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Dihlabeng

FS192 · Local council · 38 seats

Hung
Voting districts in
100%
79 of 79
Wards declared
18
of 19
Majority line
20
of 38 seats
Registered voters
77,595

IEC report

Seats (declared)

As of
The IEC has declared this council. These are the final seat numbers.
ANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsANC: 18 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsDA: 12 seatsVF Plus: 2 seatsVF Plus: 2 seatsEFF: 2 seatsEFF: 2 seatsActionSA: 1 seatsPA: 1 seatsSACP: 1 seatsBATHO: 1 seats3820 for majority
Seats by party
PartyVotesWardsSeats
ANC44.0%1518
DA29.2%312
VF Plus5.5%02
EFF5.2%02
ActionSA2.5%01
PA1.9%01
SACP1.5%01
BATHO1.0%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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Change since 2021

As of
Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so we compare the same voting districts in both years: the 76 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
ANC55.6%43.9%−11.7
DA16.3%29.8%+13.5
VF Plus3.8%5.6%+1.8
EFF10.2%5.3%−5.0
Independents4.1%3.2%−0.9
ActionSA–2.4%new
PA–1.9%new
SACP–1.5%new
MKP–1.4%new
AULA4.7%0.1%−4.6

Biggest ward swings

  1. Ward 11ANC78.9% → 37.2%−41.7
  2. Ward 13ANC66.1% → 29.3%−36.8
  3. Ward 13DA8.0% → 38.8%+30.8
  4. Ward 6ANC75.4% → 45.1%−30.3
  5. Ward 17EFF41.2% → 12.1%−29.1
  6. Ward 17ANC42.2% → 67.5%+25.3
  7. Ward 12ANC62.6% → 41.1%−21.5
  8. Ward 19ANC70.1% → 50.9%−19.2

2021 council result: ANC 23, DA 7, EFF 4, AULA 2, Independents 1 of 40 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 16ANC won, ahead of DAby 66 (3.2%) · needed 67
  2. Ward 12ANC won, ahead of DAby 74 (3.3%) · needed 75

Wards (19)

As of
Ward-ballot results. Margin is the gap between the first two candidates as a share of valid ward votes.
Wards declared
95%
Ward ballot results by ward
WardWinner or leaderMarginVotesVDs in
1ANCKabelo Motaungwon35.7%2,3643/3
2ANCPetro Romeo Van Wykwon28.4%2,4273/3
3ANCMavuso Daniel Shabalalawon5.5%3,1104/4
4ANCLebohang Lawrence Radebewon38.1%2,0203/3
5ANCLefu Richard Mokoenawon41.4%1,7133/3
6ANCJane Twalawon21.4%2,0523/3
7ANCMatsidiso Leticia Simelawon35.0%1,8332/2
8ANCLetsoso Elias Mofokengwon37.5%1,8724/4
9DAMarius Daniël Maraiswon18.1%2,0045/5
10DAStephanie Senekalwon6.4%2,6104/4
11ANCMokete Paul Mokoenawon9.2%2,0646/6
12ANCTaemane Joseph Molabawon3.3%2,2366/6
13DAleads13.2%1,3152/2
14ANCTseki James Tsekiwon24.3%2,2426/6
15ANCLehlohonolo Vincent Khabawon25.5%2,7865/5
16ANCPhakiso Elias Mopalamiwon3.2%2,0334/4
17ANCSello Samuel Mokoenawon56.3%2,0274/4
18DAAaron Kelisitse Mokhothuwon15.9%2,0206/6
19ANCMosiuoa John Mtambowon30.4%1,8286/6