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Ward 48

Mangaung (MAN) · IEC ward 49400048

Won by
DA
Johannes Christiaan Pretorius
Margin
63.1%
4,320 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
6,847

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAJohannes Christiaan Pretorius5,10674.6%
VF Plus78611.5%
ANC4877.1%
EFF1151.7%
ActionSA1131.7%
ACDP520.8%
PA350.5%
SACP270.4%
ACT210.3%
MKP210.3%
BOSA190.3%
ATM180.3%
AIC90.1%
PAC70.1%
AHC70.1%
COPE50.1%
SUN40.1%
ACIM40.1%
Mayibuye30.0%
APC20.0%
UCDP10.0%
IFP10.0%
URF10.0%
AAC10.0%
PMC10.0%
AASD10.0%

Votes needed. VF Plus would have needed 4,321 more votes to win, or 2,161 voters switching from DA.

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: 7 of the 7 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
DA71.3%74.2%+2.9
VF Plus15.0%11.2%−3.8
ANC8.7%7.5%−1.2
ActionSA–1.8%new
EFF2.3%1.8%−0.5

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
21860333DA 79.6%1,204yes
21860928DA 72.7%3,436yes
21861648DA 79.0%1,487yes
21861851DA 76.9%822yes
22080259DA 56.5%1,400yes
22080260DA 80.8%3,430yes
22080271DA 69.8%1,904yes