IFP 41.9%up 20.2 pts from 21.7% 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 ?
Nkosinathi Eugene TembeInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 2 721 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 14041.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party93534.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress45716.8%- NACOLNational Community Liberation371.4%
DADemocratic Alliance351.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters281.0%- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party281.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party200.7%- SDPService Delivery Party110.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement60.2%- PPFPeople’s Power Freedom Party50.2%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party50.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.1%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom30.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- JCJozini Congress20.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
PFPPeople's Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Nkosinathi Eugene Tembe (IFP) won Ward 8 with 1 140 votes, 27.1% of the ward's 4 203 registered voters. Turnout was 65.9%: 2 770 of 4 203 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, uMhlabuyalingana, voting district by voting district.
- Emalangeni Primary SchoolVD 43410428MKP 74.7%
- Phasula Primary SchoolVD 43410439IFP 57.3%
- Manzengwenya Primary SchoolVD 43411902IFP 62.5%
- Langelihle Senior Secondary SchoolVD 43414927MKP 63.4%
- Mabibi Primary SchoolVD 43415366ANC 33.8%
- Vululwazi Primary SchoolVD 43415423IFP 42.8%
- Kwamqobela Primary SchoolVD 43415434MKP 42.6%
Candidates · 20
- Makhosi Ntombikayise NdabambiAbahlali Base Mkhanyakude Movement
- Lwazi Freddy NhloziAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Simo Thokozani MthethwaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Bheki MkhizeAfrican National Congress
- Siboniso Sipho MathenjwaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Muzikayise Sethembiso NdlovuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Rhodah Buyisile MakhanyaDemocratic Alliance
- Ntandokayise Dawo Alson MbonambiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Evelyn Thembekile MdletsheGods Justice and Development Party
- Nkosinathi Eugene TembeInkatha Freedom Party
- Zama Vincent MthembuJozini Congress
- Zanele Thulisile NgubaneMawusa Movement Party
- Samuel Sboniso TembeNational Community Liberation
- Simphiwe ThwalaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Sibongiseni Dennis NtuliPeople’s Power Freedom Party
- Sfiso Xolani NkosiPeople's Freedom Party
- Khulani Nkonzenhle NtuliService Delivery Party
- Sibusiso Eric MntamboSouth African Communist Party
- Bhekuyise Ben ShangeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Vusi Jerose BukhosiniUnited Christian Democratic Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 18 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 775 · spoilt 54 · special votes 278 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (2 770 of 4 203). The IEC publishes 66.0%.
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.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 140 vs 3 452; MKP 935 vs 2 795; ANC 457 vs 1 378; NACOL 37 vs 107; DA 35 vs 106; EFF 28 vs 98; MAWUSA 28 vs 58; ACDP 20 vs 45; SDP 11 vs 33; ATM 6 vs 20; GJDP 5 vs 20; PPF 5 vs 13; SACP 4 vs 14; AEF 3 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 8; JC 2 vs 8; PAC 1 vs 7; ABMM 0 vs 2; AIC 0 vs 3; ASEP 0 vs 1; KZNI 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 2; NPA 0 vs 1; S.C. 0 vs 1; SIP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 78 times in 7 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, 22:07 SAST.