MKP 45.3%
Umkhonto Wesizwe Party · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thembinkosi Zaga MtshaliUmkhonto Wesizwe PartyWard ballot ? · 2 120 valid votes
- MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party96045.3%
ANCAfrican National Congress52024.5%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party39918.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party1085.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party261.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters200.9%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party200.9%
- SDPService Delivery Party160.8%
NFPNational Freedom Party130.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.4%
DADemocratic Alliance60.3%- NACOLNational Community Liberation60.3%
- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party60.3%
- PPFPeople’s Power Freedom Party40.2%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party20.1%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
PFPPeople's Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Thembinkosi Zaga Mtshali (MKP) won Ward 17 with 960 votes, 28.4% of the ward's 3 383 registered voters. Turnout was 64.2%: 2 172 of 3 383 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, uMhlabuyalingana, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- S'Nethemba Cynthia MasingaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Lindelihle Cynthia MbuyaziAfrican Economic Freedom
- Zama TembeAfrican National Congress
- Ntombifikile Nqobile QwabeAfrican Transformation Movement
- Samukelisiwe MasingaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Nkosinathi Emanuel NxumaloDemocratic Alliance
- Sanele Innocent GumedeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Simiso Mxolisi MtshaliGods Justice and Development Party
- Mandla Lungelo SitholeInkatha Freedom Party
- Musawenkosi Isaac NkomoJozini Congress
- Justice Velaphi TembeMawusa Movement Party
- Bhekuyise Michael MthembuNational Community Liberation
- Sibusiso Lindokuhle NgubaneNational Freedom Party
- Silindile MathePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Samson Jacob MabuzaPeople’s Power Freedom Party
- Siphosenkosi Cyprian GwalaPeople's Freedom Party
- Thandazile Rebecca MthembuService Delivery Party
- Moses Mazazi MkhontoSouth African Communist Party
- Thembinkosi Zaga MtshaliUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Nkantolo Vusumuzi NgwenyaUnited 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 · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 165 · spoilt 45 · special votes 194 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 172 of 3 383). The IEC publishes 64.2%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): MKP 960 vs 2 903; ANC 520 vs 1 524; IFP 399 vs 1 201; ACDP 108 vs 311; SACP 26 vs 73; EFF 20 vs 60; GJDP 20 vs 70; SDP 16 vs 43; NFP 13 vs 46; ATM 8 vs 15; DA 6 vs 24; MAWUSA 6 vs 10; NACOL 6 vs 16; PPF 4 vs 5; AEF 2 vs 9; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 9; UCDP 2 vs 10; PAC 1 vs 10; PFP 1 vs 2; ABMM 0 vs 3; AIC 0 vs 4; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 3; ARU 0 vs 1; ASEP 0 vs 3; I.L.P 0 vs 3; KZNI 0 vs 2; NPA 0 vs 1; S.C. 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 57 times in 3 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: uMhlabuyalingana's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:52 SAST.