IFP 70.4%up 7.8 pts from 62.6% 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 ?
Sihle Skhumbuzo ButheleziInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 1 943 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 36870.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party28114.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress1155.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters522.7%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors492.5%
NFPNational Freedom Party221.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement221.1%
DADemocratic Alliance150.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention60.3%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party40.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.2%
IAIndependent Alliance30.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
NAPFNational People's Front10.1%
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Sihle Skhumbuzo Buthelezi (IFP) won Ward 18 with 1 368 votes, 32.5% of the ward's 4 206 registered voters. Turnout was 46.8%: 1 968 of 4 206 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Ulundi, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 14
- Bongani NtshangaseAfrican National Congress
- Gladys Ntombifikile MbathaAfrican People's Convention
- Elsie Nkosikhona ButheleziAfrican Transformation Movement
- Jabulile NgomaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thamsanqa Mduduzi ZunguDemocratic Alliance
- Nondumiso Witness DlaminiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Alice Nokuphiwa SibiyaGods Justice and Development Party
- Nkosiyethu Mpilo MlotshwaIndependent Alliance
- Sihle Skhumbuzo ButheleziInkatha Freedom Party
- Wiseman Sandile NgemaNational Freedom Party
- Sibusiso Senzo MazibukoNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Ntombfuthi Portia MathenjwaNational People's Front
- Thulisile ZuluSouth African Communist Party
- Precious Mandisa NdebeleUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 966 · spoilt 23 · special votes 113 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (1 968 of 4 206). The IEC publishes 46.8%.
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.
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 19 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 368 vs 4 087; MKP 281 vs 881; ANC 115 vs 354; EFF 52 vs 135; NPA 49 vs 123; ATM 22 vs 59; NFP 22 vs 69; DA 15 vs 61; APC 6 vs 11; GJDP 4 vs 6; SACP 3 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 12; NAPF 1 vs 6; A.B.C.D. 0 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 17; AEF 0 vs 8; ARU 0 vs 1; UWO 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: 55 times in 5 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: Ulundi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:33 SAST.