IFP 30.4%down 29.1 pts from 59.5% 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 ?
Bongiwe Sphesihle MthembuInkatha Freedom PartyWard ballot ? · 3 327 valid votes
- IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 01230.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party63719.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress56016.8%
DADemocratic Alliance55216.6%- IndependentIndependent candidates2507.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1855.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party250.8%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress240.7%
NFPNational Freedom Party150.5%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors150.5%
ActionSA140.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus130.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party50.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.2%
IAIndependent Alliance30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- CCUCongregational Christian Unity20.1%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom20.1%
- ARM.JBSAfrican Restoration Movement20.1%
- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party20.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
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Voting districts · 6 ?
Bongiwe Sphesihle Mthembu (IFP) won Ward 5 with 1 012 votes, 17.1% of the ward's 5 902 registered voters. Turnout was 56.9%: 3 359 of 5 902 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 23
- Dumisani S'Busiso BulungaActionSA
Asima Ismail MoolaActive Citizens Coalition- Mkhonjwa Cyril KuneneAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Julias Sbonelo NzuzaAfrican Economic Freedom
- Vincent Makhonya Simon GumedeAfrican Movement Congress
- Thulani Jabulani NtseleAfrican National Congress
- Khumbuzile Lydia CeleAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Patience Nokwanda Mdunge-MpontshaneAfrican Restoration Movement
- Emmerencia MthethwaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Wandile Andrian MkhizeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Justino Dambi TembeCongregational Christian Unity
- Nkosinathi Sipho NyakeniDemocratic Alliance
- Sibusiso Blessing MthiyaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ygraine Cornelia GovenderGods Justice and Development Party
- Cedrick Njabulo Lindumusa HlopheIndependent
- Sabelo Abednego MbathaIndependent Alliance
- Bongiwe Sphesihle MthembuInkatha Freedom Party
- Khayelihle MselekuNational Freedom Party
- Nomfundo SitholeNational Peoples Ambassadors
- Dumisani Bernard Xolani MakhathiniSouth African Communist Party
- Sibuseni Erasmus XuluUmkhonto 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 · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 364 · spoilt 37 · special votes 111 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (3 359 of 5 902). The IEC publishes 57.3%.
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): IFP 1 012 vs 3 120; MKP 637 vs 2 361; ANC 560 vs 1 722; DA 552 vs 1 597; EFF 185 vs 496; ACDP 25 vs 76; AMC.ROY. 24 vs 40; NFP 15 vs 44; NPA 15 vs 25; ActionSA 14 vs 46; VF PLUS 13 vs 39; ATM 5 vs 21; SACP 5 vs 21; IA 3 vs 53; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 12; AEF 2 vs 11; ARM.JBS 2 vs 3; CCU 2 vs 4; ACC 0 vs 1; ASEP 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 3; UCDP 0 vs 1; UWO 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 90 times in 6 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, 16:47 SAST.