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Ward 5

Thembelihle (NC076) · IEC ward 30706005

Won by
ANC
Curven Riyaad Renardo May
Margin
33.0%
362 votes
Voting districts in
1/1
Valid ward votes
1,097

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCCurven Riyaad Renardo May52647.9%
EFF16414.9%
PA16314.9%
DA837.6%
Onafhanklik524.7%
SACP474.3%
ACDP363.3%
VF Plus181.6%
SGB80.7%

Votes needed. EFF would have needed 363 more votes to win, or 182 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: 1 of the 1 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
ANC36.2%49.1%+12.9
PA5.4%15.8%+10.4
EFF42.6%15.6%−27.0
DA9.1%7.0%−2.1
Onafhanklik–4.7%new
ACDP2.1%3.4%+1.3
SACP–2.2%new
VF Plus0.3%1.8%+1.6
SGB4.4%0.4%−4.0

Voting districts (1)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
65160075ANC 49.1%2,129yes