DA 57.5%up 18.7 pts from 38.8% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Aileen Danette NieuwenhuizenDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 114 valid votes
- DAAileen Danette Nieuwenhuizen1 79057.5%
VF PLUSDawid Petrus Jacobs41313.3%
ANCGlen Harry George Fourie38712.4%- OMOSphamandla Nkululeko Mninzi2056.6%
PAKarel Kwes1354.3%
MKPSello Johny Mosia882.8%
EFFTseliso Abel Tsimatsima321.0%
ActionSAKgomotso Elijah Mokgotho270.9%
AICMgijima Ciliza110.4%
ACDPXoliswa Sylvia Chola90.3%- LABOURJoseph Mbulelo Ndobatha60.2%
ATMSimphiwe Qutu50.2%
IFPRichard Siyabonga Vilakazi20.1%- SACPNomfundo Priscilla Ntlangu20.1%
BOSAMadumo Joseph Phake10.0%- MAYIBUYEMmeke Johnny Matla10.0%
Also on the ballot: Malisema Sylvia Mothae (Azanian Ground Forces), Moiketsi Absalom Ntilane (Merafong Agents of Change), Teboho Phillemon Moeketsi (Pan Africanist Congress of Azania).
Candidates: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026).
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Aileen Danette Nieuwenhuizen (DA) won Ward 21 with 1 790 votes, 34.2% of the ward's 5 237 registered voters. Turnout was 59.9%: 3 136 of 5 237 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 132 · spoilt 18 · special votes 188 · All 3 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 3 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 3 voting districts here (3 136 of 5 237). The IEC publishes 59.9%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 790 vs 5 365; VF PLUS 413 vs 1 297; ANC 387 vs 1 246; OMO 205 vs 398; PA 135 vs 400; MKP 88 vs 255; EFF 32 vs 129; ActionSA 27 vs 124; AIC 11 vs 20; ACDP 9 vs 36; LABOUR 6 vs 9; ATM 5 vs 21; IFP 2 vs 5; SACP 2 vs 5; BOSA 1 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 5; ACP 0 vs 1; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; FISA 0 vs 1; MAOC 0 vs 18; PAC 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 2; UCDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 42 times in 3 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Merafong City's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 18:40 SAST.