ANC 43.2%down 15.3 pts from 58.5% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Livhuwani PhosiwaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 649 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 57643.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party1 50141.1%
- IndependentIndependent candidates2777.6%
DADemocratic Alliance992.7%- United PeopleUnited People732.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters351.0%
APCAfrican People's Convention170.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement140.4%
URFUnited Residents Front120.3%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress90.2%
AL.Able Leadership70.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.1%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa40.1%- SDPService Delivery Party40.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 6 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 12 ?
Livhuwani Phosiwa (ANC) won Ward 6 with 1 576 votes, 22.4% of the ward's 7 023 registered voters. Turnout was 52.3%: 3 675 of 7 023 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 6, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Pfukoni Junior Primary SchoolVD 76340123SACP 52.3%
- Masetoni Primary SchoolVD 76340134ANC 41.3%
- Lambani Primary SchoolVD 76340145SACP 34.5%
- Gunda Primary SchoolVD 76340156SACP 68.3%
- Karel Ngigideni Primary SchoolVD 76340178ANC 65.8%
- Tshikalange Primary SchoolVD 76340482ANC 55.7%
- Mukomawabani Primary SchoolVD 76340505ANC 44.7%
- Lamvi Primary SchoolVD 76340673SACP 55.3%
- Matshikiri Primary SchoolVD 76340819ANC 55.8%
- Khavhambe Primary SchoolVD 76340897ANC 66.7%
- Tshianzwane Primary SchoolVD 76340909ANC 53.4%
- Mmbofheni Primary SchoolVD 76340987SACP 42.2%
Candidates · 24
- Zwiakonadzea Eugene ThabeliAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Fhulufhelo Tallman NetshipakoniAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Livhuwani PhosiwaAfrican National Congress
- Lutendo BaloyiAfrican People's Convention
- Asiashu Irene MalogwaAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Madzula Elvis MamuthamaniAfrican Transformation Movement
- Ndiofhani MunyaiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Judith Anza MakheshaAl Jama-ah
- Fhatuwani Colbert MulovhedziDemocratic Alliance
- Nakiseni Lucy NthaiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Linah NephalamaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
Tshilani MatsheteGazankulu Liberation Congress- Nndavheleseni Robert MunzheleleIndependent
- Maluta Felix MunyaiIndependent
- Mulalo Robert NephaweInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Ariandani MudzananiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Khumbelo Lawrence MungadiSouth African Communist Party
- Asinne Wilfred NethonondaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Khamusi Nancy SimbaUnited People
- Rolivhuwa MakheraUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 23 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 683 · spoilt 34 · special votes 358 · All 12 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 12 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 12 voting districts here (3 675 of 7 023). The IEC publishes 52.5%.
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 1 576 vs 4 949; SACP 1 501 vs 4 310; DA 99 vs 326; United People 73 vs 192; EFF 35 vs 103; APC 17 vs 51; MAYIBUYE 14 vs 37; URF 12 vs 20; IRC 9 vs 41; AL. 7 vs 15; MKP 5 vs 11; PAC 5 vs 15; ACDP 4 vs 18; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 4 vs 46; SDP 4 vs 11; ALJAMA 3 vs 4; ARU 1 vs 3; ATM 1 vs 6; AACUM 0 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 6; AHC 0 vs 5; AZAPO 0 vs 3; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 23; FISA 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 6; KYN 0 vs 1; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 11; VF PLUS 0 vs 2; VIP 0 vs 415. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 177 times in 12 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, 18:36 SAST.