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Ward 29

Rustenburg (NW373) · IEC ward 63703029

Won by
ANC
Kevin Karabo Phutu
Margin
14.3%
474 votes
Voting districts in
5/5
Valid ward votes
3,310

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCKevin Karabo Phutu1,33140.2%
BBS85725.9%
EFF36311.0%
SACP1935.8%
ActionSA1554.7%
RPP722.2%
DA652.0%
SLK26652.0%
PURPLE521.6%
Tsogang491.5%
Bophuthatswana Civil Movement441.3%
MKP230.7%
APC70.2%
SDP70.2%
VF Plus50.2%
AEF50.2%
AZAPO30.1%
COPE30.1%
LABOUR30.1%
UDM20.1%
Mayibuye20.1%
UCDP10.0%
Ecoforum10.0%
AACUM10.0%
FISA10.0%

Votes needed. BBS would have needed 475 more votes to win, or 238 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: 5 of the 5 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
ANC55.5%42.9%−12.5
BBS–24.6%new
EFF7.5%10.8%+3.3
SACP–5.1%new
ActionSA–4.8%new
DA0.9%2.1%+1.2
RPP–1.9%new
SLK26–1.8%new
Tsogang2.7%1.5%−1.1
PURPLE–1.5%new
ARONA13.5%0.1%−13.4
Independents17.3%0.0%−17.3

Voting districts (5)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
86662097BBS 59.7%1,631yes
86662132ANC 51.2%1,050yes
86662334SACP 33.0%1,006yes
86991643ANC 53.0%853yes
86991654ANC 59.2%2,196yes