ANC 41.8%down 13.2 pts from 55.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Vusimuzi Joseph KhumaloAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 631 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress68141.8%
DADemocratic Alliance35021.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus28817.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party17010.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters563.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement342.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party161.0%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party140.9%- SDPService Delivery Party90.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance60.4%- ACMAfrican Content Movement20.1%
- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.1%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Vusimuzi Joseph Khumalo (ANC) won Ward 7 with 681 votes, 21.2% of the ward's 3 210 registered voters. Turnout was 52.0%: 1 670 of 3 210 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Phumelela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 13
- Nomvula Tabita MolefeAfrican Content Movement
- Vusimuzi Joseph KhumaloAfrican National Congress
- Kabelo Jerome TsotetsiAfrican People's Convention
- Thabo Michael MotsoenengAfrican Transformation Movement
- Thabo Petros MalekaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Cornél StoltzDemocratic Alliance
- Jabulani Amos MsimangaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sibongile Cynthia KhenaInkatha Freedom Party
- Josephine NkalaPatriotic Alliance
- Beauty MahlabaService Delivery Party
- Nomsombuluko Alinah MazibukoSouth African Communist Party
- Sbonelo Patrick MiyaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Jacques van der MerweVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 670 · spoilt 39 · special votes 163 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (1 670 of 3 210). The IEC publishes 52.0%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 681 vs 2 076; DA 350 vs 1 155; VF PLUS 288 vs 832; MKP 170 vs 330; EFF 56 vs 191; ATM 34 vs 106; SACP 16 vs 55; IFP 14 vs 29; SDP 9 vs 30; PA 6 vs 16; ACT 2 vs 3; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 19; APC 1 vs 8; ActionSA 0 vs 4; AHC 0 vs 4; AIC 0 vs 10; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 4; APEMO 0 vs 3; AULA 0 vs 1; CFA 0 vs 2; COPE 0 vs 3; DPSA 0 vs 3; EKHETHU 0 vs 1; SSDF 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 63 times in 5 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: Phumelela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 15:50 SAST.