ANC 39.4%down 18.4 pts from 57.8% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Moses Thapelo MagagulaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 357 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 32439.4%
DADemocratic Alliance83724.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters40512.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus2657.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1654.9%- SDPService Delivery Party631.9%
ActionSA611.8%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation561.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party551.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party481.4%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa250.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance230.7%- MYRMbombela Yebahlali Residence80.2%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party70.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%- BTCPBarberton Community Party20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
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Voting districts · 7 ?
Moses Thapelo Magagula (ANC) won Ward 38 with 1 324 votes, 20.0% of the ward's 6 629 registered voters. Turnout was 52.0%: 3 446 of 6 629 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 38, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
- Phathwa Secondary SchoolVD 54830088ANC 59.5%
- Evangelical Lutheran ChurchVD 54830178ANC 72.1%
- Christ Centre InternationalVD 54870228ANC 33.3%
- Kiaat Ridge Pre-SchoolVD 54870318DA 29.0%
- Hillsview Community HallVD 54910054DA 46.9%
- Primkop Dam LapaVD 54910537DA 69.7%
- Vergenoegd Covenant Festival SiteVD 54910717DA 62.7%
Candidates · 20
- Thulani Richard ShubeActionSA
- Susarah Cornelia MoutonAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Moses Thapelo MagagulaAfrican National Congress
- Gugu Sylvia SitholeAfrican People's Convention
- Pellet Nkosinathi PhamaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Lucky MngomezuluBarberton Community Party
- David SchofieldDemocratic Alliance
- Bongani Dunken MndebeleEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nokuthula Victoria ChiloaneGods Justice and Development Party
- Mthokozisi Neville MzamoLabour Party of South Africa
- Raymond David LikhuleniMbombela Yebahlali Residence
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Nandipha GxothiwePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Sakhile Ridge MavimbelaPatriotic Alliance
- Balekile Getrude MokoenaService Delivery Party
- Zodwa DaudiSizwe Ummah Nation
- George Mleseng DubeSouth African Communist Party
- Sandile Mocent ShibaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Ruth NdabezithaUnited Residents Front- Monique BornmanVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 12 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 435 · spoilt 78 · special votes 450 · 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 (3 446 of 6 629). The IEC publishes 52.1%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 324 vs 4 017; DA 837 vs 2 477; EFF 405 vs 1 293; VF PLUS 265 vs 782; MKP 165 vs 526; SDP 63 vs 212; ActionSA 61 vs 206; SUN 56 vs 60; SACP 55 vs 165; ACDP 48 vs 137; LABOUR 25 vs 48; PA 23 vs 55; MYR 8 vs 18; GJDP 7 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 9; APC 4 vs 15; PAC 3 vs 6; BTCP 2 vs 4; OHM 1 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 21; COPE 0 vs 2; DCM 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 13; URF 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 100 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 10 Nov 2026, 01:13 SAST.