ANC 62.9%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Davis NyakaneAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 4 423 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 78062.9%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party96021.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2545.7%
APCAfrican People's Convention892.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party761.7%
DADemocratic Alliance721.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party681.5%
COPECongress of the People230.5%
URFUnited Residents Front180.4%- Mahlo People’s MovementMahlo People’s Movement180.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement150.3%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement120.3%
ActionSA90.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.2%
AUMAfrican Unified Movement60.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus50.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%- SDPService Delivery Party40.1%
- GAZANKULGazankulu National Party30.1%
Hours off in Ward 35 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Davis Nyakane (ANC) won Ward 35 with 2 780 votes, 33.5% of the ward's 8 291 registered voters. Turnout was 55.3%: 4 582 of 8 291 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 35, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
- Peter Samuel MabilaActionSA
- Jim Isaac NtilaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Davis NyakaneAfrican National Congress
- Matimba Hebert MpanganeAfrican People's Convention
- Caswell Majabula NkunaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Bonginkosi LubisiAfrican Unified Movement
- Vonakele MkhontoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Charles MzimbaDemocratic Alliance
- Jabulani MkhontoDemocratic Community Movement
- Abednego SilubanaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Trevor Ben MkhabelaGazankulu National Party
- Walter MnisiGods Justice and Development Party
- Cares Junior MabuzaLabour Party of South Africa
- Oscar KhozaMahlo People’s Movement
- Hertzog TshobetePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Marcia Mofepeng MabuzaService Delivery Party
- Endy NkunaSouth African Communist Party
- Hendrick Elson BangoThe Winners Movement Party
- Experience Mufana KhosaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Palesa Desiree MokoenaUnited 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 575 · spoilt 152 · special votes 1 600 · 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 (4 582 of 8 291). The IEC publishes 55.3%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 780 vs 8 435; SACP 960 vs 2 779; EFF 254 vs 775; APC 89 vs 228; MKP 76 vs 226; DA 72 vs 222; ACDP 68 vs 202; COPE 23 vs 49; Mahlo People’s Movement 18 vs 44; URF 18 vs 19; ATM 15 vs 26; DCM 12 vs 16; ActionSA 9 vs 36; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 25; AUM 6 vs 19; VF PLUS 5 vs 18; PAC 4 vs 26; SDP 4 vs 9; GAZANKUL 3 vs 8; AEF 0 vs 16; BLOM 0 vs 5; BRA 0 vs 3; BTCP 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 7; GJDP 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 16; NFP 0 vs 8; PA 0 vs 10; SAHRA 0 vs 17; UAT 0 vs 40. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 104 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, 21:45 SAST.