ANC 64.4%up 24.5 pts from 39.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Justice Russell GoeiemanAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 039 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress66964.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance12712.2%
DADemocratic Alliance939.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters807.7%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus383.7%- SGBSiyathemba Community Movement242.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party60.6%
- OnafhanklikOnafhanklik20.2%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 1 ?
Justice Russell Goeieman (ANC) won Ward 1 with 669 votes, 36.3% of the ward's 1 842 registered voters. Turnout was 56.9%: 1 049 of 1 842 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, THEMBELIHLE, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 7
- Justice Russell GoeiemanAfrican National Congress
- Eralda ViljoenDemocratic Alliance
- Nately Shereen du ToitEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Piet Cornelise JoodOnafhanklik
- Sandile Lemate Jermaine HendriksPatriotic Alliance
- Cheswin Thiaan Jowell NaudéSiyathemba Community Movement
- Esme Malanie BoshoffVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 050 · spoilt 11 · special votes 183 · 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 (1 049 of 1 842). The IEC publishes 57.0%.
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 12 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 669 vs 1 994; PA 127 vs 392; DA 93 vs 282; EFF 80 vs 242; VF PLUS 38 vs 122; SGB 24 vs 57; SACP 6 vs 14; Onafhanklik 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 6; IFP 0 vs 1; MAYIBUYE 0 vs 2; NCCM 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 12 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: THEMBELIHLE's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:52 SAST.