DA 39.0%up 12.4 pts from 26.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Jeevaruthnam GovenderInkatha Freedom PartyPR ballot ? · 3 540 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance1 37939.0%- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 01428.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party63618.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress2146.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1504.2%
ActionSA451.3%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress270.8%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition180.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters110.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party100.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement80.2%
NFPNational Freedom Party60.2%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom60.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.1%- ARM.JBSAfrican Restoration Movement50.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party20.1%
IAIndependent Alliance20.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 26 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Jeevaruthnam Govender (IFP) won Ward 26 with 1 452 votes, 22.8% of the ward's 6 381 registered voters. Turnout was 55.9%: 3 567 of 6 381 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 26, uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Colin MosesActionSA
- Asima Ismail MoolaActive Citizens Coalition
- Dorcas Ntombizonke ShanduAfrican Economic Freedom
- Tabitha Solomon GovenderAfrican Movement Congress
- Linda NaidooAfrican National Congress
- Patience Nokwanda Mdunge-MpontshaneAfrican Restoration Movement
- Mandisa Juddy MthimkhuluAfrican Transformation Movement
- Khulezweni Simphiwe HlabisaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Themba Emmanuel TembeCongregational Christian Unity
- Krish PillayDemocratic Alliance
- S'Phesihle Sibonelo SekopaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Fortunate Thembisile NzuzaGods Justice and Development Party
- Thuthukani Blessing MangaziIndependent Alliance
- Jeevaruthnam GovenderInkatha Freedom Party
Bonginkosi Fanyana NdlaziNational Peoples Ambassadors- Mcebo MtshaliSouth African Communist Party
- Premanandan PerumalUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Sibongile Thokozile ThangoUnited Christian Democratic Party
- Dheena ReddyVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 567 · spoilt 15 · special votes 174 · 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 (3 567 of 6 381). The IEC publishes 56.0%.
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 21 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): IFP 1 452 vs 3 494; DA 973 vs 3 768; MKP 628 vs 1 910; ANC 244 vs 677; VF PLUS 95 vs 389; ActionSA 61 vs 164; AMC.ROY. 47 vs 74; ACC 13 vs 31; EFF 11 vs 33; AEF 7 vs 21; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 23; IA 4 vs 7; ATM 3 vs 14; GJDP 3 vs 4; ARM.JBS 1 vs 6; SACP 1 vs 2; UCDP 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 26; CCU 0 vs 3; NFP 0 vs 8; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 49 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: uMhlathuze's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 22:30 SAST.