ANC 64.2%down 27.1 pts from 91.3% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Nditsheni Mercy NetshikwetaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 642 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 69664.2%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign42316.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress1706.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party953.6%
DADemocratic Alliance752.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation401.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters301.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention250.9%- United PeopleUnited People190.7%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.4%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation90.3%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement70.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress60.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party50.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.2%- VIPVhembe Independent Party (Musikitedzi)50.2%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity40.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement30.1%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa30.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
GLCGazankulu Liberation Congress10.0%
Hours off in Ward 9 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Nditsheni Mercy Netshikweta (ANC) won Ward 9 with 1 680 votes, 29.7% of the ward's 5 657 registered voters. Turnout was 47.3%: 2 674 of 5 657 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 25
Naledzani GanndiniAble Leadership- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Nkhangweni Cathrine MagauAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Nditsheni Mercy NetshikwetaAfrican National Congress
- Azwitamisi Nomsa NephalamaAfrican People's Convention
- Mbulaiseni Edgar MusieAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Humbulani RasivhendeleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Pfano NetshitomboniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Livhuwani Kate TshipepeleAzanian People's Organisation
- Mulalo Richard MushianaDemocratic Alliance
- Gudani NetshitavhaduluEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mashack SankambeEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Azwifaneli Phanuelo MukundamagoGazankulu Liberation Congress
- Lucy MalulekeInkatha Freedom Party
- Namadzavho Joseph SirwaliInternational Revelation Congress
- Mufunwa Innocent MulaisiOrdinary People Campaign
- Ndiafhi Margaret ThaboPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Thomani NtshavheniSouth African Communist Party
- Gundo Innocent NemukulaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Azwifaneli Reginah TshivhaseUnited Africans Transformation
- Fhatuwani Moses MuthadzwiUnited People
Avhavhudzani Joseph MunzheleleUnited 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 2 677 · spoilt 33 · special votes 285 · 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 (2 674 of 5 657). The IEC publishes 47.6%.
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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 680 vs 5 109; OPC 436 vs 1 273; IRC 190 vs 541; SACP 95 vs 286; DA 68 vs 216; UAT 43 vs 126; APC 31 vs 83; EFF 28 vs 89; AZAPO 12 vs 31; MAWUSA 9 vs 17; MAYIBUYE 9 vs 32; MKP 9 vs 16; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 5 vs 14; United People 5 vs 24; PAC 5 vs 14; ACDP 4 vs 11; GLC 4 vs 7; ALJAMA 3 vs 4; ATM 3 vs 7; IFP 3 vs 10; ARU 1 vs 5; ActionSA 0 vs 5; AHC 0 vs 6; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 17; KYN 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 2; VIP 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 109 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, 16:41 SAST.