ANC 43.4%down 18.2 pts from 61.6% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sophy Lemisie MaaboyiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 222 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 39843.4%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party54616.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters40612.6%
BRABetter Residents Association2989.2%
DADemocratic Alliance1534.7%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement1043.2%
ActionSA973.0%
AUMAfrican Unified Movement942.9%
APCAfrican People's Convention742.3%- BTCPBarberton Community Party170.5%
SAHRASouth Africa My Home Residents Association90.3%
BLOMBushbuckridge Locals Movement60.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
COPECongress of the People20.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Sophy Lemisie Maaboyi (ANC) won Ward 16 with 1 398 votes, 21.6% of the ward's 6 480 registered voters. Turnout was 51.0%: 3 307 of 6 480 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Junius Moganiseng ChiloaneActionSA
- Sophy Lemisie MaaboyiAfrican National Congress
- Patrick Tebogo MadibeAfrican People's Convention
- Lindis Julia MokoenaAfrican Unified Movement
- Eknos Motomoleng MashileAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Abednego Bedneck MaibelaBarberton Community Party
- Michael Elliot MashileBetter Residents Association
- Oscar MzimbaBushbuckridge Locals Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Lillian Mmina MashileDemocratic Alliance
- Gilly Efebotse PebangDemocratic Community Movement
- Golden Itumeleng MashegoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Kate MashegoGods Justice and Development Party
- Lindokuhle MnisiLabour Party of South Africa
- Inteligent Nsovo NobelaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Daphney Thandu MazibileService Delivery Party
- Dimakatso MaileSouth Africa My Home Residents Association
- William Dicky MaileSouth African Communist Party
- Lucas Allens MaileThe Winners Movement Party
- Keamogetswe Louisa MoripaUnited Residents Front
- Cecilia Khensani VumaVryheidsfront 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 · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 319 · spoilt 97 · special votes 993 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (3 307 of 6 480). The IEC publishes 51.3%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 398 vs 4 216; SACP 546 vs 1 595; EFF 406 vs 1 212; BRA 298 vs 868; DA 153 vs 476; DCM 104 vs 285; ActionSA 97 vs 271; AUM 94 vs 268; APC 74 vs 212; BTCP 17 vs 33; SAHRA 9 vs 29; BLOM 6 vs 17; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 9; VF PLUS 4 vs 22; GJDP 3 vs 5; SDP 3 vs 5; COPE 2 vs 4; PAC 2 vs 4; URF 2 vs 18; ACDP 0 vs 15; AEF 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 5; GAZA 0 vs 6; GAZANKUL 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 1; LABOUR 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 3; ODF 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 1; SUN 0 vs 2; TWMP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 28. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 103 times in 6 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: Bushbuckridge's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 08:13 SAST.