ANC 60.2%down 28.1 pts from 88.3% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Takalani Azwinndini NdanduleniAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 768 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 66760.2%
- IndependentIndependent candidates55420.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1395.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress1174.2%
DADemocratic Alliance883.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa662.4%- United PeopleUnited People542.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party190.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania180.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party150.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance110.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention80.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.2%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign30.1%
- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
Hours off in Ward 40 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Takalani Azwinndini Ndanduleni (ANC) won Ward 40 with 1 667 votes, 26.1% of the ward's 6 386 registered voters. Turnout was 43.8%: 2 798 of 6 386 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 40, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
Samuel MutswariAble Leadership- Matevhutevhu David NemavhadweActive African Christians United Movement
- Takalani Azwinndini NdanduleniAfrican National Congress
- Khumbelo GangasheAfrican People's Convention
- Maano MabiluAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Adziliwi Confidence MathohoAl Jama-ah
- Azwifarwi Victoria NetshisumbewaDemocratic Alliance
- Nyadzani Sheldah MukwevhoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucky MakhoshiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Khamusi Patrick NthangeniIndependent
- Azwipfali TshikovhiInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Tshimangadzo Reuben SikhwivhiluPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Thanyani MaguvheSouth African Communist Party
- Lufuno Conrad NgwanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mutshidzi MmbiUnited People
- Phumudzo Sharon MaiwasheUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 807 · spoilt 39 · special votes 153 · 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 (2 798 of 6 386). 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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 667 vs 5 571; EFF 139 vs 456; IRC 117 vs 409; DA 88 vs 330; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 66 vs 226; United People 54 vs 151; MKP 19 vs 32; PAC 18 vs 180; SACP 15 vs 51; PA 11 vs 16; APC 8 vs 31; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 11; OPC 3 vs 4; AACUM 2 vs 3; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; URF 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 18; ActionSA 0 vs 18; AHC 0 vs 8; AL. 0 vs 5; ARU 0 vs 23; ATM 0 vs 7; AZAPO 0 vs 10; ELM 0 vs 55; FISA 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 6; KYN 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 28; VF PLUS 0 vs 6; VIP 0 vs 26; XP 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 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, 17:31 SAST.