No majority
MKP 27 of 71 seats · 36 for a majority
Most ward votes: MKP 36.8%
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Ward ballot ? · 113 517 valid votes
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party41 80736.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party27 88624.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress19 98217.6%
DADemocratic Alliance13 32811.7%
ActionSA2 2502.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2 2182.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1 6441.4%
NFPNational Freedom Party1 0550.9%- IndependentIndependent candidates6870.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party5510.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party5160.5%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement2900.3%
IAIndependent Alliance2300.2%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress2090.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1890.2%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors1690.1%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition1400.1%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom1020.1%
- CCUCongregational Christian Unity740.1%
- ARM.JBSAfrican Restoration Movement710.1%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party580.1%- GJDPGods Justice and Development Party480.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity130.0%
Council seats · 71 ?
- Umkhonto Wesizwe Party23 ward · 4 PR27
- Inkatha Freedom Party6 ward · 12 PR18
- African National Congress2 ward · 10 PR12
- Democratic Alliance5 ward · 4 PR9
- ActionSA0 ward · 2 PR2
- Vryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus0 ward · 1 PR1
- National Freedom Party0 ward · 1 PR1
- Economic Freedom Fighters0 ward · 1 PR1
Hours off in uMhlathuze ?
Reported in the ESP app
2006 Ward 9 in 2026 ?
No 2026 ward has the same boundary. These 2026 wards cover that area, each with its own results.
Wards · 36
uMhlathuze (Richards Bay)'s 2026 election results: no majority, MKP 27 of 71 seats; MKP 36.8% on the ward ballot; turnout 52.6%. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), ward by ward.
- Ward 1 election resultsDA 30.5%
- Ward 2 election resultsDA 68.9%
- Ward 3 election resultsDA 60.5%
- Ward 4 election resultsMKP 52.7%
- Ward 5 election resultsIFP 30.4%
- Ward 6 election resultsANC 34.9%
- Ward 7 election resultsMKP 41.3%
- Ward 8 election resultsMKP 43.0%
- Ward 9 election resultsMKP 33.6%
- Ward 10 election resultsMKP 39.7%
- Ward 11 election resultsIFP 39.0%
- Ward 12 election resultsMKP 43.3%
- Ward 13 election resultsIFP 37.8%
- Ward 14 election resultsMKP 29.1%
- Ward 15 election resultsMKP 41.0%
- Ward 16 election resultsMKP 51.6%
- Ward 17 election resultsMKP 51.1%
- Ward 18 election resultsMKP 43.4%
- Ward 19 election resultsMKP 34.3%
- Ward 20 election resultsMKP 46.5%
- Ward 21 election resultsMKP 45.1%
- Ward 22 election resultsANC 54.1%
- Ward 23 election resultsDA 46.5%
- Ward 24 election resultsMKP 48.8%
- Ward 25 election resultsMKP 53.7%
- Ward 26 election resultsIFP 40.9%
- Ward 27 election resultsMKP 35.1%
- Ward 28 election resultsMKP 46.6%
- Ward 29 election resultsIFP 47.0%
- Ward 30 election resultsMKP 41.5%
- Ward 31 election resultsMKP 50.7%
- Ward 32 election resultsMKP 52.3%
- Ward 33 election resultsIFP 48.4%
- Ward 34 election resultsMKP 27.2%
- Ward 35 election resultsDA 58.8%
- Ward 36 election resultsMKP 36.7%
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About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
special votes 7 005 · All 145 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
In local elections the IEC adds votes across the ward, PR and district ballots, so we show valid votes per ballot instead of one "votes cast" total.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 145 voting districts here (114 717 of 218 080). The IEC publishes 52.8%.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 762 times in 36 wards. 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 ward's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 07 Nov 2026, 07:23 SAST.