ANC 44.1%down 0.9 pts from 45.0% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Saul Congo VilakaziAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 3 138 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 38344.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party56518.0%
DADemocratic Alliance50316.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1926.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1394.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party782.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement622.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus551.8%- SDPService Delivery Party491.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance421.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress290.9%
UATUnited Africans Transformation90.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa90.3%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement80.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party70.2%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress20.1%- APCPARTYAfrica People Coalition Party20.1%
- SKCPSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party10.0%
UIMUnited Independent Movement10.0%- AIMSAAssegaai Independent Movement of South Africa10.0%
- GMMRMGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Saul Congo Vilakazi (ANC) won Ward 16 with 1 489 votes, 22.6% of the ward's 6 579 registered voters. Turnout was 49.7%: 3 267 of 6 579 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Govan Mbeki, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Gustavus Wilhelm HeymanAfrica People Coalition Party
- Saul Congo VilakaziAfrican National Congress
- Tshepang Junior MokoenaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mphikeleli Enock MtshaliAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Luntu Litha BottomanDemocratic Alliance
Sandile Alfred MananaEconomic Emancipation Forum- Musa Bessie HlatshwayoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Siyanda SibiyaGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement
- Ann Mita MemezaInkatha Freedom Party
- Gloria Buzani MtoloInternational Revelation Congress
- Tima Job MadonselaLabour Party of South Africa
- Andries NoormanPatriotic Alliance
- Thokozane MahlanguService Delivery Party
- Sirutla Jimmy MahlanguSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party
- Bhuti Petros MasukuSouth African Communist Party
- Thokozani Emmanuel MnguniUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Clara Isabella van ZylUnited Independent Movement
- Mandrie BoonzaaierVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 262 · spoilt 76 · special votes 478 · 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 (3 267 of 6 579). The IEC publishes 49.7%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 489 vs 4 269; MKP 551 vs 1 659; DA 503 vs 1 513; EFF 173 vs 557; SACP 143 vs 419; IFP 75 vs 229; ATM 71 vs 199; VF PLUS 59 vs 164; SDP 48 vs 146; PA 43 vs 120; LABOUR 10 vs 19; APCPARTY 6 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 20; UIM 4 vs 5; SKCP 3 vs 4; IRC 2 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 17; ACP 0 vs 1; ActionSA 0 vs 45; AIC 0 vs 54; AIMSA 0 vs 2; GMMRM 0 vs 1; LCF 0 vs 1; MPF 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 2; SCM 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 23. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 73 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: Govan Mbeki's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:21 SAST.