Ward 8
City of Mbombela (MP326) · IEC ward 83206008
Won by
ANC
Sibusiso Eddie Thabethe
Margin
18.8%
641 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
3,407
IEC report
Ward ballot
Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
| Party · candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ANCSibusiso Eddie Thabethe | 1,480 | 43.4% |
| DA | 839 | 24.6% |
| EFF | 382 | 11.2% |
| SACP | 277 | 8.1% |
| VF Plus | 127 | 3.7% |
| MKP | 108 | 3.2% |
| ActionSA | 42 | 1.2% |
| SDP | 42 | 1.2% |
| ATM | 34 | 1.0% |
| ACDP | 30 | 0.9% |
| APC | 10 | 0.3% |
| GJDP | 8 | 0.2% |
| LABOUR | 7 | 0.2% |
| Mayibuye | 7 | 0.2% |
| MYR | 7 | 0.2% |
| PAC | 2 | 0.1% |
| URF | 2 | 0.1% |
| SUN | 2 | 0.1% |
| IFP | 1 | 0.0% |
Votes needed. DA would have needed 642 more votes to win, or 321 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: 8 of the 8 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 | 65.7% | 43.6% | −22.0 |
| DA | 20.5% | 24.8% | +4.4 |
| EFF | 9.2% | 11.4% | +2.2 |
| SACP | – | 7.6% | new |
| VF Plus | 2.6% | 3.5% | +0.9 |
| MKP | – | 3.2% | new |
| ActionSA | – | 1.3% | new |
| SDP | – | 1.2% | new |
Voting districts (8)
| District | Leading | Valid votes | In 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54910481 | ANC 56.3% | 1,197 | yes |
| 54910504 | ANC 48.3% | 714 | yes |
| 54910515 | ANC 46.1% | 679 | yes |
| 54910526 | ANC 62.6% | 1,369 | yes |
| 54910661 | ANC 50.7% | 274 | yes |
| 54910706 | DA 77.4% | 1,766 | yes |
| 54911033 | ANC 72.4% | 439 | yes |
| 54911189 | ANC 64.1% | 384 | yes |