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Ward 17

Thembisile Hani (MP315) · IEC ward 83105017

Won by
ANC
Maria Qhubeni Mnguni
Margin
19.7%
544 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
2,766

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCMaria Qhubeni Mnguni1,05738.2%
DA51318.5%
EFF41314.9%
MKP2147.7%
SDP1937.0%
ActionSA823.0%
SACP762.7%
INGUBO371.3%
Mayibuye291.0%
AIPO240.9%
VF Plus220.8%
BCO190.7%
AHC140.5%
LABOUR130.5%
SPP120.4%
IFP110.4%
ACDP110.4%
APC110.4%
PA70.3%
PAC50.2%
SUN20.1%
BPSA10.0%

Votes needed. DA would have needed 545 more votes to win, or 273 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: 5 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 89% 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
ANC54.7%39.9%−14.8
DA5.8%17.6%+11.8
EFF28.8%15.4%−13.3
SDP–7.6%new
MKP–6.1%new
SACP–3.0%new
ActionSA–2.9%new
INGUBO5.4%1.4%−4.0
SPP1.4%0.4%−1.0
Independents1.7%0.0%−1.7

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
54540042ANC 51.4%1,560yes
54540367EFF 34.3%554yes
54540468SDP 40.0%797yes
54540581ANC 42.6%1,019yes
54540738EFF 39.7%1,006yes
54541009ANC 26.9%583new