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ANC 70.6%

African National Congress · won the ward ballot

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 5 voting districts in

Turnout50.6%

Voters on the roll6 856

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

checked 00:32Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Sabelo Tears MkhabelaAfrican National Congress

Ward ballot ? · 3 411 valid votes

ANCAfrican National Congress2 40970.6%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement3149.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2778.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1825.3%
DADemocratic Alliance732.1%
SACPSouth African Communist Party541.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement411.2%
ActionSA130.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention120.4%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania110.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.2%
DCMDemocratic Community Movement50.1%
COPECongress of the People40.1%
SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%
NFPNational Freedom Party20.1%
TWMPThe Winners Movement Party20.1%

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Voting districts · 5 ?

Sabelo Tears Mkhabela (ANC) won Ward 5 with 2 409 votes, 35.1% of the ward's 6 856 registered voters. Turnout was 50.6%: 3 468 of 6 856 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 19

Rodgers Kananelo SeeraneActionSA
Sabelo Tears MkhabelaAfrican National Congress
Zanele Antonert MadlopheAfrican People's Convention
Obeth MabikaAfrican Transformation Movement
Happy Given MosomaAfrican Unified Movement
Kabelo Golden MathumbuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
Convivian Kanekgo SilauleDemocratic Alliance
Given Tebatso ThelediDemocratic Community Movement
Percy Vundu SedibeEconomic Freedom Fighters
Lindokuhle MnisiLabour Party of South Africa
Nikhola MasangoNational Freedom Party
Justice Jobe MkhomaziPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Maria Carol MotauService Delivery Party
Ruth Angel MboniswaSouth African Communist Party
Dimakatso Happiness MahlakwaneThe Winners Movement Party
Cedrick Nkululeko KhozaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Mesia Grecious LebjaneUnited 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 · 6 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 3 471 · spoilt 60 · special votes 1 133 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (3 468 of 6 856). The IEC publishes 50.8%.

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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 409 vs 7 244; MAYIBUYE 314 vs 924; EFF 277 vs 819; MKP 182 vs 494; DA 73 vs 232; SACP 54 vs 155; ATM 41 vs 113; ActionSA 13 vs 46; APC 12 vs 29; VF PLUS 7 vs 26; DCM 5 vs 9; COPE 4 vs 10; SDP 3 vs 6; NFP 2 vs 5; TWMP 2 vs 4; URF 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 3; AEF 0 vs 2; AUM 0 vs 3; BLOM 0 vs 1; BRA 0 vs 4; BTCP 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 3; LABOUR 0 vs 1; ODF 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 5; UAT 0 vs 13. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 87 times in 5 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, 00:28 SAST.

Ward 5 2026 election results