ANC 65.7%down 21.7 pts from 87.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Bambelela Nicholus MqoqiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 828 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 20165.7%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement35919.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1025.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania532.9%
BPMBatho Pele Movement512.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters241.3%
DADemocratic Alliance140.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement70.4%
A.DAfrican Democrats50.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa40.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party30.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.1%- AMAMBOAmabomvane Revolutionary Movement10.1%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
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Voting districts · 12 ?
Bambelela Nicholus Mqoqi (ANC) won Ward 21 with 1 201 votes, 32.6% of the ward's 3 682 registered voters. Turnout was 50.4%: 1 856 of 3 682 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Mbhashe, voting district by voting district.
- Mpozolo Senior Primary SchoolVD 10840014ANC 72.6%
- Ntsimbakazi Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840025ANC 70.3%
- Lurwayizo Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840384ANC 80.6%
- Msendo Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840395ANC 75.9%
- Lower Mbangcolo Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840520ANC 80.6%
- Mendwana Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840531ANC 62.4%
- Mendu Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10840542UDM 48.8%
- Hlakoti Senior Primary SchoolVD 10840711ANC 77.0%
- Magaba Senior Primary SchoolVD 10841228ANC 80.9%
- Nkonjane Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10841273ANC 54.1%
- Mampondweni Junior Secondary SchoolVD 10841284ANC 70.7%
- Ntlangano-Ngoma Senior Primary SchoolVD 10841341SACP 44.6%
Candidates · 15
Emihle NgceniAfrican Christian Democratic Party- Alfred BambisoAfrican Democrats
- Bambelela Nicholus MqoqiAfrican National Congress
- Nogaragi MkosanaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Zukile Raymond LuziphoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sitembiso Dalkanyo SicenguAmabomvane Revolutionary Movement
- Kanyisa Patricia HonganaBatho Pele Movement
- Nomtshato JonasDemocratic Alliance
- Siko MqoqiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mangeni ZimoshileLabour Party of South Africa
- Mpendulo Herbert GweshaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nomfobe McambalalaPatriotic Alliance
- Nobonisile Letticia SipokoSouth African Communist Party
- Zimasekile SkoloUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Nopetile JabeUnited Democratic Movement
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 28 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 869 · spoilt 41 · special votes 285 · All 12 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 12 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 12 voting districts here (1 856 of 3 682). The IEC publishes 50.6%.
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 18 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 201 vs 3 637; UDM 359 vs 1 082; SACP 102 vs 302; PAC 53 vs 155; BPM 51 vs 119; EFF 24 vs 62; DA 14 vs 40; ATM 7 vs 18; A.D 5 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 8; MKP 3 vs 9; AMAMBO 1 vs 2; PA 1 vs 4; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; GKCM 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 2; PAMO 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 91 times in 12 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: Mbhashe's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:44 SAST.