IFP 52.4%up 1.8 pts from 50.6% in 2021
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Xolani Praise-God MbathaInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 772 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 45252.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party74526.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress32711.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters933.4%
DADemocratic Alliance692.5%
NFPNational Freedom Party321.2%
NAPFNational People's Front150.5%
ActionSA130.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus60.2%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance50.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.1%
- GFSAGap Fixers of South Africa40.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement30.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Xolani Praise-God Mbatha (IFP) won Ward 17 with 1 452 votes, 25.9% of the ward's 5 596 registered voters. Turnout was 50.2%: 2 809 of 5 596 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, AbaQulusi, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Senzo Given NgwenyaActionSA
- Njabulo Nhlakanipho ManeliAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Fortunate Siyabuswa PhiriAfrican Economic Freedom
- Innet Nelly MbilaAfrican National Congress
- Phumlani Innocent DubeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mabandla Justice MdlaloseDemocratic Alliance
- Sizwe Richard ZunguEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Njabulo Bandile NzuzaGap Fixers of South Africa
- Mthokozisi Simon MaguguGods Justice and Development Party
- Xolani Praise-God MbathaInkatha Freedom Party
- Msawenkosi Victor DlaminiLabour Party of South Africa
- Ntombikayise Viora MbokaziNational Freedom Party
- Nomsa Zama ButheleziNational People's Front
- Cecilia TustinOrganic Humanity Movement
- Nhlakanipho Mbuyiseni ButheleziSouth African Communist Party
- Nkululeko Thokozani NgwenyaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Gert Adriaan HayVryheidsfront 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 2 811 · spoilt 39 · special votes 346 · All 4 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 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 (2 809 of 5 596). The IEC publishes 50.3%.
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 21 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 452 vs 4 284; MKP 745 vs 2 327; ANC 327 vs 973; EFF 93 vs 264; DA 69 vs 215; NFP 32 vs 88; NAPF 15 vs 42; ActionSA 13 vs 40; VF PLUS 6 vs 19; ARA 5 vs 6; GFSA 4 vs 8; SACP 4 vs 10; OHM 3 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 8; A.B.C.D. 0 vs 1; AEF 0 vs 2; ARU 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 7; GJDP 0 vs 7; NPA 0 vs 3; PAC 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 55 times in 4 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: AbaQulusi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:50 SAST.