ANC 60.7%down 6.7 pts from 67.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Menzi Vincent ShongweAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 604 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 18960.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters40511.2%
DADemocratic Alliance39010.8%- SDPService Delivery Party1484.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1383.8%
ActionSA862.4%- BTCPBarberton Community Party591.6%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement451.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus320.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party290.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement260.7%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa230.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention170.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania90.2%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
SUNSizwe Ummah Nation20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 44 ?
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Menzi Vincent Shongwe (ANC) won Ward 44 with 2 189 votes, 34.0% of the ward's 6 431 registered voters. Turnout was 57.3%: 3 687 of 6 431 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 44, City of Mbombela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Ncobile Olga NkosiActionSA
- Menzi Vincent ShongweAfrican National Congress
- Nxandipho Highland MashegoAfrican People's Convention
- Patricia Marvis SibiyaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Themba Nkosinathi ShabalalaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Steven Sipho MacheteBarberton Community Party
- Mpumi Goodness MoyanaDemocratic Alliance
- Vusi Silvester GwebuEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Vuyo Trinity MathebulaGods Justice and Development Party
- Felicity Sibongile NkosiLabour Party of South Africa
- Nelly Patience NgwenyaMbombela Yebahlali Residence
- Audrey Merry GuthrieOrganic Humanity Movement
- Bhekimpi Robert MadonselaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Sibusiso Raymond MyeniService Delivery Party
- Zodwa DaudiSizwe Ummah Nation
- Mpumelelo Thandeka MathebulaSouth African Communist Party
- Nombulelo Prudence MabasaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- May Mavis NkosiUnited Residents Front
- Hendrina Barrendina MaréVryheidsfront 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 3 689 · spoilt 85 · special votes 287 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (3 687 of 6 431). The IEC publishes 57.4%.
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 2 189 vs 6 418; EFF 405 vs 1 236; DA 390 vs 1 265; SDP 148 vs 470; MKP 138 vs 464; ActionSA 86 vs 271; BTCP 59 vs 124; MAYIBUYE 45 vs 131; VF PLUS 32 vs 88; SACP 29 vs 80; ATM 26 vs 81; LABOUR 23 vs 48; APC 17 vs 49; PAC 9 vs 16; URF 3 vs 10; SUN 2 vs 4; GJDP 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 19; AEF 0 vs 3; COPE 0 vs 3; DCM 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 2; MYR 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: 78 times in 4 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.