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Ward 3

Matjhabeng (FS184) · IEC ward 41804003

Won by
DA
Arno Visagie
Margin
11.6%
394 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
3,391

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAArno Visagie1,21835.9%
ANC82424.3%
EFF44113.0%
ATM3279.6%
VF Plus2236.6%
VFC1133.3%
SACP782.3%
ACT732.2%
AIC290.9%
ActionSA180.5%
ACDP60.2%
ICOSA60.2%
PA60.2%
IFP50.1%
LABOUR50.1%
ALM50.1%
URF40.1%
COPE30.1%
APC20.1%
Mayibuye20.1%
BBM20.1%
ARU10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 395 more votes to win, or 198 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: 6 of the 7 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 88% 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
DA29.1%37.3%+8.2
ANC38.8%25.8%−12.9
EFF4.0%13.7%+9.7
VF Plus2.1%7.7%+5.6
ATM0.4%6.3%+5.9
VFC–3.1%new
ACT–2.3%new
SACP–1.4%new
ADEC23.5%0.0%−23.5

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
22510022ANC 38.1%1,445yes
22510033DA 65.9%1,623yes
22510088ANC 38.4%1,858yes
22510099ATM 32.8%466yes
22510101DA 68.6%468yes
22510112ATM 35.5%799new
22640262VF Plus 56.6%76yes