EFF 39.1%up 19.4 pts from 19.7% in 2021
Economic Freedom Fighters · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Masipha Kenneth MaepaEconomic Freedom FightersWard ballot ? · 1 523 valid votes
- EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters59639.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress29219.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party16711.0%
DADemocratic Alliance15910.4%- H.U.C.DHendrina United Community Development855.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus654.3%- AST.Amalgamated Steve Tshwete.573.7%
- SDPService Delivery Party402.6%
ActionSA181.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress130.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party90.6%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party60.4%
MHRFMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front60.4%
ACPAll Citizens Party30.2%- AEMAfrican Economic Movement30.2%
- HOPEHope of Residents20.1%
INGUBOAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party10.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Masipha Kenneth Maepa (EFF) won Ward 5 with 596 votes, 17.5% of the ward's 3 400 registered voters. Turnout was 45.4%: 1 545 of 3 400 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Steve Tshwete, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- April Jan MahlanguAbafuna Ingubo Yeskhethu Party
- Thembisa Thandeka NtamboActionSA
- Mabuti Abel ChomaAfrican Economic Movement
- Zamuxolo MayezaAfrican Independent Congress
- Manakedi Caroline MphegoAfrican National Congress
- Duduzile Dorcas SitholeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thembisile MyeniAll Citizens Party
- Nonhle Veronica ZuluAmalgamated Steve Tshwete.
- Kaputa William MabenaDemocratic Alliance
- Masipha Kenneth MaepaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Obedient MalingaHendrina United Community Development
- Sakhile Farewell MokoenaHope of Residents
- Asaph Bhegumuzi MarumoImpuquko Ezwenilethu
- Dumisani NdlovuInkatha Freedom Party
- May MahlanguLabour Party of South Africa
- Girly Maria MnisiMiddelburg and Hendrina Residents Front
- John Vusi SkhosanaService Delivery Party
- Mutikubola Phillip LukheleSouth African Communist Party
- Vusi Enock MakhazaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Martha Hendrina WolmaransVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 539 · 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 (1 545 of 3 400). The IEC publishes 45.6%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): EFF 596 vs 1 752; ANC 292 vs 937; MKP 167 vs 517; DA 159 vs 485; H.U.C.D 85 vs 250; VF PLUS 65 vs 204; AST. 57 vs 107; SDP 40 vs 106; ActionSA 18 vs 50; AIC 13 vs 17; SACP 9 vs 31; IFP 6 vs 27; MHRF 6 vs 10; ACP 3 vs 9; AEM 3 vs 5; HOPE 2 vs 10; INGUBO 1 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 1; ADP 0 vs 1; AIPO 0 vs 1; APC 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 5; PA 0 vs 2; SPP 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 6. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 40 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, 23:54 SAST.