MKP 60.8%
Umkhonto Wesizwe Party · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Sphesihle Trevor MakhayeUmkhonto Wesizwe PartyWard ballot ? · 4 623 valid votes
- MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party2 80960.8%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 05122.7%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1763.8%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1653.6%
DADemocratic Alliance1623.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters601.3%
ActionSA420.9%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity380.8%- A.B.C.D.Abantu Bezwelethu Congress Democracy280.6%
NFPNational Freedom Party180.4%
KZNIKzn Independence160.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.2%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress60.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress50.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%
APEMOAfrican People's Movement40.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation30.1%
JEPJustice and Employment Party30.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus20.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.0%
AMSAActivists Movement of South Africa20.0%- INDIndependent Councillors20.0%
- B.M.Bumbana Mzansi20.0%
MFMinority Front10.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition10.0%- NGGNext Generation Government10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Sphesihle Trevor Makhaye (MKP) won Ward 23 with 2 809 votes, 32.3% of the ward's 8 700 registered voters. Turnout was 53.5%: 4 654 of 8 700 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 32
- Sanele Wiseman ShabalalaAbantu Bezwelethu Congress Democracy
- Thabo MofokengActionSA
- Yogitha NundlalActive Citizens Coalition
- Nosihle Nomasonto MsomiActivists Movement of South Africa
- Zinhle SoniAfrican Independent Congress
- Mzokhona Thokozani Victus ShabanguAfrican Movement Congress
- Dumisani Bernard PhungulaAfrican National Congress
- Simphiwe NxumaloAfrican People's Movement
- Siphesihle Donny ShangeAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Sphephelo Kenneth NgcoboAfrican Transformation Movement
- Asande Amahle MkhizeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Freedom Nkululeko MnyanduAfro Natives
- Muhammad Saabir MoosaAl Jama-ah
- Thamsanqa MakhayeAzanian People's Organisation
- Thandazile Nolwazi MnculwaneBumbana Mzansi
- Nelson Siphiwe HlabisaDemocratic Alliance
- Sbonokuhle Velaphi Puis MakhanyaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nombuso MemelaIndependent Councillors
- Sabelo Thabiso MpuloInkatha Freedom Party
- Sinenhlanhla Love-Joy NdlovuJustice and Employment Party
- Zandile Cynthia ZumaKzn Independence
- Hoosen KhanMinority Front
- Sanelisiwe Clemencia MemelaNational Freedom Party
- Sinenhlanhla Nonala MlabaNext Generation Government
- Shaun Elizabeth JacobsOrganic Humanity Movement
- Thuthuka Eugene ZondiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Randall John AdamsPatriotic Alliance
Lethukuthula Sibusiso CeleSouth Africa First- Philani Priscilla MoloiSouth African Communist Party
- Ziyaad Mohammed BayatTruth and Solidarity Movement
- Sphesihle Trevor MakhayeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Natashia Trisha GovenderVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 671 · spoilt 48 · special votes 275 · 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 (4 654 of 8 700). The IEC publishes 53.8%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): MKP 2 809 vs 8 366; ANC 1 051 vs 3 111; IFP 176 vs 522; ATM 165 vs 476; DA 162 vs 568; EFF 60 vs 168; ActionSA 42 vs 168; ARU 38 vs 122; A.B.C.D. 28 vs 31; NFP 18 vs 47; KZNI 16 vs 22; SACP 10 vs 43; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 25; AMC.ROY. 6 vs 15; AIC 5 vs 25; PAC 4 vs 5; AZAPO 3 vs 6; JEP 3 vs 8; AMSA 2 vs 4; B.M. 2 vs 4; IND 2 vs 11; PA 2 vs 5; VF PLUS 2 vs 11; ACC 1 vs 3; MF 1 vs 2; NGG 1 vs 6; ABC 0 vs 9; ACDP 0 vs 9; AFNA 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 7; UM 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 70 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: Msunduzi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:55 SAST.