Ward 9

Metsimaholo (FS204) · IEC ward 42004009

Won by

ANC

Mahadi Nkheloane

Margin

6.4%

149 votes

Voting districts in

4/4

Valid ward votes

2,311

IEC report 03:27 SAST, Sun 15 Nov

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.

Ward ballot results
Party · candidate	Votes	Share
ANCMahadi Nkheloane	626	27.1%
SMM	477	20.6%
EFF	367	15.9%
DA	339	14.7%
ActionSA	64	2.8%
SACP	56	2.4%
PCO	56	2.4%
ACT	52	2.3%
AHC	41	1.8%
VF Plus	29	1.3%
PAC	28	1.2%
MCA	27	1.2%
ATM	27	1.2%
MKP	18	0.8%
KAM	17	0.7%
MPPF	16	0.7%
PM	14	0.6%
DITAU	11	0.5%
PA	9	0.4%
AIC	8	0.3%
Mayibuye	8	0.3%
FDCM	6	0.3%
Lentswe	6	0.3%
COPE	3	0.1%
AAA	3	0.1%
CMPC	2	0.1%
URF	1	0.0%

Votes needed. SMM would have needed 150 more votes to win, or 75 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: 4 of the 4 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
Party	2021	2026	Change
ANC	37.1%	28.3%	−8.8
SMM	–	21.2%	new
EFF	33.3%	15.8%	−17.4
DA	5.1%	13.4%	+8.4
ActionSA	–	2.9%	new
SACP	–	2.2%	new
ACT	–	2.2%	new
PCO	–	2.1%	new
AHC	–	1.6%	new
VF Plus	0.1%	1.3%	+1.2
PAC	0.8%	1.3%	+0.5
ATM	2.6%	1.2%	−1.4
MCA	1.8%	1.2%	−0.7
AIC	2.3%	0.5%	−1.8
IFP	1.0%	0.1%	−0.9
Independents	13.1%	0.0%	−13.1
1016	1.1%	0.0%	−1.1

Voting districts (4)

Results by voting district
District	Leading	Valid votes	In 2021
22750163	SMM 24.9%	1,993	yes
22750321	ANC 40.0%	864	yes
22750343	DA 26.6%	256	yes
22750433	ANC 28.7%	1,457	yes