ANC 48.1%down 9.9 pts from 58.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mzolisi Godfrey HlongwanaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 562 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 23348.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1 01939.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1807.0%- SACPSouth African Communist Party562.2%
DADemocratic Alliance281.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention160.6%
NFPNational Freedom Party130.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters100.4%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Mzolisi Godfrey Hlongwana (ANC) won Ward 1 with 1 233 votes, 26.6% of the ward's 4 635 registered voters. Turnout was 56.1%: 2 602 of 4 635 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Indawana Primary SchoolVD 11830014MKP 50.7%
- Vumani Secondary SchoolVD 11830025ANC 50.5%
- Delamzi Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830081ANC 50.3%
- Tsawule Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830878ANC 47.3%
- St Patric Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830889ANC 73.4%
- Mganu Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830890ANC 45.2%
- Ndawana Primary SchoolVD 11831497MKP 52.0%
Candidates · 11
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Mzolisi Godfrey HlongwanaAfrican National Congress
- Phila DidiAfrican People's Convention
- Ntombifikile SitholeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sindiswa Nolundi MbeleDemocratic Alliance
- Patrick Zibonele NdobeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Eric Khayiseni NguboInkatha Freedom Party
- Nomabhongo Ethel VaneNational Freedom Party
- Luyanda Thula GwinaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Nosipho Happiness MorolongSouth African Communist Party
- Sinenhlanhla Nkosibonile DumaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 16 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 595 · spoilt 33 · special votes 274 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (2 602 of 4 635). The IEC publishes 56.1%.
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): ANC 1 233 vs 3 695; MKP 1 019 vs 3 043; IFP 180 vs 531; SACP 56 vs 169; DA 28 vs 97; APC 16 vs 31; NFP 13 vs 22; EFF 10 vs 40; AEF 3 vs 13; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 8; PAC 2 vs 7; AIC 0 vs 15; ARU 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 6; PA 0 vs 6; VF PLUS 0 vs 6. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 77 times in 7 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: uMzimkhulu's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:31 SAST.