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Ward 8

Makhado (LIM344) · IEC ward 93404008

Won by
DA
Candida Herman
Margin
17.7%
593 votes
Voting districts in
3/3
Valid ward votes
3,341

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DACandida Herman1,50345.0%
ANC91027.2%
VF Plus64419.3%
ActionSA772.3%
EFF641.9%
SACP421.3%
ACDP240.7%
Mayibuye240.7%
APC220.7%
ATM70.2%
ELF-SA70.2%
PAC40.1%
PA40.1%
IRC30.1%
Moshabi20.1%
UDM10.0%
MDC10.0%
AL.10.0%
FISA10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 594 more votes to win, or 297 voters switching from DA.

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: 3 of the 3 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
DA54.5%44.6%−9.9
ANC26.8%26.2%−0.6
VF Plus13.1%19.9%+6.7
ActionSA–2.6%new
EFF2.1%2.2%+0.1
SACP–1.2%new
ACDP2.0%0.7%−1.3

Voting districts (3)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
76060021DA 49.4%2,773yes
76060627DA 45.5%2,755yes
76060638ANC 38.7%1,158yes