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Nelson Mandela Bay

Ward 21

ANC leads the vote

since 2021
60.9%vote share

2026 results

2026

Ward ballot votes

Reporting progress unavailable

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSTAMSANQA HOBSON TSHAKWENI
60.9%2 191 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
8.5%306 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
6.3%228 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties24.3%873 votes
MAYIBUYE CIVIC MOVEMENT
4.3%153 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
4.1%148 votes
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
2.8%101 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
2.4%86 votes
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
2.4%85 votes
ACTIONSA
2.2%78 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
1.8%66 votes
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
0.8%30 votes
ABANTU INTEGRITY MOVEMENT
0.8%28 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS
0.7%25 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
0.5%18 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
0.5%17 votes
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
0.2%6 votes
DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE
0.1%4 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.1%4 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.1%3 votes
GOOD
0.1%3 votes
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE
0.1%2 votes
PEOPLE'S POWER
0.1%2 votes
DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.1%2 votes
ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM
0.1%2 votes
LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
0.1%2 votes
NATIONAL ALLIANCE
0.1%2 votes
EIGHTEEN TWELVE MOVEMENT
0.1%2 votes
SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY
0.0%1 votes
AL JAMA-AH
0.0%1 votes
CHRIST KINGDOM PARTY
0.0%1 votes
FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA
0.0%1 votes
AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION
0.0%0 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLES PROGRESSION
0.0%0 votes
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
0.0%0 votes
ALL CITIZENS PARTY
0.0%0 votes
PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
0.0%0 votes
SIBANYE (WE ARE ONE)
0.0%0 votes
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT
0.0%0 votes
UNITED PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE ALLIANCE
0.0%0 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.0%0 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2026Vote %vs 2021
ANC60.4%
EFF8.7%
DA6.2%
COPE0.2%
MAYIBUYE CIVIC MOVEMENT4.7%
UDM4.2%
SACP2.7%
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT2.5%
ActionSA2.4%
Other8.0%
History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

  • All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
  • 2026 figures are provisional and reflect votes counted so far; reporting completion is not an official declaration.
  • Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
  • Ward boundaries can change between elections. These are published results for the same ward ID, not the same voters.
All parties & exact values
What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats

Go closer

5 voting districts
What is a voting district?

A voting district is a small voting area inside a ward.

A voting district

Voters are assigned to a voting station in this area. These results show only that part of the ward.

Votes added together

Results from all the ward’s voting districts decide its councillor.

A lead here is not a ward win. A voting district has no council and is different from a district municipality.

IEC guide to voting districts

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Ward 21 and its voting districtsExplore map
Nelson Mandela BayLast recordedAICAIMANCDOPEFFNAPAPACAfter electionPending
Sources & result details

IEC: 06 Nov 2026, 23:47 SAST · checked 07 Nov 2026, 20:09 SAST

Results remain provisional until declared by the IEC. Reporting progress measures voting districts, not turnout.

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Ward vs PR ballots

Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.

Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

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