FINAL LGE 2026: The ANC has won an outright majority in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, one of only three such wins in Mpumalanga.
The IEC confirmed today that 100% of votes in the province have been counted and verified, with Bushbuckridge, Nkomazi and Chief Albert Luthuli the only municipalities where the ANC secured 50% plus one.
In Bushbuckridge, the ANC secured a commanding 63,8%, translating to 160 716 votes and 24 council seats.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is in second place with 10,75% (27 074 votes), followed by the EFF with 8,66% (21 824 votes).
Bushbuckridge has 77 council seats. The result is a clear outlier as Mpumalanga enters a coalition era – the ANC dropped from 58% provincially in 2021 to 43.7% (480 851 votes) in 2026, its lowest in history.
The ANC will not need a coalition partner to govern Bushbuckridge. The other 14 municipalities in Mpumalanga will require coalition talks.
