ANC 51.2%down 29.7 pts from 80.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thembinkosi Mahashana MakhubelaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 4 265 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 18351.2%
- SDPService Delivery Party63815.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party49711.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2916.8%
DADemocratic Alliance2826.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1092.6%
ActionSA1082.5%
UATUnited Africans Transformation390.9%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement370.9%
URFUnited Residents Front190.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement180.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus160.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention90.2%- BTCPBarberton Community Party60.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation40.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa40.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 27 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Thembinkosi Mahashana Makhubela (ANC) won Ward 27 with 2 183 votes, 23.6% of the ward's 9 261 registered voters. Turnout was 46.6%: 4 315 of 9 261 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 27, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Nhlanhla Harry MazibukoActionSA
- Thembinkosi Mahashana MakhubelaAfrican National Congress
- Lucky Hopewell MsumeAfrican People's Convention
- Shadrack Sunday NkosiAfrican Transformation Movement
- Patrick Vusi MkhatshwaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thembinkosi Cyprian NkosiBarberton Community Party
- Bongani Prince MhlangaDemocratic Alliance
- Innocent Vusi ModakanaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sakhile Reginah MkhatshwaLabour Party of South Africa
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Madala Robert BhiyaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Given MadoloService Delivery Party
- Fikile Lomasonto SonoSizwe Ummah Nation
- Thabisile Lucia MongoSouth African Communist Party
- Thulani ShabanguUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Eluis Walter ZithaUnited Africans Transformation
- Pat Loverboy KhozaUnited 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 320 · spoilt 55 · special votes 319 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (4 315 of 9 261). The IEC publishes 47.0%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 183 vs 6 566; SDP 638 vs 1 840; MKP 497 vs 1 492; EFF 291 vs 942; DA 282 vs 889; SACP 109 vs 272; ActionSA 108 vs 310; UAT 39 vs 100; ATM 37 vs 116; URF 19 vs 47; MAYIBUYE 18 vs 45; VF PLUS 16 vs 50; APC 9 vs 54; BTCP 6 vs 10; LABOUR 4 vs 6; PAC 4 vs 6; SUN 4 vs 18; OHM 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 64; AEF 0 vs 4; AUM 0 vs 6; COPE 0 vs 3; GAZA 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 12; IFP 0 vs 11; NFP 0 vs 6; PA 0 vs 12; SAHRA 0 vs 4; TWMP 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 115 times in 6 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.