ANC 66.2%down 26.4 pts from 92.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Humbulani Elvis RavhuraAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 214 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 46666.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party39617.9%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress1084.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1044.7%
DADemocratic Alliance442.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party351.6%- United PeopleUnited People160.7%
- ELMEthical Leaders Movement70.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress60.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa40.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement20.1%- SDPService Delivery Party20.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
UATUnited Africans Transformation10.0%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)10.0%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Humbulani Elvis Ravhura (ANC) won Ward 12 with 1 390 votes, 25.7% of the ward's 5 408 registered voters. Turnout was 41.7%: 2 254 of 5 408 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
Christine Tshimangadzo NekhumbeAble Leadership- Rudzani Patricia MudauActive African Christians United Movement
- Khathutshelo Portia NephalamaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Humbulani Elvis RavhuraAfrican National Congress
- Tshisamphiri Cyril MaliseAfrican People's Convention
- Fhatuwani MakumuleAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Nicollete Palisa MamuthamaniAfrican Transformation Movement
- Rendani Constance NdouAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- David Tshililo NembaheAzanian People's Organisation
- Phathutshedzo MaginaDemocratic Alliance
- Takalani Ernest MakhaleEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nkhumbuleni Gerson MulaisiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Mandavha Rodney NemaoraniInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Thivhusiwi TshikolisoPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Ndivhuwo PhalandwaSouth African Communist Party
- Tshililo GothoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Stanley Azwinndini MufamadiUnited People
- Lutendo Millicent RambudaUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 9 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 278 · spoilt 79 · special votes 283 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (2 254 of 5 408). The IEC publishes 42.0%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 390 vs 4 310; SACP 461 vs 1 267; EFF 118 vs 313; IRC 118 vs 333; DA 38 vs 129; ACDP 35 vs 105; AZAPO 5 vs 12; MKP 5 vs 15; URF 5 vs 6; ARU 4 vs 5; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 4 vs 10; APC 3 vs 8; MAWUSA 3 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 9; OPC 2 vs 5; AL. 1 vs 2; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; ATM 1 vs 5; PA 1 vs 3; PAC 1 vs 5; ActionSA 0 vs 3; AHC 0 vs 6; ELM 0 vs 24; GLC 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 3; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; United People 0 vs 16; SDP 0 vs 4; UAT 0 vs 4; VF PLUS 0 vs 2; VIP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 78 times in 5 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: Thulamela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:03 SAST.