ANC 46.3%down 16.2 pts from 62.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Majahonke VilakatiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 4 236 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 96046.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters73917.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party57013.5%- SDPService Delivery Party4019.5%
DADemocratic Alliance2896.8%- SACPSouth African Communist Party862.0%
ActionSA761.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement290.7%- MYRMbombela Yebahlali Residence240.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus180.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement180.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention110.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation40.1%- BTCPBarberton Community Party40.1%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
Hours off in Ward 37 ?
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Voting districts · 7 ?
Majahonke Vilakati (ANC) won Ward 37 with 1 960 votes, 24.8% of the ward's 7 891 registered voters. Turnout was 55.6%: 4 389 of 7 891 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 37, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
- Khumbula High School HallVD 54910368ANC 42.8%
- Malekutu Primary SchoolVD 54910379ANC 52.2%
- Impumelelo Combined SchoolVD 54910627MKP 59.6%
- Pentecost Jerusalem ChurchVD 54910830ANC 47.9%
- Multipurpose CentreVD 54910863ANC 47.0%
- Living Word Assembly of God ChurchVD 54911112ANC 39.3%
- Yahwe Christian ChurchVD 54911213ANC 41.1%
Candidates · 18
- Mzwandile Emmanuel NgwenyamaActionSA
- Majahonke VilakatiAfrican National Congress
- Vinah Gloria BondzeAfrican People's Convention
- Zacharia Adam ZuluAfrican Transformation Movement
- Steven Sabelo NtiniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bongani James NgomaBarberton Community Party
- Tekhaya Rebecca MbuyaneDemocratic Alliance
- Philile Constance DansterEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nomuzi Beatrice GwebuLabour Party of South Africa
- Bongani Patrick SigudlaMbombela Yebahlali Residence
Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement- Nelisiwe SamboPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Sifiso Solly ShongweService Delivery Party
- Zodwa DaudiSizwe Ummah Nation
- Cynthia Precious ShongweSouth African Communist Party
- Vusi Victor MbuyaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Ruth NdabezithaUnited Residents Front
- Christo PeyperVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 381 · spoilt 145 · special votes 533 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (4 389 of 7 891). The IEC publishes 55.6%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 960 vs 5 816; EFF 739 vs 2 213; MKP 570 vs 1 757; SDP 401 vs 1 226; DA 289 vs 850; SACP 86 vs 240; ActionSA 76 vs 272; ATM 29 vs 67; MYR 24 vs 38; MAYIBUYE 18 vs 55; VF PLUS 18 vs 60; APC 11 vs 24; BTCP 4 vs 8; PAC 4 vs 6; SUN 4 vs 7; URF 3 vs 11; ACDP 0 vs 16; AEF 0 vs 4; BRA 0 vs 2; COPE 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 5; IFP 0 vs 9; LABOUR 0 vs 6; NFP 0 vs 2; OHM 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 112 times in 7 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, 23:37 SAST.