Ward 38
City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800038
Won by
ANC
Phindile Simelane
Margin
9.7%
690 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
7,088
IEC report
Ward ballot
Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
| Party · candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ANCPhindile Simelane | 2,073 | 29.2% |
| IFP | 1,383 | 19.5% |
| ActionSA | 1,141 | 16.1% |
| MKP | 720 | 10.2% |
| DA | 599 | 8.5% |
| EFF | 406 | 5.7% |
| AIC | 88 | 1.2% |
| RISE | 85 | 1.2% |
| ATM | 82 | 1.2% |
| PAC | 70 | 1.0% |
| VF Plus | 64 | 0.9% |
| Mayibuye | 55 | 0.8% |
| NFP | 39 | 0.6% |
| AHC | 39 | 0.6% |
| BOSA | 30 | 0.4% |
| Umbrella | 26 | 0.4% |
| PA | 23 | 0.3% |
| SACP | 17 | 0.2% |
| ACT | 17 | 0.2% |
| COPE | 14 | 0.2% |
| UDM | 11 | 0.2% |
| SHOSH | 11 | 0.2% |
| IRC | 9 | 0.1% |
| Ecoforum | 9 | 0.1% |
| Umphakathi Warona | 9 | 0.1% |
| AZAPO | 8 | 0.1% |
| UIM | 6 | 0.1% |
| AGF | 5 | 0.1% |
| APC | 4 | 0.1% |
| AUC | 4 | 0.1% |
| AEF | 4 | 0.1% |
| TRUTH | 4 | 0.1% |
| POJ | 4 | 0.1% |
| NADECO | 3 | 0.0% |
| Al Jama-ah | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ekhethu | 3 | 0.0% |
| AZANIA | 2 | 0.0% |
| PMC | 2 | 0.0% |
| ARA | 2 | 0.0% |
| LABOUR | 2 | 0.0% |
| VSA | 2 | 0.0% |
| KYP | 2 | 0.0% |
| MOVE | 2 | 0.0% |
| MF | 1 | 0.0% |
| ARU | 1 | 0.0% |
| NCC | 1 | 0.0% |
| ELF-SA | 1 | 0.0% |
| SDP | 1 | 0.0% |
| CMPC | 1 | 0.0% |
Votes needed. IFP would have needed 691 more votes to win, or 346 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: 7 of the 7 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 100% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
| Party | 2021 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 37.4% | 27.4% | −10.0 |
| ActionSA | 18.5% | 19.4% | +0.9 |
| IFP | 20.9% | 18.9% | −2.0 |
| MKP | – | 10.8% | new |
| DA | 2.5% | 8.4% | +6.0 |
| EFF | 13.2% | 5.5% | −7.7 |
| VF Plus | 0.1% | 1.2% | +1.0 |
| RISE | – | 1.1% | new |
| ATM | 0.3% | 1.0% | +0.8 |
| NFP | 2.8% | 0.5% | −2.3 |
Voting districts (7)
| District | Leading | Valid votes | In 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32861145 | ANC 37.1% | 2,309 | yes |
| 32861190 | ANC 37.4% | 1,800 | yes |
| 32861202 | ANC 38.2% | 1,295 | yes |
| 32861213 | ANC 34.9% | 2,017 | yes |
| 32861224 | ANC 31.3% | 2,369 | yes |
| 32863271 | ANC 34.1% | 1,005 | yes |
| 32871078 | IFP 68.4% | 3,398 | yes |