ANC 80.0%down 11.0 pts from 91.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Zola BidiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 089 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 67280.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1718.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters743.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party602.9%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement602.9%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement261.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party120.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.2%- ILISOIliso Labantu Movement for Social Change40.2%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah20.1%
Hours off in Ward 6 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 11 ?
Zola Bidi (ANC) won Ward 6 with 1 672 votes, 40.8% of the ward's 4 096 registered voters. Turnout was 52.2%: 2 137 of 4 096 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 6, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
- Small Farm Shearing ShedVD 11070065ANC 61.5%
- Xonxa Junior SchoolVD 11070245ANC 84.4%
- Matyantya Junior SchoolVD 11070582ANC 83.0%
- Vulindlela Senior SchoolVD 11070593ANC 98.0%
- Emazimeni Junior SchoolVD 11070740ANC 70.9%
- Matyantya Community HallVD 11070863ANC 88.1%
- Kundulu Junior SchoolVD 11070874ANC 94.8%
- Gqebenya SchoolVD 11071077ANC 59.3%
- Izikhova Ezimnqini ChurchVD 11071088ANC 83.0%
- Nonesi Senior Primary SchoolVD 11071178ANC 97.7%
- Roman Catholic Church HallVD 11071730ANC 90.2%
Candidates · 12
- Zola BidiAfrican National Congress
- Siyabonga MakhundayiAfrican People's Convention
- Luyanda BangisoAfrican Transformation Movement
- Phindiswa NkubuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Fezile Headman SeboyiseAl Jama-ah
- Sokhana ManjiyaDemocratic Alliance
- Lindokuhle PlaatjieEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Siphesihle GobingcaIliso Labantu Movement for Social Change
- Dean Fernando DamonsPatriotic Alliance
- Xolile MfikiSouth African Communist Party
- Maclear Thembinkosi SigojoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Siphokazi GaqaUnited Democratic Movement
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 11 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 137 · spoilt 48 · special votes 398 · All 11 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 11 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 11 voting districts here (2 137 of 4 096). The IEC publishes 52.3%.
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 18 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 672 vs 5 023; DA 171 vs 511; EFF 74 vs 233; ATM 60 vs 164; SACP 60 vs 184; MKP 12 vs 37; APC 4 vs 11; ILISO 4 vs 10; PA 4 vs 6; ALJAMA 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 4; ActionSA 0 vs 7; AIC 0 vs 21; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 5; APF 0 vs 6; IFP 0 vs 2; The Independents 0 vs 3; VF PLUS 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 95 times in 11 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, 18:58 SAST.