IFP 37.3%down 9.7 pts from 47.0% 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 ?
Ishmael Mhlabuthini MasondoInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 658 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party99237.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party82431.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress68925.9%
AICAfrican Independent Congress351.3%
DADemocratic Alliance200.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters190.7%- NACOLNational Community Liberation180.7%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom130.5%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party90.3%
I.L.PIzwe Lethu Party70.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.2%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors40.2%- SIPSiyanqoba Independent Party40.2%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party40.2%
KZNIKzn Independence30.1%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress20.1%
- JCJozini Congress20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
NFPNational Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Ishmael Mhlabuthini Masondo (IFP) won Ward 17 with 992 votes, 21.5% of the ward's 4 615 registered voters. Turnout was 58.2%: 2 686 of 4 615 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Inkosi uMtubatuba, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Sandile Mfanafuthi MbuyaziAfrican Economic Freedom
- Gugu Thobile GumedeAfrican Independent Congress
- Thubelihle Simakade NcubeAfrican Movement Congress
- Thokozani Mandlenkosi MkizeAfrican National Congress
- Siphesihle Innocent NdlovuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thulani MsweliAl Jama-ah
- Nkosinathi Phila MathenjwaDemocratic Alliance
- Banele GumedeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Vusumuzi Innocent MthembuGods Justice and Development Party
- Ishmael Mhlabuthini MasondoInkatha Freedom Party
- Bhekinkosi Khanyisani MkhwanaziIzwe Lethu Party
- Sizwe Reggie NdwandweJozini Congress
- S'Bongamandla Lawrence MdlaloseKzn Independence
- Sthembiso Devine NgwaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Sifiso Aaron NzuzaNational Community Liberation
- Thulani Christian MyeniNational Freedom Party
- Thembinkosi Mankunzini SibiyaNational Peoples Ambassadors
Sithembiso MncwangiPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Stephanie Stacey Merylann NorrisPatriotic Alliance
- Lucky Nhlakanipho MbuyaziSiyanqoba Independent Party
- Siboniso Innocent MhlongoSouth African Communist Party
- Salome Bethusile MabikaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Lungile Bonakele ThethwayoUnited Christian Democratic Party
Sphiwe Fortunate MngomezuluUnited Democratic Movement
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 709 · spoilt 51 · special votes 291 · 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 (2 686 of 4 615). The IEC publishes 58.7%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 992 vs 2 938; MKP 824 vs 2 430; ANC 689 vs 2 156; AIC 35 vs 80; DA 20 vs 49; EFF 19 vs 53; NACOL 18 vs 50; AEF 13 vs 52; UCDP 9 vs 20; I.L.P 7 vs 20; PA 5 vs 9; GJDP 4 vs 10; NPA 4 vs 7; SACP 4 vs 12; SIP 4 vs 11; KZNI 3 vs 5; AMC.ROY. 2 vs 14; JC 2 vs 10; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 10; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; NFP 1 vs 5; ACDP 0 vs 8; ARU 0 vs 5; ASEP 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 2; MA AFRIKA 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 3; UDM 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 60 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: Inkosi uMtubatuba's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 03:39 SAST.