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Ward 1

Phumelela (FS195) · IEC ward 41905001

Won by
ANC
Sanele Alex Makubo
Margin
17.2%
275 votes
Voting districts in
4/4
Valid ward votes
1,602

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCSanele Alex Makubo62739.1%
DA35222.0%
VF Plus23414.6%
MKP18911.8%
ATM654.1%
EFF402.5%
SDP372.3%
IFP181.1%
SACP130.8%
APC130.8%
Mayibuye110.7%
ACM30.2%

Votes needed. DA would have needed 276 more votes to win, or 138 voters switching from ANC.

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: 3 of the 4 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
ANC67.6%41.0%−26.6
DA7.2%21.5%+14.3
VF Plus5.4%16.3%+10.9
MKP–5.9%new
ATM1.5%5.0%+3.5
EFF7.7%3.1%−4.6
SDP–2.6%new
IFP1.7%1.6%−0.1
Mayibuye–1.1%new
Independents7.4%0.0%−7.4
AFR1.5%0.0%−1.5

Voting districts (4)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
22290016ANC 51.1%1,125yes
22290027DA 30.8%1,124yes
22290049ANC 53.1%559yes
22290061ANC 35.1%390new