ANC 54.7%down 23.8 pts from 78.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ngaka Cedrick PitleleAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 394 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress76254.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party18012.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1118.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1107.9%
ActionSA916.5%
AICAfrican Independent Congress352.5%- OMOOne Merafong Organisation271.9%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania161.1%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa130.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party120.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus100.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance90.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party50.4%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa50.4%
MAOCMerafong Agents of Change40.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.1%
- AGFAzanian Ground Forces10.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%
- TRPTrue Reformation Party10.1%
Hours off in Ward 9 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Ngaka Cedrick Pitlele (ANC) won Ward 9 with 762 votes, 26.3% of the ward's 2 898 registered voters. Turnout was 49.3%: 1 430 of 2 898 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, Merafong City, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Ramosa Joseph MogakatseActionSA
- Xoliswa Sylvia CholaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mgijima CilizaAfrican Independent Congress
- Ngaka Cedrick PitleleAfrican National Congress
- Lindiwe Sylvia NhantumboAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mmalekhetho SerabeleAzanian Ground Forces
Lucky MphumelaBuild One South Africa- Letsoko Abraham Quentine GaloDemocratic Alliance
- Portia Elsie PhalatseEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Isaac Less TumoEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Alson Samkelo MthembuInkatha Freedom Party
- Sakhelo ValashiyaLabour Party of South Africa
- Mercy Nozabathethe SkosanaMerafong Agents of Change
- Bote Ramarabe Jacob TshoagongOne Merafong Organisation
- Kagiso Lester PulePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Ali Albert MothopiPatriotic Alliance
- Mmtsane Daniel VamusseSouth African Communist Party
- Moses Tebogo QwatiTrue Reformation Party
- Norman Jabulani MazibukoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- William Henry Edward KinnearVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 428 · spoilt 34 · special votes 165 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (1 430 of 2 898). The IEC publishes 49.3%.
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 762 vs 2 276; MKP 180 vs 553; EFF 111 vs 350; DA 110 vs 344; ActionSA 91 vs 292; AIC 35 vs 70; OMO 27 vs 59; PAC 16 vs 48; IFP 12 vs 31; VF PLUS 10 vs 31; PA 9 vs 31; ACDP 5 vs 16; LABOUR 5 vs 7; MAOC 4 vs 25; AGF 1 vs 2; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 4; SACP 1 vs 9; TRP 1 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 13; BOSA 0 vs 2; FISA 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 12; UCDP 0 vs 4; UMBRELLA 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 68 times in 4 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, 07:07 SAST.