DA 45.0%down 9.9 pts from 54.9% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Candida HermanDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 341 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 50345.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress91027.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus64419.3%
ActionSA772.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters641.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party421.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party240.7%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement240.7%
APCAfrican People's Convention220.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement70.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa70.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress30.1%- MOSHABIMoshabi Party20.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement10.0%
MDCMovement Democratic Congress10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- FISAFreedom in South Africa10.0%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Candida Herman (DA) won Ward 8 with 1 503 votes, 25.8% of the ward's 5 826 registered voters. Turnout was 57.9%: 3 373 of 5 826 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Makhado, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Tanganedzani MathimaneAble Leadership
- Tshifhiwa Harold MashigeActionSA
- Amos Tsakai Patson ThovhakaleAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Zwavhudi Lucky DagadaAfrican National Congress
- Zameer OsmanAfrican People's Convention
- Tendani HlamiseAfrican Transformation Movement
- Tshamano Nicolaas SikoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Candida HermanDemocratic Alliance
- Phumodzo SebolaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nkhumeleni Lucky ManiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Aluwani ZhakataInternational Revelation Congress
- Tshiwela Joyce ManiMoshabi Party
- Peter Kombani MaringaMovement Democratic Congress
- Thabo Moses MashauPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Florence Ann BrownPatriotic Alliance
- Ntshavheni George RambudaSouth African Communist Party
Tshimangadzo David MutshariniUnemployment Movement SA- Anthony Patrick HeesVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 371 · spoilt 30 · special votes 392 · 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 (3 373 of 5 826). The IEC publishes 58.0%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 503 vs 4 462; ANC 910 vs 2 601; VF PLUS 644 vs 1 985; ActionSA 77 vs 265; EFF 64 vs 225; SACP 42 vs 118; ACDP 24 vs 77; MAYIBUYE 24 vs 70; APC 22 vs 62; ATM 7 vs 29; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 7 vs 14; PA 4 vs 8; PAC 4 vs 10; IRC 3 vs 18; MOSHABI 2 vs 6; AL. 1 vs 3; FISA 1 vs 11; AZAPO 0 vs 2; ELM 0 vs 15; GAZA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 3; MAWUSA 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 13; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 21; VIP 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 67 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, 01:19 SAST.