ANC 51.0%down 27.4 pts from 78.4% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Happy Jozane MasilelaAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 196 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 12051.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party62228.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters22510.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party713.2%
DADemocratic Alliance673.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress221.0%- SDPService Delivery Party200.9%
UATUnited Africans Transformation190.9%
ActionSA100.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement40.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.0%
NFPNational Freedom Party10.0%
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Happy Jozane Masilela (ANC) won Ward 18 with 1 102 votes, 27.0% of the ward's 4 077 registered voters. Turnout was 56.1%: 2 286 of 4 077 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Chief Albert Luthuli, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 15
- Zakhele ShangeActionSA
- Mzwandile Thimothi SitholeAfrican Independent Congress
- Happy Jozane MasilelaAfrican National Congress
- Martha Mbali HlatshwayoAfrican People's Convention
- Sunnyboy Erick LitchfieldAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nomusa Faith NkosiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bheki Sifiso SibanyoniDemocratic Alliance
- Khuni Fanie MlotshwaEconomic Freedom Fighters
Fansile Cecilia ZwaneInkatha Freedom Party- Sipho Andile ZuluNational Freedom Party
- Mgayi Ben NkosiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Thokozane Innocent MagagulaService Delivery Party
- Simon Sipho HlanzeSouth African Communist Party
- Themba Erick ZondoUmkhonto 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 · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 278 · spoilt 82 · special votes 446 · 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 (2 286 of 4 077). The IEC publishes 56.3%.
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 18 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 102 vs 3 383; MKP 659 vs 1 908; EFF 237 vs 681; SACP 77 vs 215; DA 52 vs 184; SDP 21 vs 57; AIC 17 vs 51; ActionSA 10 vs 31; APC 9 vs 11; ATM 4 vs 15; IFP 3 vs 5; NFP 3 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 8; PAC 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 1; LCF 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 39; VF PLUS 0 vs 10. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 58 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 09 Nov 2026, 20:38 SAST.