IFP 60.0%
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Velenkosini Welcome MkhizeInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 358 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 41560.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress62226.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party25210.7%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party170.7%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors130.6%
DADemocratic Alliance120.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters90.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party70.3%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.3%
- NACOLNational Community Liberation30.1%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Velenkosini Welcome Mkhize (IFP) won Ward 7 with 1 415 votes, 34.1% of the ward's 4 150 registered voters. Turnout was 57.3%: 2 378 of 4 150 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Big Five Hlabisa, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 12
- Zenzinkosi Sifiso ShongweAfrican Economic Freedom
- Nkosiyethemba Maryflower ZisongoAfrican National Congress
- Nelisiwe Zinhle MlamboAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Phakamani Senzangamandla MthethwaDemocratic Alliance
- Mzamiseni Bongumusa KwesabaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Velenkosini Welcome MkhizeInkatha Freedom Party
- Phikelele Millas ButheleziJozini Congress
- Bongane Bekezelani SitholeNational Community Liberation
- Norman Aubrey Sabelo NxumaloNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Bhekizenzo Cliford ZunguSouth African Communist Party
- Bongumusa MtshaliUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Menzi Nhlakanipho MtshaliUnited Christian Democratic Party
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.
- 2021 Ward 7, Big Five HlabisaMost of this ward (86%) · 2021: IFP 61.0% · 2024 national: IFP 56.7%
- 2021 Ward 8, Big Five HlabisaPart of this ward (8%) · 2021: IFP 58.0% · 2024 national: IFP 45.0%
- 2021 Ward 6, Big Five HlabisaPart of this ward (4%) · 2021: IFP 44.7% · 2024 national: IFP 46.2%
- 2021 Ward 10, Big Five HlabisaPart of this ward (2%) · 2021: IFP 68.5% · 2024 national: IFP 60.6%
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 381 · spoilt 23 · special votes 267 · 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 (2 378 of 4 150). The IEC publishes 57.4%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 415 vs 4 200; ANC 622 vs 1 878; MKP 252 vs 743; UCDP 17 vs 48; NPA 13 vs 44; DA 12 vs 29; EFF 9 vs 45; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 10; SACP 7 vs 16; NACOL 3 vs 4; AEF 1 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 12; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; ARU 0 vs 3; ASEP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 7; GJDP 0 vs 6; I.L.P 0 vs 4; JC 0 vs 6; KZNI 0 vs 3; NFP 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 65 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: Big Five Hlabisa's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 16:01 SAST.