ANC 75.0%down 13.9 pts from 88.9% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Elijah Malindi NetshifhefheAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 819 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 11575.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress35112.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1264.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania652.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters622.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa361.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party220.8%
- United PeopleUnited People120.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party80.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.2%
URFUnited Residents Front50.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.1%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement30.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 24 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Elijah Malindi Netshifhefhe (ANC) won Ward 24 with 2 115 votes, 30.3% of the ward's 6 981 registered voters. Turnout was 40.8%: 2 850 of 6 981 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 24, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Talifhani Calvin MudauAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Tshimangadzo Derick PhuluwaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Elijah Malindi NetshifhefheAfrican National Congress
- Pfarelo Christopher RembuluwaniAfrican People's Convention
- Lavhelesani NdouAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Nditsheni Sunnyboy MakokaDemocratic Alliance
- Tshitereke Reckson NesaneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ndivhoniswani Calvin MudzhikitiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Nicholas Livhuwani MadzuheInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Thifhelimbilu Justice MuvhaliPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Moses MbaveSouth African Communist Party
- Nkumedzeni Patrick LuvhengoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mulalo NetshiozwiUnited People
- Nngwedzeni Ernie RaphashaUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 853 · spoilt 34 · special votes 431 · 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 (2 850 of 6 981). The IEC publishes 40.8%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 115 vs 6 381; IRC 351 vs 942; DA 126 vs 393; PAC 65 vs 164; EFF 62 vs 190; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 36 vs 96; SACP 22 vs 51; United People 12 vs 41; MKP 8 vs 23; APC 5 vs 25; URF 5 vs 7; ACDP 4 vs 13; AACUM 3 vs 4; AL. 1 vs 2; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 6; PA 1 vs 4; ActionSA 0 vs 9; AHC 0 vs 17; ARU 0 vs 11; ATM 0 vs 9; AZAPO 0 vs 3; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 33; FISA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 4; KYN 0 vs 2; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; OPC 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 11; VF PLUS 0 vs 1; VIP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 102 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: Thulamela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 17:58 SAST.