ANC 68.3%down 20.2 pts from 88.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Nhlanhla Leonard SokaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 629 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 11368.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters19311.8%
DADemocratic Alliance1106.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1026.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance714.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention150.9%
ActionSA100.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party70.4%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party50.3%
FFDForum for Democrats20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Nhlanhla Leonard Soka (ANC) won Ward 7 with 1 113 votes, 29.8% of the ward's 3 732 registered voters. Turnout was 44.6%: 1 664 of 3 732 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Ratlou, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 11
- Kgorosane Cherlyboy DithobisoActionSA
- Nhlanhla Leonard SokaAfrican National Congress
- Tiragalo Lucas ModisaneAfrican People's Convention
- Kealeboga Millicent PebeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thabang Christopher DikolomelaDemocratic Alliance
- Obenne Alfred LeitlhonyaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Johan SerimaForum for Democrats
- Gabainewe Maria MoalahiPatriotic Alliance
- Goodwill SelekeSouth African Communist Party
- Boitumelo Elisabeth MolutsiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Kereng Ruth MatebeleUnited Christian Democratic Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 683 · spoilt 54 · special votes 217 · 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 (1 664 of 3 732). The IEC publishes 45.1%.
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 1 113 vs 3 236; EFF 193 vs 492; DA 110 vs 390; MKP 102 vs 286; PA 71 vs 214; APC 15 vs 31; ActionSA 10 vs 39; SACP 7 vs 18; UCDP 5 vs 12; FFD 2 vs 3; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 3; AANDC 0 vs 1; ACDP 0 vs 67; ACP 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 8; ARC 0 vs 3; ASM 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 3; KOPANO 0 vs 1; Bophuthatswana Civil Movement 0 vs 34; PAC 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 15; SEDIMO 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 52 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: Ratlou's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:29 SAST.