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Ward 24

Nelson Mandela Bay (NMA) · IEC ward 29300024

Won by
ANC
Kolekile Kelvin Boqwana
Margin
47.5%
1,772 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
3,733

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCKolekile Kelvin Boqwana2,25660.4%
UDM48413.0%
EFF2185.8%
Mayibuye Civic Movement1534.1%
DA1183.2%
Mayibuye1163.1%
SWO842.3%
AIC721.9%
MKP501.3%
ActionSA441.2%
ATM371.0%
SACP250.7%
VF Plus120.3%
PAC120.3%
AZAPO100.3%
DM100.3%
ACDP50.1%
COPE50.1%
SDP40.1%
APC30.1%
E.T.M30.1%
Ecoforum20.1%
FISA20.1%
P.P20.1%
Al Jama-ah10.0%
PA10.0%
OHM10.0%
NA10.0%
LABOUR10.0%
CKP10.0%

Votes needed. UDM would have needed 1,773 more votes to win, or 887 voters switching from ANC.

Turnout is not published per ward in the IEC results files, so it is not shown here.

Change since 2021

Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so this compares the same voting districts in both years: 6 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 100% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
Party shares in 2021 and 2026 on matched voting districts
Party20212026Change
ANC78.1%58.6%−19.5
UDM1.1%13.7%+12.6
EFF8.6%6.0%−2.6
Mayibuye Civic Movement–4.2%new
DA2.0%3.6%+1.6
Mayibuye–2.7%new
SWO–2.4%new
AIC0.6%2.0%+1.3
ActionSA–1.3%new
MKP–1.3%new
ATM0.3%1.2%+0.9
AIM1.9%0.1%−1.9
DOP4.8%0.0%−4.8

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
10250772ANC 49.8%900yes
10250783ANC 62.6%1,406yes
10250828ANC 58.0%1,261yes
10251560ANC 66.8%1,858yes
10251571ANC 56.3%1,207yes
10251582ANC 48.9%951yes