DA 68.9%down 8.8 pts from 77.7% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Jan Harm SteenkampDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 168 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 49468.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party21910.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1999.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1105.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress502.3%
ActionSA502.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters291.3%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.4%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress30.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
IAIndependent Alliance10.0%- CCUCongregational Christian Unity10.0%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom10.0%
Hours off in Ward 2 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Jan Harm Steenkamp (DA) won Ward 2 with 1 494 votes, 38.8% of the ward's 3 851 registered voters. Turnout was 56.1%: 2 160 of 3 851 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 2, uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Phelelani MahayeActionSA
Asima Ismail MoolaActive Citizens Coalition- Julias Sbonelo NzuzaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Tabitha Solomon GovenderAfrican Movement Congress
- Jacomina Elizabeth WebsterAfrican National Congress
Lindokuhle MsweliAfrican Renaissance Unity- Patience Nokwanda Mdunge-MpontshaneAfrican Restoration Movement
- Sthembile Anele KhanyileAfrican Transformation Movement
- Thaba MkhwanaziAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Themba Emmanuel TembeCongregational Christian Unity
- Jan Harm SteenkampDemocratic Alliance
- Philile Evone MtetwaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Natalis Zakhe Phaphama ManqeleGods Justice and Development Party
- Sabelo Abednego MbathaIndependent Alliance
- Tania AlgerInkatha Freedom Party
Nontokozo Winniefrida DubeNational Freedom Party
Siyabonga Lindani VilaneNational Peoples Ambassadors- Mandla Bhekubaba MngomezuluSouth African Communist Party
- Bongani Patrick MahlanguUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Sibongile Thokozile ThangoUnited Christian Democratic Party- Marinda KellieVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
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 · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 175 · spoilt 7 · special votes 63 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (2 160 of 3 851). The IEC publishes 56.5%.
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 16 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 494 vs 4 304; MKP 219 vs 718; VF PLUS 199 vs 630; IFP 110 vs 338; ActionSA 50 vs 159; ANC 50 vs 182; EFF 29 vs 73; ATM 8 vs 21; AMC.ROY. 3 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 8; SACP 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 42; ARM.JBS 0 vs 1; ASEP 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 42 times in 4 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: uMhlathuze's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 16:18 SAST.