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Mantsopa

FS196 · Local council · 18 seats

Majority
Voting districts in
100%
39 of 39
Wards declared
9
of 9
Majority line
10
of 18 seats
Registered voters
30,401

IEC report

Seats (declared)

As of
The IEC has declared this council. These are the final seat numbers.
ANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsANC: 10 seatsDA: 5 seatsDA: 5 seatsDA: 5 seatsDA: 5 seatsDA: 5 seatsEFF: 2 seatsEFF: 2 seatsVF Plus: 1 seats1810 for majority
Seats by party
PartyVotesWardsSeats
ANC55.0%810
DA26.8%15
EFF7.5%02
VF Plus2.0%01

Coalition calculator

As of

Tap parties to add their seats together. This is seat arithmetic only: it shows which combinations hold enough seats between them, not whether those parties would agree to govern together.

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Minimal winning combinations

Every set of up to four of the ten largest parties that reaches the majority line, where dropping any one member would fall short. Independents are left out because each votes individually. Seats are final.

Ward map

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Solid: ward declared. Pale: leading while counting. Grey: no votes yet. Tap a ward for details.

Change since 2021

As of
Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so we compare the same voting districts in both years: the 38 districts counted so far that also existed in 2021 (98% of the votes counted). Shares are of all valid votes, ward and PR ballots together.
Party shares on matched voting districts, 2021 and 2026
Party20212026Change
ANC59.7%55.8%−3.9
DA23.8%25.9%+2.1
EFF10.0%7.5%−2.5
VF Plus1.3%1.9%+0.7
SACP–1.8%new
ACT–1.4%new
COPE2.8%1.1%−1.6
ATM1.0%0.4%−0.6

Biggest ward swings

  1. Ward 4DA15.4% → 34.3%+18.9
  2. Ward 4ANC63.7% → 47.5%−16.2
  3. Ward 6DA13.9% → 27.6%+13.7
  4. Ward 6EFF17.2% → 5.1%−12.1
  5. Ward 2EFF20.8% → 9.6%−11.2
  6. Ward 3DA48.5% → 38.5%−10.0
  7. Ward 6ANC65.9% → 57.0%−8.9
  8. Ward 1DA14.8% → 7.2%−7.6

2021 council result: ANC 11, DA 4, EFF 2, COPE 1 of 18 seats.

Closest wards

As of
Wards decided or led by less than 5 points on the ward ballot, and how many more votes the runner-up needed.
  1. Ward 3ANC won, ahead of DAby 61 (4.1%) · needed 62

Wards (9)

As of
Ward-ballot results. Margin is the gap between the first two candidates as a share of valid ward votes.
Wards declared
100%
Ward ballot results by ward
WardWinner or leaderMarginVotesVDs in
1ANCSello Jacob Machakelawon54.8%1,7572/2
2ANCArabang Justice Lemphanewon48.3%1,8736/6
3ANCMoeketsi Cambridge Machitjewon4.1%1,5056/6
4ANCMvuyo Eliott Ncwadawon12.3%1,6523/3
5ANCKatiso Simon Palediwon25.8%1,3743/3
6ANCNtjanyana Dawid Mosiawon31.6%1,2493/3
7DALeon Nicolas Van Wykwon31.1%1,8183/3
8ANCThabo Elias Mutsiwon36.6%1,9666/6
9ANCKoos David Maywon66.0%1,5697/7