ANC 28.6%down 28.0 pts from 56.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Vusumuzi Bednock MahlanguAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 3 101 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress88828.6%
DADemocratic Alliance78725.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party55017.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters42913.8%- SACPSouth African Communist Party2006.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus571.8%- SDPService Delivery Party421.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement401.3%
UATUnited Africans Transformation331.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party190.6%
AICAfrican Independent Congress130.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement130.4%
UIMUnited Independent Movement60.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa60.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress40.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%- APCPARTYAfrica People Coalition Party30.1%
- SKCPSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party10.0%
- AIMSAAssegaai Independent Movement of South Africa10.0%
- GMMRMGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Vusumuzi Bednock Mahlangu (ANC) won Ward 23 with 887 votes, 13.1% of the ward's 6 761 registered voters. Turnout was 47.2%: 3 193 of 6 761 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Govan Mbeki, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Petrus Johannes HeymanAfrica People Coalition Party
- Andile MagabitshanaAfrican Independent Congress
- Vusumuzi Bednock MahlanguAfrican National Congress
- Samson Bheki MbokaneAfrican Transformation Movement
- Thembisile Elizabeth DlaminiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Elias Mxolisi GuleAssegaai Independent Movement of South Africa
- Sipho Roberth ThwalaDemocratic Alliance
Aquilar DhlaminiEconomic Emancipation Forum- Mavis Emmelinah NsibandeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mandla Vusimuzi MasangoGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement
- Anele MasinaInkatha Freedom Party
- Tima Job MadonselaLabour Party of South Africa
- Nontokozo Bongi NdlelaPatriotic Alliance
- Marry Jane Ayanda VilakaziService Delivery Party
- Nkosinathi Freeman MlangeniSouth African Communist Party
- Annah Girlsy SimelaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Sifiso Abraham MabasoUnited Africans Transformation
- Clara Isabella van ZylUnited Independent Movement
- Louise JonkerVryheidsfront 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 3 199 · spoilt 116 · special votes 174 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (3 193 of 6 761). The IEC publishes 47.5%.
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 887 vs 2 685; DA 776 vs 2 347; MKP 507 vs 1 593; EFF 439 vs 1 298; SACP 204 vs 597; VF PLUS 57 vs 164; SDP 43 vs 128; AIC 35 vs 66; UAT 34 vs 100; ATM 31 vs 105; IFP 22 vs 63; MAYIBUYE 20 vs 47; LABOUR 7 vs 13; PA 7 vs 18; UIM 5 vs 11; APCPARTY 3 vs 6; GMMRM 2 vs 3; AIMSA 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 16; ACP 0 vs 12; ActionSA 0 vs 42; ILP 0 vs 2; IRC 0 vs 4; MPF 0 vs 3; PAC 0 vs 2; SCM 0 vs 1; SKCP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 96 times in 5 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, 20:27 SAST.