ANC 54.8%down 29.8 pts from 84.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Nicholus Mavin MbathaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 138 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 17254.8%
- SDPService Delivery Party74634.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters854.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party351.6%
DADemocratic Alliance331.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party281.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress90.4%
ActionSA70.3%
UATUnited Africans Transformation60.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Nicholus Mavin Mbatha (ANC) won Ward 12 with 1 189 votes, 30.5% of the ward's 3 892 registered voters. Turnout was 55.9%: 2 175 of 3 892 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 12, Chief Albert Luthuli, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 14
- Jabulile Thulile SimelaneActionSA
- Mzwandile Thimothi SitholeAfrican Independent Congress
- Nicholus Mavin MbathaAfrican National Congress
- Sibongokuhle Makepaece FakudeAfrican People's Convention
- Nokulunga Nelisiwe KhumaloAfrican Transformation Movement
- Robert Sabelo MsibiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Wiseman Sipho ZwaneDemocratic Alliance
- Jeremia Thami MasekoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mandla Frank MavusoInkatha Freedom Party
- Mgayi Ben NkosiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Leonard Ntokozo Thokozane NcongwaneService Delivery Party
- Thando Siyabonga Sydwell MavusoSouth African Communist Party
- Zanele Grace MkhonzaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Marthinus Lourentius NeethlingVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 174 · spoilt 23 · special votes 305 · 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 (2 175 of 3 892). The IEC publishes 56.0%.
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 19 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 189 vs 3 537; SDP 782 vs 2 267; EFF 85 vs 256; DA 31 vs 100; MKP 28 vs 102; SACP 11 vs 62; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 16; VF PLUS 5 vs 8; ActionSA 4 vs 20; APC 4 vs 6; AIC 3 vs 21; ATM 2 vs 12; IFP 1 vs 7; ACDP 0 vs 4; ACP 0 vs 1; ILP 0 vs 1; LCF 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 11. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 59 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: Chief Albert Luthuli's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:49 SAST.