ANC 37.4%down 6.8 pts from 44.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Octavius MamaruAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 731 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress64737.4%
DADemocratic Alliance27716.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters19311.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1418.1%- HOPEHope of Residents1206.9%
- SDPService Delivery Party1005.8%
ActionSA935.4%
MHRFMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front382.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus362.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party211.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement160.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party150.9%
AICAfrican Independent Congress110.6%- I.Q.ZImpuquko Ezwenilethu70.4%
- AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.70.4%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa50.3%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party20.1%- AEMAfrican Economic Movement20.1%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 1 ?
Octavius Mamaru (ANC) won Ward 21 with 647 votes, 19.4% of the ward's 3 328 registered voters. Turnout was 51.7%: 1 720 of 3 328 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Steve Tshwete, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- April Jan MahlanguAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party
- Zanele MonarengActionSA
- Nthabiseng Dolley RankweAfrican Economic Movement
- Zamuxolo MayezaAfrican Independent Congress
- Octavius MamaruAfrican National Congress
- Khabonina Elizabeth MashianeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Cebi Cynthia NgwenyaAmalgamated Steve Tshwete.
- Lucky Sipho QokaDemocratic Alliance
- Ntombizodwa Johanna MthombeniEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Harry Lucky MsizaHope of Residents
- Lillian Lucricia PienaarImpuquko Ezwenilethu
- Veronica Zinhle MahlanguInkatha Freedom Party
- Dlangamandla Ephraim MnguniLabour Party of South Africa
- Christopher Thulani MadonselaMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front
- Cyndy Lilyen TjianeService Delivery Party
- Falase Joseph MarokaneSouth African Communist Party
- Sibusiso Penuel MtsweniUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Gerhard Emanuel EngelbrechtVryheidsfront 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 744 · spoilt 13 · special votes 0 · All 1 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 1 voting district; 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 1 voting district here (1 720 of 3 328). The IEC publishes 52.4%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 647 vs 1 851; DA 277 vs 877; EFF 193 vs 588; MKP 141 vs 439; HOPE 120 vs 331; SDP 100 vs 247; ActionSA 93 vs 317; MHRF 38 vs 73; VF PLUS 36 vs 125; SACP 21 vs 63; MAYIBUYE 16 vs 48; IFP 15 vs 42; AIC 11 vs 24; AST. 7 vs 14; I.Q.Z 7 vs 12; LABOUR 5 vs 7; AEM 2 vs 8; INGUBO 2 vs 10; ACDP 0 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 4; ADP 0 vs 1; AMP 0 vs 2; APC 0 vs 5; ATM 0 vs 28; H.U.C.D 0 vs 3; OLH 0 vs 4; PA 0 vs 12; PAC 0 vs 2; SPP 0 vs 4; TRUTH 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 29 times in 1 voting district. 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, 23:10 SAST.