ANC 56.1%down 18.8 pts from 74.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Xolani Lucky NkosiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 714 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 08456.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters47112.7%- SDPService Delivery Party45312.2%
DADemocratic Alliance1774.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1694.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1293.5%
ActionSA812.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party541.5%
- IndependentIndependent candidates371.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus220.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania120.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa120.3%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation50.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.1%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Xolani Lucky Nkosi (ANC) won Ward 21 with 2 084 votes, 30.0% of the ward's 6 957 registered voters. Turnout was 54.0%: 3 754 of 6 957 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Bonayi Stephans NgwenyamaActionSA
- Xolani Lucky NkosiAfrican National Congress
- Wandile MhlangaAfrican People's Convention
- Sfiso Bhekithemba PhiriAfrican Transformation Movement
- Busisiwe Bridget Nyankwabe MathebulaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Precious Matsepo Bongi MkabelaDemocratic Alliance
- Ayanda Wandile MathebulaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nelly Phumaphi MkhatshwaGods Justice and Development Party
- Tebogo Raymond TlouIndependent
- Mbuso Prince MlangeniIndependent
- Linda Elvis MagagulaLabour Party of South Africa
- Thembi Prudence MasekoMbombela Yebahlali Residence
Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement- Justice Naledi MobengPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Muzi Collen MathebulaService Delivery Party
- Promise Anita BandaSizwe Ummah Nation
- Sylvester Xolile MadonselaSouth African Communist Party
- Godfrey Banele SindaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mandla MasingaUnited Residents Front
- Excellent Mthokozisi ZithaVryheidsfront 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 · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 749 · spoilt 35 · special votes 679 · 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 (3 754 of 6 957). The IEC publishes 54.0%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 084 vs 6 187; EFF 471 vs 1 429; SDP 453 vs 1 409; DA 177 vs 559; MKP 169 vs 527; ATM 129 vs 376; ActionSA 81 vs 269; SACP 54 vs 162; VF PLUS 22 vs 81; LABOUR 12 vs 20; PAC 12 vs 20; SUN 5 vs 10; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 10; URF 3 vs 11; APC 1 vs 8; ACDP 0 vs 35; AEF 0 vs 4; AUM 0 vs 1; BLOM 0 vs 1; BTCP 0 vs 2; COPE 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 2; GJDP 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 14; MYR 0 vs 2; OHM 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 14. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 91 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: City of Mbombela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:30 SAST.