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Ward 36

Nelson Mandela Bay (NMA) · IEC ward 29300036

Won by
ANC
Mbongeni Lawrence Bungane
Margin
53.1%
3,159 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
5,947

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCMbongeni Lawrence Bungane3,71362.4%
EFF5549.3%
SACP3826.4%
DA3546.0%
UDM2955.0%
ActionSA1372.3%
Mayibuye1222.1%
PA500.8%
VF Plus480.8%
AIC450.8%
PAC370.6%
AZAPO330.6%
Mayibuye Civic Movement310.5%
Al Jama-ah290.5%
MKP270.5%
COPE160.3%
ACDP150.3%
FISA100.2%
GOOD70.1%
APC50.1%
AIM50.1%
DOP50.1%
OHM40.1%
DM40.1%
Ecoforum30.1%
E.T.M30.1%
P.P30.1%
NA20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
SDP20.0%
SWO20.0%
PCAM10.0%
CKP10.0%

Votes needed. EFF would have needed 3,160 more votes to win, or 1,580 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 7 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 95% 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
ANC70.6%60.9%−9.7
EFF15.6%9.2%−6.4
DA3.2%6.4%+3.3
SACP–6.3%new
UDM1.5%4.5%+3.0
ActionSA–2.4%new
Mayibuye–2.0%new
Mayibuye Civic Movement–1.7%new
AIM1.0%0.1%−1.0
DOP1.1%0.1%−1.0
Independents4.0%0.0%−4.0

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
10080100ANC 52.9%1,747yes
10080111ANC 71.5%1,817yes
10080144ANC 64.6%655new
10250660ANC 40.6%1,892yes
10251458ANC 68.5%3,154yes
10251627ANC 57.9%1,419yes
10251885ANC 70.7%1,357yes