IFP 38.9%
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 ?
Sipho Benard HlatshwayoInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 554 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party99438.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party61224.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress29611.6%- PVPPeople's Voice Party29411.5%
NFPNational Freedom Party933.6%
DADemocratic Alliance622.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters552.2%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress331.3%- AAMAmandla Awethu Movement261.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement130.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement130.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus120.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.4%
CFPCommunity Freedom Party90.4%
ActionSA70.3%
JEPJustice and Employment Party40.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa40.2%
- SDPService Delivery Party40.2%
KZNIKzn Independence30.1%- NDRFNewcastle and District Residents Forum30.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity20.1%- MPMMajuba Progressive Movement20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition10.0%- B.M.Bumbana Mzansi10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Sipho Benard Hlatshwayo (IFP) won Ward 7 with 994 votes, 19.1% of the ward's 5 195 registered voters. Turnout was 51.2%: 2 658 of 5 195 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Newcastle, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 26
- Mpume Joyce MahashiActionSA
- Yacoob Faizal JamalActive Citizens Coalition
- Ziphezinhle Mthokozisi MazibukoAfrican Economic Freedom
- Happyness Zandile MfusiAfrican National Congress
- Prudence Ntombizodwa ShabalalaAfrican Restoration Movement
- Sifiso Victori MasondoAfrican Transformation Movement
- Sbusiso Emmanuel MasukuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Khumbulani Sicelo KuneneAl Jama-ah
- Shedrack Musanwenkosi ThwalaAmandla Awethu Movement
- Malibongwe NdlovuBumbana Mzansi
- Zamokwakhe Vincent DhlongoloCommunity Freedom Party
- Siboniso Alfred KuneneDemocratic Alliance
- Thabani Wandeka ButeleziEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sipho Benard HlatshwayoInkatha Freedom Party
- Siphesihle Cj MbheleInternational Revelation Congress
- Thabo France NtombelaJustice and Employment Party
- Simphiwe Alfred ButheleziKzn Independence
- Thamsanqa Bheki HlatshwayoLabour Party of South Africa
- Sikhumbuzo Phillip NkwanyanaMajuba Progressive Movement
- Siphamandla Emmanuel MazibukoNational Freedom Party
- Siphephile ThwalaNewcastle and District Residents Forum
- Bhekithemba Patrick DlaminiPeople's Voice Party
- Siyabonga Mazwi MsibiService Delivery Party
- Mayibongwe Louis NtombelaSouth African Communist Party
- Khayelihle MagubaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Adriaan Petrus WheelerVryheidsfront 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 · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 805 · spoilt 251 · special votes 293 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (2 658 of 5 195). The IEC publishes 54.0%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 994 vs 2 945; MKP 612 vs 2 072; ANC 296 vs 836; PVP 294 vs 783; NFP 93 vs 250; DA 62 vs 196; EFF 55 vs 159; IRC 33 vs 117; AAM 26 vs 88; ATM 13 vs 41; MAYIBUYE 13 vs 54; VF PLUS 12 vs 29; SACP 10 vs 23; CFP 9 vs 18; ActionSA 7 vs 50; JEP 4 vs 9; SDP 4 vs 13; KZNI 3 vs 15; NDRF 3 vs 13; ARU 2 vs 6; MPM 2 vs 10; ACC 1 vs 2; ALJAMA 1 vs 3; B.M. 1 vs 3; AEF 0 vs 4; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 3; ARM.JBS 0 vs 1; AUP 0 vs 7; IA 0 vs 3; ISP 0 vs 4; SSM 0 vs 2; WAYO 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 53.99%; its own counts give 51.16% (PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters in its voting districts); we show the calculated figure.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 52 times in 2 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: Newcastle's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:35 SAST.