ANC 51.9%down 30.0 pts from 81.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Vuyokazi Vivian MacithiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 698 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress88251.9%
- IndependentIndependent candidates50529.7%
DADemocratic Alliance1287.5%- ILISOIliso Labantu Movement for Social Change573.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters382.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement311.8%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement271.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention110.6%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah50.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party40.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance30.2%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 12 ?
Vuyokazi Vivian Macithi (ANC) won Ward 7 with 882 votes, 24.0% of the ward's 3 675 registered voters. Turnout was 47.3%: 1 739 of 3 675 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
- Maqwathini Junior SchoolVD 11070199ANC 70.3%
- Mnikina Junior SchoolVD 11070302ANC 74.4%
- Qoqodala Junior SchoolVD 11070605ANC 90.1%
- Qoqodala Community HallVD 11070638ANC 69.0%
- Bowden Junior SchoolVD 11070896ANC 39.7%
- Funda Shearing ShedVD 11071101ANC 50.6%
- African Native ChurchVD 11071112ANC 42.4%
- Phakamisa Primary SchoolVD 11071123ANC 72.6%
- Vuyolwethu Primary SchoolVD 11071134ANC 72.8%
- Edendale Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11071156ANC 69.3%
- Bozwana Junior SchoolVD 11071167ANC 83.2%
- Blangwe Shearing ShedVD 11071741ANC 83.2%
Candidates · 13
- Vuyokazi Vivian MacithiAfrican National Congress
- Siyabonga MakhundayiAfrican People's Convention
- Anga HoliAfrican Transformation Movement
- Phindiswa NkubuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Aphelele MbalulaAl Jama-ah
- Nomazulu SondloDemocratic Alliance
- Odwa Mzwabantu HanjanaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Khanyiso NobazaIliso Labantu Movement for Social Change
- Lucas Yenzekile NdataIndependent
- Fundiswa Lucia NkuzoPatriotic Alliance
- Lwandile MatolengweSouth African Communist Party
- Neziswa PhagathiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Kwaaiman MjezuUnited Democratic Movement
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 22 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 765 · spoilt 67 · special votes 214 · All 12 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 12 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 12 voting districts here (1 739 of 3 675). The IEC publishes 48.2%.
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 22 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 882 vs 3 054; DA 128 vs 530; ILISO 57 vs 207; EFF 38 vs 161; ATM 31 vs 109; APC 11 vs 23; ALJAMA 5 vs 13; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 35; MKP 4 vs 19; PA 3 vs 11; SACP 3 vs 29; ACDP 0 vs 1; ACT 0 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 9; AIC 0 vs 26; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 14; APF 0 vs 6; HCDF 0 vs 4; IFP 0 vs 4; LABOUR 0 vs 1; The Independents 0 vs 30; VF PLUS 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 163 times in 12 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, 18:36 SAST.