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Ward 43

City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800043

Won by
ANC
Velaphi Lovemore Khumalo
Margin
30.5%
2,350 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
7,716

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCVelaphi Lovemore Khumalo3,78449.0%
ActionSA1,43418.6%
DA7479.7%
EFF4716.1%
MKP3324.3%
RISE1471.9%
VF Plus1111.4%
AIC1091.4%
IFP901.2%
ATM650.8%
SACP430.6%
PA410.5%
NFP350.5%
PAC280.4%
ELF-SA280.4%
Independents260.3%
Mayibuye260.3%
BOSA180.2%
Umphakathi Warona170.2%
GAZA160.2%
COPE120.2%
ACT120.2%
ARRC.120.2%
APC80.1%
AHC70.1%
AZAPO60.1%
PMC60.1%
ACP60.1%
TRUTH60.1%
Umbrella60.1%
Al Jama-ah50.1%
Ecoforum50.1%
VSA50.1%
KYP50.1%
AUC40.1%
ARA40.1%
POJ40.1%
UDM30.0%
NADECO30.0%
AACUM30.0%
LABOUR30.0%
CMPC30.0%
SAPCO30.0%
MOVE30.0%
MF20.0%
AZANIA20.0%
Ekhethu20.0%
FISA20.0%
ANOSA20.0%
BPSA10.0%
ICM10.0%
AEF10.0%
AGF10.0%

Votes needed. ActionSA would have needed 2,351 more votes to win, or 1,176 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 shares in 2021 and 2026 on matched voting districts
Party20212026Change
ANC59.6%45.5%−14.1
ActionSA18.2%21.5%+3.3
DA2.8%10.6%+7.8
EFF13.8%6.0%−7.8
MKP–4.5%new
VF Plus0.1%1.8%+1.7
RISE–1.6%new
IFP0.9%1.3%+0.5

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32870651ANC 57.3%2,661yes
32870662ANC 43.8%2,176yes
32870673ANC 54.1%2,150yes
32870684ANC 38.6%3,258yes
32870695ANC 44.1%1,815yes
32870718ANC 38.5%1,950yes
32870774ANC 40.3%1,483yes