ANC 37.1%down 22.7 pts from 59.8% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Obakeng Godwill MatebesiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 119 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress78637.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters36117.0%- IndependentIndependent candidates25512.0%
DADemocratic Alliance24111.4%
ActionSA22010.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party803.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party693.3%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party552.6%- AANDCAll and Citizens221.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party80.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus50.2%
FFDForum for Democrats50.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%- KOPANOKopano Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Obakeng Godwill Matebesi (ANC) won Ward 18 with 786 votes, 17.3% of the ward's 4 552 registered voters. Turnout was 48.3%: 2 199 of 4 552 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Mafikeng, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 16
- Galeboe Joel MarumoActionSA
- Mosimanegape Pagel MabasoAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Obakeng Godwill MatebesiAfrican National Congress
- Mmakale Elizabeth TsatsiAfrican People's Convention
- Edward Kgaile NakediAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mooketsi Graven SekeiAll and Citizens
- Dinky Maureen MothibinyaneDemocratic Alliance
- Semphete Keletso MatshekaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mmatseleng Maria MokaediForum for Democrats
- Aobakwe Amogelang SenokwaneIndependent
- Esau Jankie NdaralaKopano Movement
- Kgotlaetsile Godfrey PitsePatriotic Alliance
- Mohau Kealeboga MarumoSouth African Communist Party
- Melinah NagengUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Bius Neo DikgomoUnited Christian Democratic Party
- Van Graan Michael BöhmerVryheidsfront 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 2 160 · spoilt 41 · special votes 219 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 199 of 4 552). The IEC publishes 48.3%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 786 vs 2 481; EFF 361 vs 1 106; DA 241 vs 782; ActionSA 220 vs 723; SACP 80 vs 234; MKP 69 vs 206; UCDP 55 vs 190; AANDC 22 vs 26; ACDP 8 vs 54; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 22; FFD 5 vs 7; VF PLUS 5 vs 28; PA 3 vs 91; APC 2 vs 17; KOPANO 1 vs 6; ACP 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 46; ARC 0 vs 10; ASM 0 vs 8; ATM 0 vs 10; IFP 0 vs 11; Bophuthatswana Civil Movement 0 vs 56; PAC 0 vs 5; SDP 0 vs 3; SEDIMO 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 12. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 66 times in 3 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: Mafikeng's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 17:09 SAST.