IFP 45.6%down 3.2 pts from 48.8% in 2021
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Phumlani Dominic XuluInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 190 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party99945.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party83938.3%
ANCAfrican National Congress1326.0%
DADemocratic Alliance994.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters281.3%
NFPNational Freedom Party271.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement140.6%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party140.6%
NAPFNational People's Front60.3%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom60.3%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.2%
ActionSA50.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa50.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40.2%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement40.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.1%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Phumlani Dominic Xulu (IFP) won Ward 18 with 999 votes, 22.7% of the ward's 4 400 registered voters. Turnout was 49.9%: 2 197 of 4 400 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, AbaQulusi, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Minenhle MlangeniActionSA
- Njabulo Nhlakanipho ManeliAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Fortunate Siyabuswa PhiriAfrican Economic Freedom
- Sibonangani Innocent Nhlahla MazibukoAfrican National Congress
- Nomusa Gladys NgcoboAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mduduzi Praise-God SangweniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Nduduzo German NkosiDemocratic Alliance
- Sindisiwe Sibongile ZondoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Njabulo Bandile NzuzaGap Fixers of South Africa
- Thandeka Maureen MthabelaGods Justice and Development Party
- Phumlani Dominic XuluInkatha Freedom Party
- Patrick S'Phiwe MchunuLabour Party of South Africa
- Beatrice Nkosingiphile NdabaNational Freedom Party
- Patrick Mbongeni JeneneNational People's Front
- Cecilia TustinOrganic Humanity Movement
- Slindile Clerence KhumaloSouth African Communist Party
- Mziwakhe Harris KhumaloUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- James Charles LockeVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 209 · spoilt 19 · special votes 136 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 197 of 4 400). The IEC publishes 50.2%.
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 20 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 999 vs 2 923; MKP 839 vs 2 565; ANC 132 vs 416; DA 99 vs 289; EFF 28 vs 89; NFP 27 vs 68; GJDP 14 vs 24; MAYIBUYE 14 vs 34; AEF 6 vs 8; NAPF 6 vs 17; ActionSA 5 vs 37; ATM 5 vs 16; LABOUR 5 vs 10; OHM 4 vs 5; VF PLUS 4 vs 20; SACP 2 vs 9; A.B.C.D. 0 vs 5; ARU 0 vs 1; NPA 0 vs 4; UWO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 49 times in 3 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, 20:55 SAST.