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Ward 20

Merafong City (GT484) · IEC ward 74804020

Won by
ANC
Mlungisi Ngqele
Margin
25.0%
441 votes
Voting districts in
2/2
Valid ward votes
1,766

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCMlungisi Ngqele62235.2%
Independents18110.2%
MKP1659.3%
DA1629.2%
LABOUR1588.9%
SACP1327.5%
EFF1206.8%
OMO653.7%
ActionSA563.2%
IFP311.8%
ATM211.2%
AIC201.1%
MAOC100.6%
ACDP70.4%
Mayibuye60.3%
PAC40.2%
VF Plus30.2%
BOSA10.1%
ELF-SA10.1%
AGF10.1%

Votes needed. Independents would have needed 442 more votes to win, or 221 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: 2 of the 2 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
ANC53.0%38.5%−14.5
DA2.3%10.0%+7.6
LABOUR–9.1%new
MKP–8.8%new
SACP–7.4%new
EFF33.7%7.1%−26.6
Independents–5.1%new
OMO–3.8%new
ActionSA–3.5%new
IFP0.9%1.6%+0.7
AIC0.8%1.3%+0.5
ATM1.4%1.2%−0.1
MAOC3.4%0.6%−2.8
ACDP1.0%0.5%−0.6
UDM1.4%0.0%−1.4

Voting districts (2)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
86950031ANC 36.2%1,438yes
86950053ANC 40.1%2,094yes