ANC 53.4%down 26.8 pts from 80.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mandla NgcongoAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 440 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 30253.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party73530.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2429.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party863.5%
DADemocratic Alliance311.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party261.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.2%
NFPNational Freedom Party50.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.2%
- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom30.1%
Hours off in Ward 20 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Mandla Ngcongo (ANC) won Ward 20 with 1 302 votes, 27.2% of the ward's 4 784 registered voters. Turnout was 51.8%: 2 480 of 4 784 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 20, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Highlands Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830407ANC 49.2%
- Strangers Rest Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830418ANC 53.8%
- Thembeni Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830632ANC 51.4%
- Washbank Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830643ANC 62.1%
- Kromhoek Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830654MKP 55.4%
- Straalhoek Senior Primary SchoolVD 11831330ANC 44.0%
- New Methodist Church of Southern AfricaVD 11831341ANC 59.6%
Candidates · 10
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Mandla NgcongoAfrican National Congress
- Phindokuhle Ntlantla MbokaziAfrican People's Convention
- Nomonde Patience HodiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Mpumelelo Emmanual DubazanaDemocratic Alliance
- Simon Simphiwe MkwatazaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mlamleli Watterson RadebeInkatha Freedom Party
- Zukiswa Portia MbanjwaNational Freedom Party
- Mlulami Masephula ManangaSouth African Communist Party
- Zoleka Cecelia RabazaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 13 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 472 · spoilt 32 · special votes 323 · 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 (2 480 of 4 784). The IEC publishes 51.7%.
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 1 302 vs 3 855; MKP 735 vs 2 236; EFF 242 vs 751; IFP 86 vs 230; DA 31 vs 95; SACP 26 vs 66; APC 5 vs 12; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 8; NFP 5 vs 14; AEF 3 vs 11; AIC 0 vs 12; ARU 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 18; PA 0 vs 4; PAC 0 vs 6; VF PLUS 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 74 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 10 Nov 2026, 00:49 SAST.