ANC 35.6%down 16.6 pts from 52.2% in 2016
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 3 109 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 10735.6%
DADemocratic Alliance76424.6%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party73823.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2377.6%- IndependentIndependent candidates1244.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party581.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus521.7%
NFPNational Freedom Party130.4%
JEPJustice and Employment Party60.2%
ABCAbantu Batho Congress50.2%- CCUCongregational Christian Unity20.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party10.0%
APEMOAfrican People's Movement10.0%- SAVUMOSouth Africa Vuka Movement10.0%
Voting districts · 4 ?
Current councillor (IEC) ?
Mandla MdakaAfrican National CongressCall the municipality (035 907 5000)
This ward in earlier elections ?
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 3 133 · spoilt 24 · special votes 35 · All 4 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
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 (3 129 of 7 538). The IEC publishes 41.6%.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2016 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.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: uMhlathuze's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 26 Oct 2026, 18:08 SAST.