IFP 44.9%down 8.8 pts from 53.7% in 2021
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Sandiso Siphelele MdletsheInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 519 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 13144.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress64325.5%- IndependentIndependent candidates47618.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party2299.1%
DADemocratic Alliance130.5%
NFPNational Freedom Party130.5%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom50.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters40.2%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors30.1%- NACOLNational Community Liberation10.0%
- JCJozini Congress10.0%
Hours off in Ward 9 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Sandiso Siphelele Mdletshe (IFP) won Ward 9 with 1 131 votes, 24.5% of the ward's 4 622 registered voters. Turnout was 54.9%: 2 538 of 4 622 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, Big Five Hlabisa, voting district by voting district.
- Phumowakhe Senior Primary SchoolVD 43410293IFP 48.3%
- Mkhaliphi High SchoolVD 43410451IFP 64.8%
- Ncwabakazi Lower Primary SchoolVD 43414893IFP 42.3%
- Ntaminemidwa Secondary SchoolVD 43415917IFP 59.9%
- Mafa Primary SchoolVD 43417335EFF 48.1%
- Inhlwathi Primary SchoolVD 43418998IFP 52.0%
- Qalindlela Primary SchoolVD 43419270IFP 54.4%
Candidates · 14
- Sanele Buthelezi MdletsheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Thembinkosi Thulani KuneneAfrican National Congress
- Nelisiwe Zinhle MlamboAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Phakamani Senzangamandla MthethwaDemocratic Alliance
- Nonhlanzeko Emma MpanzaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sandile MkhizeIndependent
- Sandiso Siphelele MdletsheInkatha Freedom Party
- Phikelele Millas ButheleziJozini Congress
- Thulisiwe Girlie SibiyaNational Community Liberation
- Siyabonga Phelelani MkwanaziNational Freedom Party
- Norman Aubrey Sabelo NxumaloNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Jabulile Getrude MthembuSouth African Communist Party
- Thamsanqa Mphumuzeni ButheleziUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Bongeni FakudeUnited 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.
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 538 · spoilt 19 · special votes 160 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (2 538 of 4 622). The IEC publishes 55.1%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 131 vs 3 669; ANC 643 vs 1 999; MKP 229 vs 839; DA 13 vs 58; NFP 13 vs 69; AEF 5 vs 16; EFF 4 vs 333; NPA 3 vs 6; JC 1 vs 6; NACOL 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 2; AIC 0 vs 14; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; ARU 0 vs 2; ASEP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 3; GJDP 0 vs 2; I.L.P 0 vs 3; KZNI 0 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 0 vs 6; SACP 0 vs 8; SIP 0 vs 1; UCDP 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 86 times in 7 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, 23:10 SAST.