ANC 51.6%down 27.9 pts from 79.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Busani Brian MahlabaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 535 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 30851.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party97938.6%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1646.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters281.1%
DADemocratic Alliance160.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement130.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party120.5%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.4%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom30.1%
NFPNational Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 12 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 8 ?
Busani Brian Mahlaba (ANC) won Ward 12 with 1 308 votes, 29.4% of the ward's 4 444 registered voters. Turnout was 57.7%: 2 563 of 4 444 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Fisokuhle Pre SchoolVD 11830036ANC 66.4%
- Bombasi Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830340MKP 43.9%
- Rietvlei Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830496MKP 52.6%
- Mbuzweni Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830698ANC 48.8%
- Zimema Senior Primary SchoolVD 11831150ANC 60.9%
- Rietvlei Senior Secondary SchoolVD 11831183MKP 47.2%
- Jirah Senior Primary SchoolVD 11831318ANC 70.3%
- Manyanya Bondrand Pre-SchoolVD 11831600ANC 91.3%
Candidates · 12
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Busani Brian MahlabaAfrican National Congress
Lindiwe NdumndumAfrican People's Convention- Siphiwe MbanjwaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Zandile ZuluAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Banele MadlalaDemocratic Alliance
- Sbusiso Sbulelo DlaminiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Thembelihle Goodman PhungulaInkatha Freedom Party
- Nontokozo TshaziNational Freedom Party
Luyanda Thula GwinaPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Launcelot Bavuyise Solomzi NtanziSouth African Communist Party
- Derick Mondli MchunuUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 14 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 554 · spoilt 19 · special votes 440 · All 8 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 8 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 8 voting districts here (2 563 of 4 444). The IEC publishes 57.8%.
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 15 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 308 vs 3 910; MKP 979 vs 2 945; IFP 164 vs 487; EFF 28 vs 81; DA 16 vs 49; ATM 13 vs 43; SACP 12 vs 34; MAYIBUYE 11 vs 13; AEF 3 vs 14; NFP 1 vs 5; AIC 0 vs 14; APC 0 vs 6; ARU 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 62 times in 8 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, 21:01 SAST.