ANC 66.0%down 21.9 pts from 87.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Hlanganani Aron LukhoziAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 151 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 42066.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party48722.6%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1316.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party552.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters190.9%
DADemocratic Alliance170.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention140.7%
NFPNational Freedom Party40.2%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 10 ?
Hlanganani Aron Lukhozi (ANC) won Ward 18 with 1 420 votes, 34.7% of the ward's 4 087 registered voters. Turnout was 53.3%: 2 177 of 4 087 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Tex Nybert Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830317ANC 50.0%
- Bontrand Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830328ANC 65.7%
- St Faiths Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830339ANC 52.9%
- Victory Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830722ANC 79.6%
- Zwelonke Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830812ANC 77.0%
- Bonginceba Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11831149MKP 52.6%
- Magqaqgeni Roman Catholic ChurchVD 11831172ANC 72.6%
- Gcwensa Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11831396ANC 79.7%
- Banginyama Pre-SchoolVD 11831408ANC 51.8%
- Samaria Methidist MissionVD 11831611ANC 81.8%
Candidates · 10
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Hlanganani Aron LukhoziAfrican National Congress
- Vuyolwethu HlopheAfrican People's Convention
- Mpho Salensia MotloungAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mpumelelo Emmanual DubazanaDemocratic Alliance
- Yamkela NtsimbiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Thandiswa TibeInkatha Freedom Party
- Thandi DidiNational Freedom Party
- Philisiwe Rose TshangaseSouth African Communist Party
- Nkosidumile HlopheUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 15 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 174 · spoilt 23 · special votes 405 · All 10 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 10 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 10 voting districts here (2 177 of 4 087). The IEC publishes 53.3%.
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 16 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 420 vs 4 283; MKP 487 vs 1 426; IFP 131 vs 401; SACP 55 vs 162; EFF 19 vs 54; DA 17 vs 52; APC 14 vs 18; NFP 4 vs 7; AEF 2 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 11; AIC 0 vs 19; ARU 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 4; VF PLUS 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 84 times in 10 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, 21:50 SAST.