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Ward 18

Thembisile Hani (MP315) · IEC ward 83105018

Won by
ANC
Sifiso Innocent Mabena
Margin
32.1%
814 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
2,538

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCSifiso Innocent Mabena1,24949.2%
DA43517.1%
ActionSA2409.5%
MKP1797.1%
EFF1134.5%
AIPO913.6%
SACP401.6%
Independents301.2%
INGUBO261.0%
SDP261.0%
VF Plus210.8%
SPP140.6%
AHC130.5%
PAC120.5%
BCO110.4%
PA100.4%
APC70.3%
SUN60.2%
ATM50.2%
LABOUR40.2%
Mayibuye40.2%
BPSA20.1%

Votes needed. DA would have needed 815 more votes to win, or 408 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: 6 of the 6 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
ANC63.4%49.0%−14.4
DA4.0%17.3%+13.3
ActionSA–9.8%new
MKP–6.2%new
EFF16.3%4.9%−11.4
AIPO2.0%3.6%+1.6
SACP–1.7%new
INGUBO4.0%1.2%−2.8
SDP–1.1%new
Independents3.0%0.6%−2.4
SPP2.1%0.6%−1.5
AVPP2.7%0.0%−2.7

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
54540053ANC 44.7%965yes
54540064ANC 52.7%1,065yes
54540356ANC 39.1%1,359yes
54540503ANC 55.2%384yes
54540536ANC 57.3%571yes
54540727ANC 58.2%744yes