ANC 65.4%down 9.0 pts from 74.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thomas Godfrey NzimaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 465 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 26565.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters50414.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance1945.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1614.6%
DADemocratic Alliance1263.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement601.7%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement411.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party391.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus190.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention160.5%
ActionSA140.4%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement70.2%
COPECongress of the People60.2%
NFPNational Freedom Party40.1%- SDPService Delivery Party40.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%- TWMPThe Winners Movement Party20.1%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Thomas Godfrey Nzima (ANC) won Ward 23 with 2 265 votes, 29.0% of the ward's 7 799 registered voters. Turnout was 45.1%: 3 521 of 7 799 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Patricia SilindaActionSA
- Thomas Godfrey NzimaAfrican National Congress
- Davy Nhlamulo NkunaAfrican People's Convention
- Musa Grichard MbazimaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Sibongile Doreen SibiyaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Themba Nicholus MhlabaDemocratic Alliance
- Aubrey Msefana MnisiDemocratic Community Movement
- Mygirl Peace MashegoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Wandile MdlovuLabour Party of South Africa
- Bongani MsimangoNational Freedom Party
- Davy Nhlamulo NkunaPatriotic Alliance
- Collen Elvis PhookuService Delivery Party
- Tricia Dories SitimbiSouth African Communist Party
- Machidi Paulina MogaleThe Winners Movement Party
- Solly Life MdhluliUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Alex Advice LebyaneUnited Residents Front
- Ben Bernard DlovoVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 533 · spoilt 68 · special votes 788 · 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 (3 521 of 7 799). The IEC publishes 45.3%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 265 vs 6 861; EFF 504 vs 1 479; PA 194 vs 540; MKP 161 vs 460; DA 126 vs 368; ATM 60 vs 188; MAYIBUYE 41 vs 125; SACP 39 vs 108; VF PLUS 19 vs 55; APC 16 vs 38; ActionSA 14 vs 38; DCM 7 vs 13; NFP 4 vs 9; SDP 4 vs 8; TWMP 2 vs 3; URF 2 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 12; AEF 0 vs 1; BLOM 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 1; PAC 0 vs 1; SAHRA 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 27. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 93 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 09 Nov 2026, 20:55 SAST.