ANC 35.9%down 40.3 pts from 76.2% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mawande Isaac DlaminiAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 358 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress84635.9%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party74031.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party57524.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party592.5%
DADemocratic Alliance512.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters311.3%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom261.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention160.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania80.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement20.1%
NFPNational Freedom Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 9 ?
Mawande Isaac Dlamini (ANC) won Ward 21 with 836 votes, 18.4% of the ward's 4 552 registered voters. Turnout was 52.9%: 2 408 of 4 552 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Dumisa Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830159ANC 46.6%
- Nomakhwezi Senior Primary SchoolVD 11830160SACP 38.7%
- Mkatshana Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830227ANC 60.5%
- St Barnabas Junior Seconary SchoolVD 11830575SACP 43.3%
- Nyaka Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830597ANC 55.3%
- Sandile Methula Primary SchoolVD 11830733ANC 34.7%
- Emaus Junior Seconary SchoolVD 11830845ANC 45.5%
- Cabane Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830856SACP 50.8%
- Emaus Senior Secondary SchoolVD 11831521SACP 69.1%
Candidates · 10
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Mawande Isaac DlaminiAfrican National Congress
- Phindokuhle Ntlantla MbokaziAfrican People's Convention
- Nomonde Patience HodiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Luzuko ZincumeDemocratic Alliance
- Lelethu MkhulisiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Kumkani Erasmus GumedeInkatha Freedom Party
- Nozuko NdzimandeNational Freedom Party
- Themba Solomon MtshaliSouth African Communist Party
- Christopher Thusani MncwabeUmkhonto 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 2 407 · spoilt 43 · special votes 368 · All 9 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 9 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 9 voting districts here (2 408 of 4 552). The IEC publishes 53.0%.
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 836 vs 2 518; SACP 765 vs 2 249; MKP 574 vs 1 722; IFP 62 vs 176; DA 54 vs 148; EFF 31 vs 94; AEF 21 vs 66; APC 10 vs 26; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 13; NFP 5 vs 9; AIC 0 vs 12; ARU 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 7; PA 0 vs 4; PAC 0 vs 8; VF PLUS 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 95 times in 9 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, 23:54 SAST.