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Ward 28

Mbhashe (EC121) · IEC ward 21201028

Won by
Independents
Phumzile Msaro
Margin
50.7%
1,111 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
2,193

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
IndependentsPhumzile Msaro1,44966.1%
ANC33815.4%
UDM26712.2%
EFF442.0%
DA311.4%
ATM231.0%
SACP110.5%
ACDP70.3%
Mayibuye70.3%
BPM50.2%
AMAMBO50.2%
A.D30.1%
PAC10.0%
PA10.0%
LABOUR10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 1,112 more votes to win, or 556 voters switching from Independents.

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: 8 of the 8 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
Independents30.5%36.1%+5.5
ANC30.8%25.8%−5.1
UDM15.5%19.3%+3.9
SACP–6.9%new
EFF14.4%3.8%−10.6
DA0.6%2.5%+1.9
ATM1.1%1.7%+0.6
12631.5%0.0%−1.5
ATA3.7%0.0%−3.7

Voting districts (8)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
11650025UDM 57.3%597yes
11650272Independents 37.3%713yes
11650283Independents 47.9%428yes
11650384Independents 52.4%378yes
11650474ANC 31.0%509yes
11650755Independents 44.9%521yes
11650845ANC 35.1%462yes
11650867Independents 37.1%407yes