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ANC 35.6%down 35.0 pts from 70.6% in 2021

Most party (PR) votes

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 2 voting districts in

Turnout52.5%

Voters on the roll4 001

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

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Elected ward councillor ?

Cloudeth Bathobile ShabanguAfrican National Congress

PR ballot ? · 2 065 valid votes

ANCAfrican National Congress73635.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party39719.2%
H.U.C.DHendrina United Community Development34816.9%
DADemocratic Alliance1617.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1557.5%
SDPService Delivery Party582.8%
HOPEHope of Residents422.0%
ActionSA361.7%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party331.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus281.4%
SACPSouth African Communist Party221.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance100.5%
MHRFMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front70.3%
ACPAll Citizens Party60.3%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress50.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement40.2%
AEMAfrican Economic Movement40.2%
AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.40.2%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party10.0%
UATUnited Africans Transformation10.0%
LABOURLabour Party of South Africa10.0%

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Voting districts · 2 ?

Cloudeth Bathobile Shabangu (ANC) won Ward 1 with 722 votes, 18.0% of the ward's 4 001 registered voters. Turnout was 52.5%: 2 100 of 4 001 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Steve Tshwete, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 22

April Jan MahlanguAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party
Ntombikayise Maria HadebeActionSA
Jeaneth Nomcebo MasekoAfrican Economic Movement
Zamuxolo MayezaAfrican Independent Congress
Cloudeth Bathobile ShabanguAfrican National Congress
Bafana Aubrey SindaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Connie Katlego ToloAll Citizens Party
Lucy Nomfundo DlaminiAmalgamated Steve Tshwete.
Zodwa Elizabeth NkosiDemocratic Alliance
Mabatalale Victor MangwatoEconomic Freedom Fighters
Nkosinathi Ishmael NkosiHendrina United Community Development
Lindiwe Prudence NkosiHope of Residents
Edwill Goodwell MbonaniImpuquko Ezwenilethu
Petros Sibongokuhle CebekhuluInkatha Freedom Party
Ernest Dick MokwenaLabour Party of South Africa
Sibongile Letta JeleMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front
Hilda Ntombifuthi JellePatriotic Alliance
Ronnie Boy NkosiService Delivery Party
Nicholus Sphiwe MabenaSindawonye Progressive Party
Babili Vincent MahambaSouth African Communist Party
Xolani Calvin NxumaloUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Cornelius Johannes WolmaransVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 2 111 · spoilt 34 · 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 (2 100 of 4 001). The IEC publishes 53.0%.

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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 722 vs 2 227; MKP 401 vs 1 190; H.U.C.D 346 vs 1 031; DA 161 vs 500; EFF 154 vs 469; SDP 59 vs 128; HOPE 43 vs 124; IFP 36 vs 101; AIC 31 vs 36; ActionSA 30 vs 106; SACP 28 vs 71; VF PLUS 23 vs 71; PA 12 vs 64; ACP 7 vs 13; MHRF 7 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 14; AST. 4 vs 8; AEM 3 vs 9; SPP 3 vs 5; I.Q.Z 2 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 3; ADP 0 vs 2; AIPO 0 vs 2; APC 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 11; INGUBO 0 vs 1; LABOUR 0 vs 1; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 1; TRUTH 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: 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, 22:07 SAST.

Ward 1 2026 election results