IFP 30.4%down 2.7 pts from 33.1% 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 ?
Mandlenkosi Sabelo GumedeInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 372 valid votes
IFPInkatha Freedom Party72030.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party55123.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress33314.0%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement30312.8%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom1797.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1576.6%- NACOLNational Community Liberation421.8%
DADemocratic Alliance281.2%- SIPSiyanqoba Independent Party100.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance90.4%
NFPNational Freedom Party60.3%
I.L.PIzwe Lethu Party60.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress50.2%- JCJozini Congress50.2%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party40.2%
KZNIKzn Independence30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party20.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.1%
- MA AFRIKAAfrika Unite Congress20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Mandlenkosi Sabelo Gumede (IFP) won Ward 7 with 720 votes, 15.7% of the ward's 4 597 registered voters. Turnout was 52.3%: 2 406 of 4 597 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Inkosi uMtubatuba, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Siyabonga Lindokuhle MtshaliAfrican Economic Freedom
Jabulile MkhwanaziAfrican Independent Congress
Maureen Thabile MashayaAfrican National Congress- Sithembiso SibiyaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Tholumusa Jabulani MbathaAfrika Unite Congress
Sakhile Comfort NxumaloAl Jama-ah
Lethiwe Nokwenzeka NcubeDemocratic Alliance
Sithembiso MfekaEconomic Freedom Fighters- Philile Patricia CeleGods Justice and Development Party
Mandlenkosi Sabelo GumedeInkatha Freedom Party
Bhekinkosi Khanyisani MkhwanaziIzwe Lethu Party- Nontokozo Cynhia ZumaJozini Congress
S'Bongamandla Lawrence MdlaloseKzn Independence- Zakharia Mahlokohloko MkwanaziLabour Party of South Africa
- Nkosinathi Fanozi GumedeNational Community Liberation
Johan Themba NtuliNational Freedom Party
Bonga Innocent GumedeNational Peoples Ambassadors
Thuthukani Celani SitholePan Africanist Congress of Azania
Stephanie Stacey Merylann NorrisPatriotic Alliance- Jericko Muziwakhe GumedeSiyanqoba Independent Party
- Tanduxolo ManonaSouth African Communist Party
Sandiso Tato NkwanyanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Bhekithemba MkhwanaziUnited Christian Democratic Party
Velenkosini Remmington MazibukoUnited Democratic Movement
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 · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 418 · spoilt 46 · special votes 154 · 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 (2 406 of 4 597). The IEC publishes 52.6%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 720 vs 2 230; MKP 551 vs 1 750; ANC 333 vs 1 011; UDM 303 vs 576; AEF 179 vs 544; EFF 157 vs 475; NACOL 42 vs 114; DA 28 vs 96; SIP 10 vs 92; PA 9 vs 11; I.L.P 6 vs 12; NFP 6 vs 15; AIC 5 vs 19; JC 5 vs 26; GJDP 4 vs 15; KZNI 3 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 13; MA AFRIKA 2 vs 3; SACP 2 vs 13; UCDP 2 vs 24; NPA 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 6; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; ARU 0 vs 2; ASEP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 8; LABOUR 0 vs 1; PAC 0 vs 3; SDP 0 vs 7. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 65 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, 00:55 SAST.