ANC 63.2%down 16.8 pts from 80.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Innocent Ntokozo LusengaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 814 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 41263.2%
- SDPService Delivery Party80421.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters3068.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1203.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party661.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement401.0%
ActionSA240.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus140.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa40.1%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%- MYRMbombela Yebahlali Residence20.1%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Innocent Ntokozo Lusenga (ANC) won Ward 23 with 2 412 votes, 35.9% of the ward's 6 720 registered voters. Turnout was 57.7%: 3 880 of 6 720 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Bongani MlotshwaActionSA
- Innocent Ntokozo LusengaAfrican National Congress
- Lucky Hopewell MsumeAfrican People's Convention
- Nkosana Elliot LukheleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Joel Sibusiso MthembuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Dolf Redscorpion NkosiDemocratic Alliance
- Nontobeko Patricia MkhondaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Siphiwe Veronicah GwebuLabour Party of South Africa
- Bheki Themba MsimangoMbombela Yebahlali Residence
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Madala Robert BhiyaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nicholus Makhosonke MasinaService Delivery Party
- Fikile Lomasonto SonoSizwe Ummah Nation
- Alec Fanikie MathenjwaSouth African Communist Party
- Willy Christopher MhlangaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Valent MakukuleUnited Residents Front
- Excellent Mthokozisi ZithaVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 850 · spoilt 36 · special votes 823 · 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 (3 880 of 6 720). The IEC publishes 57.7%.
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 2 412 vs 7 164; SDP 804 vs 2 390; EFF 306 vs 1 001; DA 120 vs 354; MKP 66 vs 219; ATM 40 vs 128; ActionSA 24 vs 75; VF PLUS 14 vs 36; SACP 10 vs 28; LABOUR 4 vs 5; PAC 4 vs 6; SUN 3 vs 18; APC 2 vs 4; MYR 2 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 6; OHM 1 vs 3; URF 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 49; AEF 0 vs 2; GAZA 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 3; NFP 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 2; TWMP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 16. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 77 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 10 Nov 2026, 01:13 SAST.