ANC 35.1%down 4.8 pts from 39.9% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Octavius MamaruAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 711 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress60035.1%
DADemocratic Alliance29817.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters18911.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1408.2%- HOPEHope of Residents1146.7%
ActionSA1106.4%- SDPService Delivery Party714.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus432.5%
MHRFMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front352.0%- SACPSouth African Communist Party221.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party130.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress130.8%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement130.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement100.6%
UATUnited Africans Transformation90.5%- AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.70.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.3%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party40.2%
ACPAll Citizens Party40.2%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party30.2%- I.Q.ZImpuquko Ezwenilethu30.2%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement30.2%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
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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 10 Nov 2026, 01:35 SAST.