ANC 69.1%down 20.8 pts from 89.9% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Mashudu MadzivhandilaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 791 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 92969.1%
- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)54919.7%
DADemocratic Alliance1164.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters481.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance260.9%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress230.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party160.6%
UATUnited Africans Transformation130.5%- United PeopleUnited People120.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa100.4%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement90.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party70.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party70.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress50.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party40.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%
AL.Able Leadership30.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement20.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 27 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Mashudu Madzivhandila (ANC) won Ward 27 with 2 114 votes, 33.1% of the ward's 6 394 registered voters. Turnout was 44.0%: 2 815 of 6 394 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 27, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Miriyavhavha Joseph MuthavhiniAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Sunnyboy RamagomaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mashudu MadzivhandilaAfrican National Congress
- Pfarelo Christopher RembuluwaniAfrican People's Convention
- Tshinanne MatamelaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Matodzi David NemakondeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Khorommbi Gideon RembuluwaniDemocratic Alliance
- Mudzunga Patricia MavhanduEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Rotshidzwa NemukulaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Muvhulawa NemutudiInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Thinavhuyo Reckson MalisePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mashudu Israel NenzhelelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Luther MukondeleliSouth African Communist Party
- Mutshidzi MadzungunyeUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Gudisani MamathelelwaUnited Africans Transformation
- Maanea Portia BuganaUnited People
- Avhavhudzani Joseph MunzheleleUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 804 · spoilt 52 · special votes 575 · 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 (2 815 of 6 394). The IEC publishes 44.0%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 114 vs 5 998; DA 200 vs 428; IRC 118 vs 164; EFF 86 vs 178; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 56 vs 73; PA 38 vs 94; APC 33 vs 40; MKP 24 vs 38; ACDP 20 vs 52; ATM 13 vs 17; United People 12 vs 24; UAT 11 vs 37; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 7; PAC 5 vs 11; SACP 5 vs 15; AL. 4 vs 8; URF 4 vs 6; AACUM 2 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 12; AHC 0 vs 5; ARU 0 vs 1; AZAPO 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 26; IFP 0 vs 4; African Forward Congress 0 vs 3; OPC 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 7; VIP 0 vs 1 079; XP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 97 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, 19:26 SAST.