IFP 50.2%down 5.2 pts from 55.4% 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 ?
Thulani Hamilton NkwanyanaInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 107 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 05750.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party66131.4%
NFPNational Freedom Party1949.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress1266.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters271.3%
DADemocratic Alliance130.6%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party90.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.1%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors30.1%
ActionSA30.1%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom20.1%
NAPFNational People's Front10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Thulani Hamilton Nkwanyana (IFP) won Ward 18 with 1 057 votes, 25.1% of the ward's 4 207 registered voters. Turnout was 50.2%: 2 114 of 4 207 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Nongoma, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 14
- Cebile Happiness ZunguActionSA
- Phiwokwakhe Bonguthini ZunguAfrican Economic Freedom
- Smangele Ntombifuthi ButheleziAfrican National Congress
- Lindokuhle Sifiso MaphumuloAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nicky Bianca CebekhuluDemocratic Alliance
- Mhlawenkosi NtanziEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sinenhlanhla NdwandweGods Justice and Development Party
- Thulani Hamilton NkwanyanaInkatha Freedom Party
- Sphamandla Trinity MthembuInkululeko Yabantu Movement
- Mklolodelwa Eliot SishwiliNational Freedom Party
- Sbongakonke MthethwaNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Sokesimbone Ngajabula MthembuNational People's Front
- Dumisani Stanley XuluSouth African Communist Party
- Philani Minenhle NkosiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 9 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 121 · spoilt 14 · special votes 173 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (2 114 of 4 207). The IEC publishes 50.4%.
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 15 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 057 vs 3 183; MKP 661 vs 1 940; NFP 194 vs 608; ANC 126 vs 376; EFF 27 vs 74; DA 13 vs 31; GJDP 9 vs 18; ATM 8 vs 22; ActionSA 3 vs 13; NPA 3 vs 6; SACP 3 vs 8; AEF 2 vs 3; ARU 0 vs 2; IYM 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 42 times in 4 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: Nongoma's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:19 SAST.