ANC 70.4%down 19.1 pts from 89.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Takalani Simon NekhavhambeAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 913 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 05170.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa37412.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1334.6%
DADemocratic Alliance963.3%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement682.3%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress632.2%- United PeopleUnited People441.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party250.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party170.6%
UATUnited Africans Transformation100.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania80.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention80.3%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity30.1%
AL.Able Leadership30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation20.1%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)20.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress10.0%
Hours off in Ward 3 ?
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Voting districts · 8 ?
Takalani Simon Nekhavhambe (ANC) won Ward 3 with 2 057 votes, 32.3% of the ward's 6 373 registered voters. Turnout was 46.1%: 2 941 of 6 373 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 3, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Mutale Town HallVD 76340370ANC 64.4%
- Tshandama Primary SchoolVD 76340594ANC 76.6%
- Lukau Primary SchoolVD 76340763ANC 81.3%
- Mutale Home EconomicsVD 76340853ANC 81.9%
- St Augastine Combined SchoolVD 76341124ANC 75.0%
- Khunguni Community HallVD 76341135ANC 56.9%
- The Will of God ChurchVD 76341146ANC 73.8%
- Witness Gospel ChurchVD 76341269Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 48.9%
Candidates · 18
- Ndiyafhi Richwell NelushiAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Shonisani Robert MushianaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Takalani Simon NekhavhambeAfrican National Congress
- Vhutshilo MulidzwiAfrican People's Convention
Nndwamato Alfred MantshaAfrican Transformation Movement- Tshifhiwa TshivhiyahuvhiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Nnyadzeni Solomon NemandalaDemocratic Alliance
- Avhatakali Alton PharamelaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Rudzani Welcome NemulodiInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Ndamulelo NetiliPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Musandiwa Shane MalindiSouth African Communist Party
- Rilwele PhalanndwaUnited 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 · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 941 · spoilt 28 · special votes 328 · All 8 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 8 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 8 voting districts here (2 941 of 6 373). The IEC publishes 46.4%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 057 vs 6 165; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 432 vs 1 188; EFF 139 vs 408; DA 120 vs 334; IRC 67 vs 193; SACP 22 vs 55; ACDP 21 vs 71; United People 21 vs 65; PAC 14 vs 36; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 13; APC 4 vs 14; URF 3 vs 4; ATM 2 vs 5; AL. 1 vs 6; OPC 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 10; AHC 0 vs 1; ARU 0 vs 3; AZAPO 0 vs 4; ELM 0 vs 138; IFP 0 vs 3; MAWUSA 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 22; VF PLUS 0 vs 2; VIP 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 100 times in 8 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, 17:09 SAST.