ANC 48.0%down 28.2 pts from 76.2% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Nthambeleni Reginah Mudziwa-MudauAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 3 068 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 47348.0%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party47915.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters41913.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania2478.1%- United PeopleUnited People1364.4%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement772.5%
DADemocratic Alliance561.8%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa351.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress331.1%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement321.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party150.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention130.4%
UATUnited Africans Transformation120.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party80.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress80.3%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation50.2%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)50.2%
URFUnited Residents Front40.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah30.1%
AL.Able Leadership30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
GLCGazankulu Liberation Congress10.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Nthambeleni Reginah Mudziwa-Mudau (ANC) won Ward 26 with 1 461 votes, 21.4% of the ward's 6 812 registered voters. Turnout was 45.7%: 3 112 of 6 812 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 26, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Mulalo NemaanganiAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Pertunia Tendani NdouAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Nthambeleni Reginah Mudziwa-MudauAfrican National Congress
- Pfarelo Christopher RembuluwaniAfrican People's Convention
- Zwivhuya NetshifhireAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mashudu Solomon MulaudziAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Maluta Chriswell MulandanaAzanian People's Organisation
- Shumani Watson NekhavhambeDemocratic Alliance
- Humbulani Ernest MadzimbalalaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nthambeleni Peter NemakhavhaniEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Ntakadzeni ManyageInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Ndivhudzannyi Maria MushianaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Aluwani Meshack MulaudziSouth African Communist Party
- Vhangamatoni NetshivhaleUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mbangiseni LiphadziUnited 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 · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 123 · spoilt 17 · special votes 181 · 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 (3 112 of 6 812). The IEC publishes 46.0%.
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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 461 vs 4 472; SACP 516 vs 1 480; EFF 441 vs 1 292; PAC 251 vs 735; United People 126 vs 262; MAYIBUYE 82 vs 218; DA 63 vs 195; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 60 vs 142; IRC 35 vs 104; MKP 17 vs 46; APC 16 vs 42; AZAPO 9 vs 19; ACDP 8 vs 26; PA 7 vs 12; URF 4 vs 8; ATM 3 vs 7; ALJAMA 2 vs 5; AL. 1 vs 6; OPC 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 15; AHC 0 vs 8; ELM 0 vs 58; FISA 0 vs 2; GAZA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 34; VF PLUS 0 vs 3; VIP 0 vs 13; XP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 102 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, 18:53 SAST.