ANC 78.2%down 17.1 pts from 95.3% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Nnditsheni Breyan PhalanndwaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 733 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 13778.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party2167.9%
DADemocratic Alliance792.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters622.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement552.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress411.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention351.3%- United PeopleUnited People281.0%
UATUnited Africans Transformation230.8%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign160.6%
- ELMEthical Leaders Movement120.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa110.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.2%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress30.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity20.1%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)20.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
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Voting districts · 6 ?
Nnditsheni Breyan Phalanndwa (ANC) won Ward 8 with 2 126 votes, 33.1% of the ward's 6 415 registered voters. Turnout was 42.9%: 2 753 of 6 415 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
Mashudu Stephen NetshilaphalaAble Leadership- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Nnditsheni Breyan PhalanndwaAfrican National Congress
- Takalani Wilson MphahoAfrican People's Convention
- Mmbulaheni Phanuel MulaudziAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Mbulaheni Alfred MadzunyaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Tshifhiwa Edson NenzheleleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Vhahangwele RembuluwaniDemocratic Alliance
- Samuel MaumelaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Enock KwindaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
Pfariseni Patric MutshayiGazankulu Liberation Congress- Mboneni Phillip MunyaiInternational Revelation Congress
- Phumudzo KwindaOrdinary People Campaign
- Lufuno Lilian TshithombePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Pfunzo MatsheketshekeSouth African Communist Party
- Ridovhona RatshibvumoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mashudu NdambakuwaUnited Africans Transformation
- Khonani MushanzheleUnited People
- Rolivhuwa MakheraUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 9 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 743 · spoilt 18 · special votes 315 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (2 753 of 6 415). The IEC publishes 42.9%.
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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 126 vs 6 414; SACP 242 vs 666; DA 83 vs 238; EFF 68 vs 195; MAYIBUYE 56 vs 167; APC 40 vs 86; IRC 29 vs 109; UAT 24 vs 70; United People 16 vs 44; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 12 vs 36; OPC 11 vs 38; ATM 2 vs 6; ARU 1 vs 3; MKP 1 vs 3; PAC 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 10; ActionSA 0 vs 7; AHC 0 vs 3; ELM 0 vs 30; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 3; URF 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 4; VIP 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 95 times in 6 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, 18:47 SAST.