IFP 57.8%up 6.7 pts from 51.1% 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 ?
Xolani Michael BhenguInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 845 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 64357.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party94233.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress2167.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters140.5%
DADemocratic Alliance100.4%
NFPNational Freedom Party40.1%
IAIndependent Alliance40.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress30.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party10.0%- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom10.0%
Hours off in Ward 12 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Xolani Michael Bhengu (IFP) won Ward 12 with 1 643 votes, 32.2% of the ward's 5 101 registered voters. Turnout was 56.3%: 2 871 of 5 101 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, uMfolozi, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 15
- Wiseman Qaphelani Siyabonga MagwazaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Jabulile MzimelaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Bonginkosi Vincent ShelembeAfrican Movement Congress
- Manqoba Alson MlotshwaAfrican National Congress
Bonisiwe Agnes MasingaAfrican Transformation Movement- Lucky Zuzumusa Cabangani SibisiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Siyabonga ZumaDemocratic Alliance
- Vukani ZondoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sifiso MtshaliIndependent Alliance
- Xolani Michael BhenguInkatha Freedom Party
- Siboniso Ndukenhle NsimbiNational Freedom Party
- Mondli Charles MncwangoService Delivery Party
- Frederick MchunuSouth African Communist Party
- Ntokozo Aubrey JeleUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Elias Sihle DlaminiUnited Christian Democratic Party
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 · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 880 · spoilt 35 · special votes 157 · 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 (2 871 of 5 101). The IEC publishes 56.2%.
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 1 643 vs 4 970; MKP 942 vs 2 797; ANC 216 vs 605; EFF 14 vs 43; DA 10 vs 38; IA 4 vs 8; NFP 4 vs 15; ACDP 3 vs 11; AMC.ROY. 3 vs 5; AEF 1 vs 5; SACP 1 vs 10; UCDP 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 2; CCU 0 vs 1; MAYIBUYE 0 vs 5; UWO 0 vs 3; VF PLUS 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 52 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: uMfolozi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 18:47 SAST.