DA 60.5%down 16.2 pts from 76.7% 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 ?
Rynie Frederika KearnsDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 662 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 21660.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party51114.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40911.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party2105.7%
ANCAfrican National Congress1393.8%
ActionSA621.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters511.4%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress190.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party130.4%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition90.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.2%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party50.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.1%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors30.1%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party30.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom10.0%
- ARM.JBSAfrican Restoration Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 3 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Rynie Frederika Kearns (DA) won Ward 3 with 2 216 votes, 31.6% of the ward's 7 014 registered voters. Turnout was 51.0%: 3 574 of 7 014 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 3, uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Andrew-Lee PosthumusActionSA
- Asima Ismail MoolaActive Citizens Coalition
- Yvonne Zanele MsaniAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Julias Sbonelo NzuzaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Srisarasvathi Devi BiariahAfrican Movement Congress
- Mbongiseni Ephraim NdlovuAfrican National Congress
- Mboniseni Elliot ChiliAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Patience Nokwanda Mdunge-MpontshaneAfrican Restoration Movement
- Thaba MkhwanaziAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thulasizwe Muziwenkosi SibiyaCongregational Christian Unity
- Rynie Frederika KearnsDemocratic Alliance
- Bonginkosi Njabulo Mcphyllen MlangeniEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Natalis Zakhe Phaphama ManqeleGods Justice and Development Party
Sabelo Abednego MbathaIndependent Alliance- George Richard William ShacksInkatha Freedom Party
- Bongani Gcinwayinkosi GumedeNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Thamsanqa Emmanuel MngomezuluSouth African Communist Party
- Ndabenhle Terrence DubazanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Sibongile Thokozile ThangoUnited Christian Democratic Party
- Jéan GerberVryheidsfront 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 · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 673 · spoilt 11 · special votes 106 · 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 (3 574 of 7 014). The IEC publishes 52.4%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 216 vs 6 310; MKP 511 vs 1 661; VF PLUS 409 vs 1 158; IFP 210 vs 702; ANC 139 vs 437; ActionSA 62 vs 204; EFF 51 vs 153; AMC.ROY. 19 vs 23; ACDP 13 vs 44; ACC 9 vs 15; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 18; UCDP 5 vs 10; GJDP 3 vs 4; NPA 3 vs 4; SACP 3 vs 11; AEF 1 vs 2; ARM.JBS 1 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 20; CCU 0 vs 1; IA 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 6; SDP 0 vs 1; UWO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 51 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, 16:35 SAST.