ANC 87.5%up 11.1 pts from 76.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Babalwa MxathuleAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 560 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 36587.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party483.1%
DADemocratic Alliance432.8%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement352.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters301.9%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement221.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Babalwa Mxathule (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 365 votes, 44.2% of the ward's 3 090 registered voters. Turnout was 51.7%: 1 599 of 3 090 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
- Nobuhle Junior SchoolVD 11070414ANC 84.8%
- Ngcuka Junior SchoolVD 11070425ANC 88.0%
- Buyokoyoko Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11070773ANC 87.4%
- Valelo Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11070841ANC 90.5%
- Thandisizwe Primary SchoolVD 11071235ANC 91.2%
- The Endtime Message ChurchVD 11071268ANC 86.5%
- Ngcuka Shearing ShedVD 11071718ANC 95.3%
Candidates · 12
- Babalwa MxathuleAfrican National Congress
- Zolile Elias XasoAfrican People's Convention
- Zwelethu SamAfrican Transformation Movement
- Yanga Timothy MnyukoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Simamkele MadikaneAl Jama-ah
- Michael Fumanekile MthandekiDemocratic Alliance
- Xoliswa MpakaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Vincent Vuyisa MaqinaIliso Labantu Movement for Social Change
- Ntombizodwa Ivy SiwangazaPatriotic Alliance
- Xolile MfikiSouth African Communist Party
- Vukile Wiseman MkabileUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Onalo MdalaseUnited Democratic Movement
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 597 · spoilt 37 · special votes 388 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (1 599 of 3 090). The IEC publishes 51.8%.
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 16 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 365 vs 4 083; MKP 48 vs 141; DA 43 vs 125; EFF 30 vs 100; ATM 22 vs 78; SACP 10 vs 30; APC 3 vs 11; PA 2 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 3; ACT 0 vs 1; ActionSA 0 vs 4; AIC 0 vs 12; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 5; APF 0 vs 7; VF PLUS 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 74 times in 7 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: Emalahleni's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:59 SAST.