ANC 45.2%down 26.3 pts from 71.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lindelani Goodman ChiyaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 147 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress97145.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party60728.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party34916.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1245.8%
DADemocratic Alliance703.3%
NFPNational Freedom Party80.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters80.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%- AEFAfrican Economic Freedom10.0%
Hours off in Ward 9 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Lindelani Goodman Chiya (ANC) won Ward 9 with 971 votes, 24.0% of the ward's 4 040 registered voters. Turnout was 53.5%: 2 162 of 4 040 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, uMzimkhulu, voting district by voting district.
- Mhlaba's Combined SchoolVD 11830249IFP 30.0%
- Mbumbulwana Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830283IFP 41.0%
- Fountains Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830373ANC 63.8%
- Ezimpungeni Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11830610ANC 66.9%
- Ndlozana Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11831093MKP 37.8%
- Mandlazi Junior Secondary SchoolVD 11831105ANC 51.4%
Candidates · 12
- Maningi Patience GebasheAfrican Economic Freedom
- Lindelani Goodman ChiyaAfrican National Congress
- Sipho Bulelani GamedzeAfrican People's Convention
- Mpho Tecla MdloziniAfrican Transformation Movement
- Bhekizitha MayekisaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Masiza Matthews MtoloDemocratic Alliance
- Sibusiso MajolaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Samkelo Wiseman MbheleInkatha Freedom Party
- Nkosiyabo Michael NomatshizoloNational Freedom Party
Luyanda Thula GwinaPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Ncedolwethu Goodman MjiloSouth African Communist Party
- Sithulile DlaminiUmkhonto 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 2 167 · spoilt 20 · special votes 272 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (2 162 of 4 040). The IEC publishes 53.7%.
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 971 vs 2 883; MKP 607 vs 1 831; IFP 349 vs 1 039; SACP 124 vs 371; DA 70 vs 212; EFF 8 vs 29; NFP 8 vs 12; APC 4 vs 9; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 8; AEF 1 vs 13; ATM 1 vs 3; AIC 0 vs 6; ARU 0 vs 4; PA 0 vs 1; PAC 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 54 times in 6 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, 00:44 SAST.