IFP 53.2%up 0.8 pts from 52.4% in 2021
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Zanele SitholeInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 168 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 15453.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party78536.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress1758.1%- SDPService Delivery Party110.5%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.5%
DADemocratic Alliance90.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters60.3%- FISAFreedom in South Africa60.3%
- A.B.C.D.Abantu Bezwelethu Congress Democracy50.2%
- EKHETHUEkhethu Peoples Party30.1%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom20.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Zanele Sithole (IFP) won Ward 1 with 1 154 votes, 25.6% of the ward's 4 505 registered voters. Turnout was 48.7%: 2 194 of 4 505 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Nqutu, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 12
- Siyabonga Mabilabila KuneneAbantu Bezwelethu Congress Democracy
- Thabani MajolaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Siyabonga Bonginkosi MnyangoAfrican National Congress
- Emmanuel Nkosinathi MaphangaAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Bonisiwe Prisca CebekhuluAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Siyabonga Eric MdletsheDemocratic Alliance
- Senzeni Velile MbathaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Bongiwe Lungile MngomaEkhethu Peoples Party
- Zanele SitholeInkatha Freedom Party
- Sicelokuhle Thulani ZondoService Delivery Party
- Siboniseni Welcome LangaSouth African Communist Party
- Ncamisile Amanda MncubeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 11 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 196 · spoilt 28 · special votes 158 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (2 194 of 4 505). The IEC publishes 48.9%.
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 18 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 154 vs 3 495; MKP 785 vs 2 353; ANC 175 vs 517; MAYIBUYE 11 vs 22; SDP 11 vs 13; DA 9 vs 18; EFF 6 vs 17; A.B.C.D. 5 vs 11; EKHETHU 3 vs 5; AEF 2 vs 9; ARU 1 vs 6; ATM 0 vs 2; GFSA 0 vs 28; JEP 0 vs 3; NADECO 0 vs 1; NFP 0 vs 5; SACP 0 vs 2; VF PLUS 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 60 times in 6 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: Nqutu's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:13 SAST.