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Ward 1

King Sabata Dalindyebo (EC157) · IEC ward 21507001

Won by
UDM
Mpendulo Bomvu
Margin
1.6%
43 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
2,683

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
UDMMpendulo Bomvu1,08340.4%
ANC1,04038.8%
ATM2158.0%
EFF913.4%
DA803.0%
AIC702.6%
SACP240.9%
MKP150.6%
PEC150.6%
Amc.roy.120.4%
MRRA100.4%
PAC90.3%
IFP40.1%
The Voice40.1%
AUC30.1%
OHM30.1%
Mayibuye20.1%
URF10.0%
PA10.0%
LAND10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 44 more votes to win, or 22 voters switching from UDM.

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
ANC50.9%43.4%−7.4
UDM19.8%20.6%+0.7
ATM6.3%10.5%+4.2
EFF8.3%5.5%−2.9
Amc.roy.–5.4%new
DA1.5%4.8%+3.4
AIC1.0%2.1%+1.1
SACP–1.6%new
PEC–1.2%new
MRRA2.1%0.9%−1.2
Independents5.0%0.0%−5.0
CI4.1%0.0%−4.1

Voting districts (8)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
11560126ANC 33.2%1,208yes
11560171ANC 50.2%558yes
11560182ANC 37.2%666yes
11560531ANC 43.4%373yes
11630258UDM 39.4%835yes
11630618ANC 50.9%780yes
11630641ANC 86.3%438yes
11631967ANC 57.8%408yes