ANC 64.4%down 18.3 pts from 82.7% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thifhelimbilu Shadrack LiphadziAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 754 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 77364.4%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress2529.2%
DADemocratic Alliance1826.6%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa1385.0%- United PeopleUnited People1244.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1124.1%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement260.9%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party160.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party150.5%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress140.5%
UATUnited Africans Transformation140.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement130.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania120.4%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)110.4%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity80.3%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah70.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention60.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement60.2%
AL.Able Leadership60.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party40.1%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance30.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party30.1%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign30.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation10.0%
GLCGazankulu Liberation Congress10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Thifhelimbilu Shadrack Liphadzi (ANC) won Ward 21 with 1 825 votes, 27.2% of the ward's 6 720 registered voters. Turnout was 41.9%: 2 819 of 6 720 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Thohoyandou Apostolic Faith MissionVD 76100284ANC 70.3%
- Makwarela Primary SchoolVD 76100486ANC 65.3%
- Thohoyandou Technical SchoolVD 76100497ANC 63.8%
- Tshedza Comprehensive Primary SchoolVD 76100879ANC 66.8%
- Christian Fellowship Church Unit DVD 76100880ANC 61.4%
- Fulufhelo Special School - Magidi SateliteVD 76100914ANC 61.8%
- Mphaphuli Secondary SchoolVD 76101241ANC 60.7%
Candidates · 20
- Mulamuleli Thikho AmbaniAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Tshidelelo Sylvia MakhadiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Thifhelimbilu Shadrack LiphadziAfrican National Congress
- Azwitamisi Nomsa NephalamaAfrican People's Convention
- Konanani NelwamondoAfrican Transformation Movement
- Lutendo MabogoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Lerato Joseph ThaboAl Jama-ah
- Humbulani MainganyaDemocratic Alliance
- Rudzani Kenneth MahambaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ntuweleni Philson RamudzuliEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Tshilidzi Petunia MphaphuliInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Patrick MulaudziPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Munyadziwa NemaranzhePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Tshilidzi Milta VhuromuSouth African Communist Party
- Girly MuthuguluUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Johana NetshivhumbeUnited People
- Thomani Johannes KhubanaUnited 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 2 839 · spoilt 62 · special votes 146 · 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 (2 819 of 6 720). The IEC publishes 42.3%.
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 34 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 825 vs 5 222; IRC 276 vs 789; DA 182 vs 551; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 171 vs 445; EFF 114 vs 351; United People 75 vs 199; ACDP 28 vs 72; MAYIBUYE 21 vs 45; SACP 21 vs 55; PAC 17 vs 64; APC 11 vs 24; MKP 7 vs 15; AL. 6 vs 15; ALJAMA 6 vs 13; URF 5 vs 8; PA 4 vs 9; ATM 3 vs 16; OPC 3 vs 11; SDP 2 vs 3; AACUM 0 vs 1; ActionSA 0 vs 33; AHC 0 vs 14; ARU 0 vs 8; AZAPO 0 vs 4; ELM 0 vs 54; GAZA 0 vs 3; GLC 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 5; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 245; UAT 0 vs 34; VF PLUS 0 vs 5; VIP 0 vs 19; XP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 146 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: Thulamela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:03 SAST.