2026 local elections · Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela Bay
4 Nov 2026
is election day. Nelson Mandela Bay has 60 wards and 268 voting districts in 2026. Results appear here as the IEC publishes them.
Official: Electoral Commission (IEC); Municipal Demarcation Board
All eight metros · IEC results site · We publish results as the IEC does and make no predictions.
The council
Official: IEC seat calculation
What these words mean
- Council seats
- A metro council has one seat per ward plus the same number again (roughly) for party lists, shared out by the PR vote.
- PR ballot
- In local elections, the vote for a party. It decides how many council seats each party gets overall.
- Ward ballot
- In local elections, the vote for the ward councillor. The candidate with the most votes wins the ward.
Council seats are shown once the IEC publishes its seat calculation.
The party vote, 2021
Official: IEC
- DA 40.0%
- ANC 39.6%
- EFF 6.4%
- NORTHERN ALLIANCE 2.1%
- AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1.7%
- Others 10.2%
Turnout 45.8% · 263 461 valid votes
Shares are of valid votes. The 2021 figures are the IEC’s results for the same metro.
Every ward
60 wards · 2026 boundaries
Each ward page shows its places and how its voting districts voted in 2021 and 2024. 2026 results appear from 4 Nov 2026.
| Ward | Covers parts of |
|---|---|
| Ward 1 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 2 | Nelson Mandela Bay NU, Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 3 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 4 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 5 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 6 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 7 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 8 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 9 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 10 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 11 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 12 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 13 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 14 | Port Elizaberth, iBhayi |
| Ward 15 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 16 | Port Elizaberth, iBhayi |
| Ward 17 | iBhayi |
| Ward 18 | iBhayi |
| Ward 19 | iBhayi |
| Ward 20 | iBhayi |
| Ward 21 | iBhayi |
| Ward 22 | iBhayi |
| Ward 23 | Motherwell |
| Ward 24 | iBhayi |
| Ward 25 | Port Elizaberth, iBhayi |
| Ward 26 | iBhayi |
| Ward 27 | iBhayi |
| Ward 28 | Bethelsdorp, Port Elizaberth, iBhayi |
| Ward 29 | Bethelsdorp |
| Ward 30 | Motherwell, Port Elizaberth, iBhayi |
| Ward 31 | Bethelsdorp |
| Ward 32 | Bethelsdorp, Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 33 | Bethelsdorp, Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 34 | Bethelsdorp |
| Ward 35 | Bethelsdorp |
| Ward 36 | Despatch, iBhayi |
| Ward 37 | Bethelsdorp, iBhayi |
| Ward 38 | Bethelsdorp |
| Ward 39 | Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 40 | Blue Horizon Bay, Clarendon Marine, Nelson Mandela Bay NU, Port Elizaberth, Woodridge |
| Ward 41 | Despatch, Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 42 | KwaNobuhle |
| Ward 43 | KwaNobuhle |
| Ward 44 | KwaNobuhle |
| Ward 45 | KwaNobuhle, Nelson Mandela Bay NU |
| Ward 46 | KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage |
| Ward 47 | KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage |
| Ward 48 | Uitenhage |
| Ward 49 | Uitenhage |
| Ward 50 | Uitenhage |
| Ward 51 | Uitenhage |
| Ward 52 | Despatch, Port Elizaberth, Uitenhage |
| Ward 53 | Colchester, Motherwell, Nelson Mandela Bay NU, Port Elizaberth, Uitenhage |
| Ward 54 | Motherwell |
| Ward 55 | Motherwell |
| Ward 56 | Motherwell |
| Ward 57 | Motherwell |
| Ward 58 | Motherwell |
| Ward 59 | Motherwell, Port Elizaberth |
| Ward 60 | Port Elizaberth |
Ward by-elections since 2021
Official: Electoral Commission (IEC) · Data as of by-elections to 24 Jun 2026 · Updates: IEC publishes after each by-election · Last updated
7 ward by-elections in Nelson Mandela Bay since the 2021 local elections. Each row shows the party that won the ward in 2021 and in the by-election, its share of the votes and the turnout, as the IEC reports them.
| Date | Ward | 2021 winner | By-election winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2025 | 23 | ANC 76.3% of votes · turnout 40.0% | ANC 63.6% of votes · turnout 29.2% |
| 16 Jul 2025 | 34 | DA 62.0% of votes · turnout 48.0% | DA 46.6% of votes · turnout 47.3% |
| 2 Jul 2025 | 57 | ANC 59.4% of votes · turnout 41.7% | ANC 64.8% of votes · turnout 26.5% |
| 14 Aug 2024 | 2 | DA 85.6% of votes · turnout 48.8% | DA 97.4% of votes · turnout 22.9% |
| 14 Aug 2024 | 9 | DA 85.7% of votes · turnout 60.2% | DA 92.1% of votes · turnout 23.6% |
| 6 Jul 2022 | 43 | ANC 70.1% of votes · turnout 44.9% | ANC 69.1% of votes · turnout 28.3% |
| 4 May 2022 | 20 | ANC 73.6% of votes · turnout 38.8% | ANC 65.6% of votes · turnout 20.6% |
Wards are 2021 boundaries. Turnout is the IEC’s “% poll”. By-elections usually draw a lower turnout than general elections. Source: IEC municipal by-election comparison reports (all reports); the date links to that day’s report.