ANC 61.8%down 17.5 pts from 79.3% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mashudu MuligweAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 321 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 05361.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters95928.9%
DADemocratic Alliance732.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania702.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement702.1%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa441.3%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress210.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention110.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party90.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.2%- United PeopleUnited People20.1%
KYNKnow Your Neighbour10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 34 ?
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Voting districts · 7 ?
Mashudu Muligwe (ANC) won Ward 34 with 2 053 votes, 32.8% of the ward's 6 263 registered voters. Turnout was 53.3%: 3 337 of 6 263 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 34, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Mapate Primary SchoolVD 76100420ANC 65.9%
- Muthundinne Primary SchoolVD 76101634ANC 81.4%
- Matshele Primary SchoolVD 76210949ANC 72.9%
- Makakavhale Secondary SchoolVD 76210950ANC 52.4%
- Masambelo Primary SchoolVD 76210961ANC 58.8%
- Belemu Primary SchoolVD 76210972ANC 53.7%
- Tshivhale Lukau Primary SchoolVD 76211489EFF 51.0%
Candidates · 19
- Nkhetheni NyakhuhuAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Mashudu MuligweAfrican National Congress
- Mpfunzeni Samuel MunyaiAfrican People's Convention
- Pandelani Lazarus MukwevhoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Thilivhali MutengweDemocratic Alliance
- Edzisani MadzunyaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Fhedzisani Arafat NetshivhaleEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Shumani Freedom NemurangoniInternational Revelation Congress
- Thivhudziswi Jane MandiwanaKnow Your Neighbour
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Itani Esau RazwinzhiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Ntshengedzeni Shadrack RaveleSouth African Communist Party
- Azwiangwi Reckson MakatuUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Dzivhuluwani MakhanyaUnited 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 337 · spoilt 16 · special votes 369 · 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 (3 337 of 6 263). The IEC publishes 53.3%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 053 vs 6 251; EFF 959 vs 2 709; DA 73 vs 225; MAYIBUYE 70 vs 195; PAC 70 vs 227; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 44 vs 121; IRC 21 vs 58; APC 11 vs 37; SACP 9 vs 19; MKP 5 vs 9; United People 2 vs 9; AL. 1 vs 5; KYN 1 vs 2; OPC 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 23; ActionSA 0 vs 1; AHC 0 vs 7; ARU 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 12; AZAPO 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 23; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 3; VIP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 84 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, 18:58 SAST.