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Ba-Phalaborwa

LIM334 · Local council · 37 seats

Hung
Voting districts in
100%
97 of 97
Wards declared
19
of 19
Majority line
19
of 37 seats
Registered voters
91,015

IEC report

Seats (declared)

As of
The IEC has declared this council. These are the final seat numbers.
ANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsANC: 17 seatsDA: 6 seatsDA: 6 seatsDA: 6 seatsDA: 6 seatsDA: 6 seatsDA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsActionSA: 6 seatsEFF: 4 seatsEFF: 4 seatsEFF: 4 seatsEFF: 4 seatsAPC: 1 seatsVF Plus: 1 seatsSACP: 1 seatsMayibuye: 1 seats3719 for majority
Seats by party
PartyVotesWardsSeats
ANC43.1%1717
DA16.7%26
ActionSA15.6%06
EFF11.8%04
APC3.4%01
VF Plus2.6%01
SACP1.7%01
Mayibuye1.0%01

Coalition calculator

As of

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Minimal winning combinations

Every set of up to four of the ten largest parties that reaches the majority line, where dropping any one member would fall short. Independents are left out because each votes individually. Seats are final.

Ward map

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Change since 2021

As of
Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so we compare the same voting districts in both years: the 88 districts counted so far that also existed in 2021 (96% of the votes counted). Shares are of all valid votes, ward and PR ballots together.
Party shares on matched voting districts, 2021 and 2026
Party20212026Change
ANC61.2%42.5%−18.7
DA9.8%17.1%+7.2
ActionSA–15.7%new
EFF13.0%11.7%−1.3
APC0.4%3.5%+3.1
VF Plus1.1%2.7%+1.7
SACP–1.7%new
Independents3.2%0.5%−2.6
NIP4.8%0.1%−4.7
MIM3.2%0.0%−3.2

Biggest ward swings

  1. Ward 5ANC75.8% → 35.4%−40.4
  2. Ward 7ANC78.8% → 39.0%−39.8
  3. Ward 16ActionSA0.0% → 35.3%+35.3
  4. Ward 17ANC49.9% → 84.9%+35.1
  5. Ward 5ActionSA0.0% → 34.7%+34.7
  6. Ward 15ANC62.6% → 29.2%−33.4
  7. Ward 8ActionSA0.0% → 32.9%+32.9
  8. Ward 4ActionSA0.0% → 31.8%+31.8

2021 council result: ANC 24, EFF 5, DA 4, NIP 2, MIM 1 of 37 seats.

Closest wards

As of
Wards decided or led by less than 5 points on the ward ballot, and how many more votes the runner-up needed.
  1. Ward 5ANC won, ahead of ActionSAby 0 (0.0%) · needed 1
  2. Ward 16ANC won, ahead of ActionSAby 69 (2.4%) · needed 70

Wards (19)

As of
Ward-ballot results. Margin is the gap between the first two candidates as a share of valid ward votes.
Wards declared
100%
Ward ballot results by ward
WardWinner or leaderMarginVotesVDs in
1ANCSarel Cornelius Mashilewon38.8%2,7908/8
2ANCMotale Rebecca Monarengwon43.1%2,1974/4
3ANCJaphet Sindanewon35.8%2,2833/3
4ANCMmadibe Petronella Mauwanewon6.2%1,6123/3
5ANCMpho Rampyapediwon0.0%1,7754/4
6ANCTshepo Sestanious Mmotlawon22.3%1,9854/4
7ANCCedric Pheehane Masediwon12.0%2,4345/5
8ANCAllen Mogale Malesawon18.0%2,9095/5
9ANCVictor Mohale Rapatsawon18.3%2,7276/6
10ANCDumisani Rockey Nyathiwon21.0%2,6816/6
11DAReneé Elaine Rudolphwon40.3%1,8344/4
12DASybrandt Rynardt De Beerwon52.4%2,3012/2
13ANCNhlahla Lucky Rihlampfuwon16.1%2,7655/5
14ANCEunice Annetjie Mokoena-Mashelewon14.6%1,7725/5
15ANCRichard Makaselawon8.7%2,7056/6
16ANCJoseph Matimba Masanguwon2.4%2,8453/3
17ANCThabo Mashalewon78.7%2,1157/7
18ANCTebogo Collen Malatjiwon58.7%2,3009/9
19ANCVeronica Debule Masetewon19.7%2,5698/8