ANC 40.7%down 24.0 pts from 64.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sonto Margareth PungwayoAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 529 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress62340.7%
- SDPService Delivery Party27518.0%
DADemocratic Alliance26117.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party15710.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters976.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress392.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party291.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party120.8%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress120.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.3%
- SKCPSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party30.2%
UIMUnited Independent Movement30.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
- GMMRMGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement20.1%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum10.1%- AIMSAAssegaai Independent Movement of South Africa10.1%
- APCPARTYAfrica People Coalition Party10.1%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Sonto Margareth Pungwayo (ANC) won Ward 8 with 623 votes, 15.8% of the ward's 3 939 registered voters. Turnout was 38.7%: 1 524 of 3 939 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Govan Mbeki, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Petrus Johannes HeymanAfrica People Coalition Party
- Nozamuxolo Eletric BandeziAfrican Independent Congress
- Sonto Margareth PungwayoAfrican National Congress
- Duduzile Annah GwebuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Elias Mxolisi GuleAssegaai Independent Movement of South Africa
- Sibusiso HlolweniDemocratic Alliance
- Phineas Matlou PitjaEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Matome Moses MakwelaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Thabang Edward MahlanguGovan Mbeki Municipality Ratepayers Movement
- Zwelihle MbuyaziInkatha Freedom Party
- Johannes November MahlanguInternational Revelation Congress
- Tima Job MadonselaLabour Party of South Africa
- Bheki Moses KhumaloService Delivery Party
- Sibusiso Tresure NhlapoSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party
- Suzan Annah ManyikeSouth African Communist Party
- Ida Thembisiel MtsweniUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Clara Isabella van ZylUnited Independent Movement
- Abraham Jacobus NieuwoudtVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 543 · spoilt 14 · special votes 141 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (1 524 of 3 939). The IEC publishes 39.3%.
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 18 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 623 vs 1 955; SDP 275 vs 800; DA 261 vs 775; MKP 157 vs 466; EFF 97 vs 290; AIC 39 vs 69; SACP 29 vs 86; IFP 12 vs 35; VF PLUS 7 vs 21; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 14; UIM 3 vs 6; GMMRM 2 vs 3; LABOUR 2 vs 3; AIMSA 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 6; ATM 0 vs 33; PAC 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 51 times in 3 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, 22:36 SAST.