DA 72.9%up 1.3 pts from 71.6% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Hendrik Frederick NiemannDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 845 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 80272.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus42811.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress2967.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters972.5%
ActionSA822.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party591.5%- HOPEHope of Residents340.9%
- SDPService Delivery Party180.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party90.2%
ACPAll Citizens Party70.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress50.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.1%
- AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.20.1%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 12 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Hendrik Frederick Niemann (DA) won Ward 12 with 2 802 votes, 46.7% of the ward's 5 999 registered voters. Turnout was 63.6%: 3 814 of 5 999 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, Steve Tshwete, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- April Jan MahlanguAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party
- Sbongiseni MabenaActionSA
- Mxolisi MasukuAfrican Economic Movement
- Ayanda MbizafaAfrican Independent Congress
- Velephi Daphney MngomezuluAfrican National Congress
- Mokakatlele Tefo RatauAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Zanele Senzi MaposaAll Citizens Party
- Ayanda Nomathemba SkosanaAmalgamated Steve Tshwete.
- Hendrik Frederick NiemannDemocratic Alliance
- Meriam LubisiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mantseo Juliet MajaraHope of Residents
- Asaph Bhegumuzi MarumoImpuquko Ezwenilethu
- May MahlanguLabour Party of South Africa
- Nonhlanhla Brigette MabasoService Delivery Party
- Prince Manqoba MahlanguSouth African Communist Party
- Mbali Poppy NkosiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Zander André HaarhoffVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 861 · spoilt 16 · special votes 0 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (3 814 of 5 999). The IEC publishes 64.4%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 802 vs 7 974; VF PLUS 428 vs 1 327; ANC 296 vs 994; EFF 97 vs 301; ActionSA 82 vs 366; MKP 59 vs 196; HOPE 34 vs 140; SDP 18 vs 66; SACP 9 vs 28; AIC 5 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 17; AST. 2 vs 6; INGUBO 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 20; ADP 0 vs 7; AEM 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 30; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 4; MHRF 0 vs 9; PA 0 vs 8; PAC 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 37 times in 2 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: Steve Tshwete's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:28 SAST.