DA 64.4%down 0.9 pts from 65.3% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sanley van der MerweDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 6 399 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance4 11964.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1 37121.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress5087.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1131.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party821.3%
ActionSA741.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party500.8%- SDPService Delivery Party320.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party220.3%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa180.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement30.0%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party20.0%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Sanley van der Merwe (DA) won Ward 17 with 4 119 votes, 41.4% of the ward's 9 952 registered voters. Turnout was 65.5%: 6 521 of 9 952 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Sifiso Persoverence MlamboActionSA
- Ursula CilliersAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Claude Donay HassinAfrican National Congress
- Wandile MhlangaAfrican People's Convention
- Clement Ndabenhle GumbiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sanley van der MerweDemocratic Alliance
- Unathi Charmane MakusheEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Dimpho Lucracia MamizeGods Justice and Development Party
- Vuyile Panwell GinindzaLabour Party of South Africa
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Thulani Domick NyoniPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Edward Herbert de VriesService Delivery Party
Fikile Lomasonto SonoSizwe Ummah Nation- Lulu Virginia BaumgartSouth African Communist Party
- Madimetja Samuel ChueneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Themba Christopher NtimbaUnited Residents Front- Barend Gideon du RandVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 6 407 · spoilt 8 · special votes 278 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (6 521 of 9 952). The IEC publishes 65.5%.
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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 4 119 vs 12 299; VF PLUS 1 371 vs 4 124; ANC 508 vs 1 733; EFF 113 vs 349; ACDP 82 vs 234; ActionSA 74 vs 220; MKP 50 vs 143; SDP 32 vs 86; SACP 22 vs 58; LABOUR 18 vs 19; OHM 3 vs 7; PAC 3 vs 7; GJDP 2 vs 6; APC 1 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 3; AEF 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 14; BTCP 0 vs 1; COPE 0 vs 3; DCM 0 vs 20; GAZA 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 4; PA 0 vs 49; UAT 0 vs 8. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 63 times in 4 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, 01:13 SAST.