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MKP 45.1%

Umkhonto Wesizwe Party · won the ward ballot

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 5 voting districts in

Turnout58.6%

Voters on the roll4 634

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

checked 22:03Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Bhekuyise Stanley GumedeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party

Ward ballot ? · 2 635 valid votes

MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1 18845.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party99237.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress32712.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters301.1%
SDPService Delivery Party220.8%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement130.5%
AEFAfrican Economic Freedom110.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party100.4%
MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party90.3%
NACOLNational Community Liberation80.3%
JCJozini Congress60.2%
PPFPeople’s Power Freedom Party50.2%
DADemocratic Alliance40.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement40.2%
SACPSouth African Communist Party30.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party10.0%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
GJDPGods Justice and Development Party10.0%

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Voting districts · 5 ?

Bhekuyise Stanley Gumede (MKP) won Ward 5 with 1 188 votes, 25.6% of the ward's 4 634 registered voters. Turnout was 58.6%: 2 716 of 4 634 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, uMhlabuyalingana, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 19

Sakhile Siyabonga GumedeAbahlali Base Mkhanyakude Movement
Vusi Siphiwe NxumaloAfrican Christian Democratic Party
Thulani Phikinkani SitholeAfrican Economic Freedom
Thembinkosi Vusumuzi MthembuAfrican National Congress
Dingindawo NgubaneAfrican Transformation Movement
Bheki Bonginkosi NxumaloAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Nkululeko Prince ZunguDemocratic Alliance
Muziwakhe Simon MdluliEconomic Freedom Fighters
Thulisile Briteness MthembuGods Justice and Development Party
Senzeni Moses ManukuzaInkatha Freedom Party
Phumlani Jacob MasingaJozini Congress
Bonisiwe Goodness ManukuzaMawusa Movement Party
Bheki Shakes MbonambiNational Community Liberation
Olwethu Otis SibiyaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Fikile Sizakele MhlongoPeople’s Power Freedom Party
Nokuthula Simangele MdletsheService Delivery Party
Nomusa Ignatia SilwaneSouth African Communist Party
Bhekuyise Stanley GumedeUmkhonto 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 · 8 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 2 732 · spoilt 97 · special votes 244 · 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 (2 716 of 4 634). The IEC publishes 59.0%.

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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): MKP 1 188 vs 3 587; IFP 992 vs 2 916; ANC 327 vs 976; EFF 30 vs 83; SDP 22 vs 69; MAYIBUYE 13 vs 33; AEF 11 vs 31; ACDP 10 vs 29; MAWUSA 9 vs 17; NACOL 8 vs 19; JC 6 vs 11; PPF 5 vs 10; ATM 4 vs 10; DA 4 vs 24; SACP 3 vs 14; GJDP 1 vs 4; PAC 1 vs 3; UCDP 1 vs 6; ABMM 0 vs 5; AIC 0 vs 4; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 3; ARU 0 vs 1; ASEP 0 vs 4; I.L.P 0 vs 2; KZNI 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 4; S.C. 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 59 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: uMhlabuyalingana's DC 40% result.

Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.

IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:01 SAST.

Ward 5 2026 election results