ANC 25.6%down 11.4 pts from 37.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Bongani Godwin MagagulaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 058 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress52725.6%
DADemocratic Alliance48223.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party24311.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters21510.4%
ActionSA1869.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1085.2%- SDPService Delivery Party1075.2%
- HOPEHope of Residents693.4%
- AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.462.2%
MHRFMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front351.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party160.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress90.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.2%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party30.1%
ACPAll Citizens Party30.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa30.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Ward 18, Steve Tshwete's 2026 election results: Bongani Godwin Magagula elected; ANC 25.6% on the ward ballot; turnout 54.5%. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Steve Tshwete, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- April Jan MahlanguAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party
- Mfanafuthi Phillemon MabenaActionSA
- Sibusiso Richard MasemolaAfrican Economic Movement
- Wiseman Sithembile MaqungoAfrican Independent Congress
- Bongani Godwin MagagulaAfrican National Congress
- David Thabo TsianeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Nkosinathi Erick MahlanguAll Citizens Party
- Nhlanhla Irine SindanaAmalgamated Steve Tshwete.
- Elizabeth Magdalena van der MerweDemocratic Alliance
- Berry MokalapaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Alfred Daddyboy ChomaHope of Residents
- Sello David KgalemaImpuquko Ezwenilethu
- Sizwe Sifiso MabuzaInkatha Freedom Party
- Marema Pleasure ShongoaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Salome Zibani LentsoaneMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front
- Qondisile Edith MothsweniService Delivery Party
- Elsie Lindiwe MahlanguSouth African Communist Party
- Wandile MahlanguUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Corné ErasmusVryheidsfront 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 · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 080 · spoilt 22 · 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 (2 119 of 3 889). The IEC publishes 54.5%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 527 vs 1 576; DA 482 vs 1 513; MKP 243 vs 749; EFF 215 vs 631; ActionSA 186 vs 518; VF PLUS 108 vs 323; SDP 107 vs 318; HOPE 69 vs 207; AST. 46 vs 92; MHRF 35 vs 73; SACP 16 vs 54; AIC 9 vs 19; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 8; ACP 3 vs 7; INGUBO 3 vs 7; LABOUR 3 vs 4; IFP 1 vs 8; ACDP 0 vs 6; ADP 0 vs 2; AEM 0 vs 1; AIPO 0 vs 2; AMP 0 vs 3; APC 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 23; BPSA 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 36; MICO 0 vs 2; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 11; PAC 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 27. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 49 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 09 Nov 2026, 13:48 SAST.