ANC 56.5%down 7.1 pts from 63.6% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Andrew MalgasAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 437 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 37756.5%
DADemocratic Alliance62625.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance1506.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1425.8%- GCFGamagara Community Forum672.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party441.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus210.9%- JTGRJohn Taolo Gaetsewe Re Ikemetse50.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
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Voting districts · 3 ?
Andrew Malgas (ANC) won Ward 7 with 1 377 votes, 36.6% of the ward's 3 760 registered voters. Turnout was 65.3%: 2 456 of 3 760 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, GAMAGARA, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 11
- Andrew MalgasAfrican National Congress
- Letlhogonolo Maven TshekoengAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Deàn EspachDemocratic Alliance
- Whitey PhanyeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Merihana MolelekiGamagara Community Forum
- Gomolemo Leannete MolaodiJohn Taolo Gaetsewe Re Ikemetse
- Tshegohatso David SenyeNational Coloured Congress
- Frances Dalene Wendy van der WesthuizenPatriotic Alliance
- Julandie van WykSouth African Communist Party
- Christina Lerato DolfUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Barend Johannes van der MerweVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 467 · spoilt 30 · special votes 588 · 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 (2 456 of 3 760). The IEC publishes 65.6%.
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 14 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 377 vs 4 084; DA 626 vs 1 895; PA 150 vs 455; EFF 142 vs 422; GCF 67 vs 192; MKP 44 vs 127; VF PLUS 21 vs 71; JTGR 5 vs 8; SACP 4 vs 17; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 4; AHC 0 vs 10; ATM 0 vs 3; SARKO 0 vs 9; UAT 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 22 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: GAMAGARA's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:49 SAST.