People’s MovementMahlo People’s Movement40.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- GAZANKULGazankulu National Party30.1%
COPECongress of the People20.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Jephres Aaron Matsie (ANC) won Ward 18 with 1 503 votes, 21.1% of the ward's 7 113 registered voters. Turnout was 42.9%: 3 053 of 7 113 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
- Felix Phanuel MathebulaActionSA
- Jephres Aaron MatsieAfrican National Congress
- Thabie Nostell ThekoAfrican People's Convention
- Tumelo Lucky MogakaneAfrican Unified Movement
- Ronnie NyathiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Packson ShokaneBetter Residents Association
- Petros Moxiyeni MzimbaBushbuckridge Locals Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Tshepo Experience MohlabineDemocratic Alliance
- Nsovo Blessing MathebulaDemocratic Community Movement
- Romeo Potsiso SedibeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Andrew SekgobelaGazankulu National Party
- Lindokuhle MnisiLabour Party of South Africa
- Hebert MashileMahlo People’s Movement
- Marcus Elliot NtloziPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Collen Elvis PhookuService Delivery Party
- Jafta Freedom MthombeniSouth Africa My Home Residents Association
- Sipho MashigoSouth African Communist Party
- Siyabonga Ntsako MaphangaThe Winners Movement Party
- Asnath MatukaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Priscilla MalopeUnited Residents Front
- Cecilia Khensani VumaVryheidsfront 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 · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 037 · spoilt 83 · special votes 606 · 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 (3 053 of 7 113). The IEC publishes 42.9%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 503 vs 4 550; SACP 468 vs 1 341; EFF 316 vs 931; BRA 142 vs 414; SAHRA 117 vs 328; AUM 104 vs 301; DA 104 vs 342; TWMP 76 vs 217; ActionSA 38 vs 111; BLOM 21 vs 47; APC 19 vs 53; DCM 10 vs 27; VF PLUS 7 vs 23; MKP 6 vs 22; Mahlo People’s Movement 4 vs 7; PAC 4 vs 5; GAZANKUL 3 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 6; SDP 3 vs 12; COPE 2 vs 3; URF 2 vs 8; ACDP 0 vs 17; AEF 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 6; GAZA 0 vs 4; GJDP 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 1; ODF 0 vs 3; PA 0 vs 2; SUN 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 21. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 109 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: Bushbuckridge's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:50 SAST.