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Ward 3

Dr. A.B. Xuma (EC137) · IEC ward 21307003

Won by
ANC
Masibulele Mdunyelwa
Margin
53.1%
760 votes
Voting districts in
9/9
Valid ward votes
1,431

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCMasibulele Mdunyelwa1,00069.9%
ATM24016.8%
NYCO433.0%
ACT372.6%
EFF292.0%
AIC261.8%
DA171.2%
SACP120.8%
MKP80.6%
ActionSA70.5%
PAC60.4%
Mayibuye40.3%
ACDP10.1%
ILISO10.1%

Votes needed. ATM would have needed 761 more votes to win, or 381 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: 8 of the 9 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 85% 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
ANC81.4%67.7%−13.7
ATM0.1%17.0%+16.9
NYCO–4.1%new
ACT–2.8%new
AIC–2.3%new
EFF2.7%2.3%−0.5
DA0.6%1.4%+0.8
UDM14.1%0.0%−14.1

Voting districts (9)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
11570510ANC 80.7%358yes
11570712ANC 59.3%297yes
11570778ANC 76.7%425new
11571050ANC 61.0%433yes
11571061ANC 58.7%208yes
11571072ANC 70.3%229yes
11571094ANC 57.4%263yes
11571106ANC 82.0%450yes
11571353ANC 58.6%198yes