ANC 69.7%down 2.3 pts from 72.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sello Jacob MachakelaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 757 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 22569.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters26315.0%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1307.4%
DADemocratic Alliance673.8%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation130.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party120.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement110.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus100.6%- ACMAfrican Content Movement90.5%
COPECongress of the People60.3%
SARKOSouth African Royal Kingdoms Organization50.3%
AMSAActivists Movement of South Africa20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
- MNPPMantsopa People's Parliament20.1%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Sello Jacob Machakela (ANC) won Ward 1 with 1 225 votes, 35.7% of the ward's 3 427 registered voters. Turnout was 59.7%: 2 046 of 3 427 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Mantsopa, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 15
- Matli Bernard MorobiActivists Movement of South Africa
- Stephen MalgasAfrican Congress for Transformation
- Lehana Paulus MofoloAfrican Content Movement
- Sello Jacob MachakelaAfrican National Congress
- Mankane Emily MotsetseAfrican Transformation Movement
- Ishmael Sabata KhabisiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Tsatsi Joseph MolaiCongress of the People
- Harry Jacobus de WeeDemocratic Alliance
- Thabang Edwin NtseouEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Maletsatsi Lydia ZakiaEkhethu Peoples Party
- Malefetsane Michael KoaoMantsopa People's Parliament
- Sabata Andrew MdakaneSouth African Communist Party
- Lucian Reilinda BaadjiesSouth African Royal Kingdoms Organization
- Kedibone Agnes MonnaruriUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Johan CoffeeVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 871 · spoilt 114 · special votes 257 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (2 046 of 3 427). The IEC publishes 59.7%.
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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 225 vs 3 629; EFF 263 vs 799; SACP 130 vs 374; DA 67 vs 469; ACT 13 vs 39; MKP 12 vs 20; ATM 11 vs 34; VF PLUS 10 vs 19; ACM 9 vs 28; COPE 6 vs 15; SARKO 5 vs 14; AMSA 2 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 4; MNPP 2 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 6; ActionSA 0 vs 2; AHC 0 vs 23; AIC 0 vs 3; APEMO 0 vs 2; BCMT 0 vs 1; ECOFORUM 0 vs 1; EKHETHU 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 234; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 36 times in 2 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: Mantsopa's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:38 SAST.