ANC 40.8%down 4.3 pts from 45.1% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Zanele Abigail MdhluliAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 990 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 22040.8%
DADemocratic Alliance84528.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus41013.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2578.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1414.7%- SDPService Delivery Party451.5%
ActionSA230.8%- SACPSouth African Communist Party150.5%
- MYRMbombela Yebahlali Residence80.3%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation60.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.2%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement50.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party30.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa10.0%
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Voting districts · 8 ?
Zanele Abigail Mdhluli (ANC) won Ward 12 with 1 220 votes, 18.7% of the ward's 6 523 registered voters. Turnout was 46.3%: 3 022 of 6 523 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
- Mashobotho Farmers HallVD 54870026DA 37.8%
- Ngodwana River SchoolVD 54870037ANC 39.9%
- Old Jabulani Community HallVD 54870048DA 42.7%
- Berlin Farm SchoolVD 54870059DA 38.0%
- Alkmaar Ng ChurchVD 54870060DA 38.1%
- Destiny Private CollegeVD 54870093DA 49.0%
- Schagen Mininng WorkshopVD 54870194ANC 65.5%
- Elandshoek Community HallVD 54870284ANC 62.4%
Candidates · 17
- Zinhle Constance ShabanguActionSA
- Zanele Abigail MdhluliAfrican National Congress
- Yandiswa Fortunate MabilaneAfrican People's Convention
- Masesi Carol NkalangaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Stephen Rudolf SchormannDemocratic Alliance
- Coles Thulani NgomaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lillian KritzingerGods Justice and Development Party
- Phillip SigaukeLabour Party of South Africa
- Colani Shepard SitoeMbombela Yebahlali Residence
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Amos ManikelaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nkateko KhozaService Delivery Party
- Nomvula Lindiwe NkosiSizwe Ummah Nation
- Phetheni Lettie NdlovuSouth African Communist Party
- Sherpard Nkosizile MncubeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Erick MagagulaUnited Residents Front- Barend Jacobus Marthinus NelVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 022 · spoilt 32 · special votes 98 · All 8 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 8 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 8 voting districts here (3 022 of 6 523). The IEC publishes 46.6%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 220 vs 3 642; DA 845 vs 2 538; VF PLUS 410 vs 1 233; EFF 257 vs 792; MKP 141 vs 409; SDP 45 vs 132; ActionSA 23 vs 76; SACP 15 vs 46; MYR 8 vs 16; SUN 6 vs 13; APC 5 vs 9; PAC 4 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 7; LABOUR 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 39; AEF 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 3; AUM 0 vs 1; COPE 0 vs 1; DCM 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 7; NFP 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 2; TWMP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 98 times in 8 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: City of Mbombela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:44 SAST.