ANC 78.4%down 10.1 pts from 88.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lufuno Douglas LigavhaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 041 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 60078.4%
DADemocratic Alliance1075.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters552.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party532.6%
- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)512.5%
ActionSA482.4%
UATUnited Africans Transformation361.8%- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party261.3%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement120.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus110.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention80.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa60.3%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress50.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.2%- FISAFreedom in South Africa40.2%
AL.Able Leadership30.1%- DOPDefenders of the People20.1%
- MOSHABIMoshabi Party20.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement10.0%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
UMSAUnemployment Movement SA10.0%
Hours off in Ward 6 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Lufuno Douglas Ligavha (ANC) won Ward 6 with 1 600 votes, 33.0% of the ward's 4 842 registered voters. Turnout was 41.9%: 2 027 of 4 842 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 6, Makhado, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Tintswalo Martha BaloyiAble Leadership
- Tshifhiwa Calvin MutshinyaActionSA
- Lufuno Douglas LigavhaAfrican National Congress
- Khwathelani Silas KhomolaAfrican People's Convention
Whitney Tshedza MudauAfrican Transformation Movement- Tshimangadzo Samson ThavhiwaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Masilo Johannes MpasheDemocratic Alliance
- Tshilidzi Percy SadikiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ambani MasenganaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Fulufhelo Confidence GumiInternational Revelation Congress
- Tshiwela Joyce ManiMoshabi Party
Peter Kombani MaringaMovement Democratic Congress- Thabo Moses MashauPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nditsheni Josias MalatjiPatriotic Alliance
- Macdonald Rofhiwa TshishongaSouth African Communist Party
- Tshilidzi Joyce MamongangaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Tshimangadzo David MutshariniUnemployment Movement SA
- Musiya Lavinah MukwevhoUnited Africans Transformation
- Naledzani MashavhathakhaVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)
- Mushoni GalatiaVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Primrose Levuang ShihambiXimoko Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
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 2 066 · spoilt 25 · special votes 326 · 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 (2 027 of 4 842). The IEC publishes 42.7%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 600 vs 4 821; DA 107 vs 298; EFF 55 vs 134; SACP 53 vs 156; VIP 51 vs 167; ActionSA 48 vs 165; UAT 36 vs 119; MAWUSA 26 vs 42; MAYIBUYE 12 vs 34; VF PLUS 11 vs 22; APC 8 vs 15; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 6 vs 12; IRC 5 vs 22; MKP 5 vs 6; FISA 4 vs 19; PA 4 vs 15; DOP 2 vs 6; PAC 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 9; ATM 0 vs 7; AZAPO 0 vs 3; ELM 0 vs 3; KYN 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; XP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 58 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: Makhado's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:40 SAST.