ANC 64.6%down 15.4 pts from 80.0% in 2021
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Elected ward councillor ?
Elcain Johoakum LubedeAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 865 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 20464.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party32617.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1829.8%
DADemocratic Alliance653.5%- SDPService Delivery Party251.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party150.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress110.6%
ActionSA90.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.2%
UATUnited Africans Transformation40.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party30.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
NFPNational Freedom Party20.1%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
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Voting districts · 9 ?
Elcain Johoakum Lubede (ANC) won Ward 23 with 1 185 votes, 31.7% of the ward's 3 743 registered voters. Turnout was 50.6%: 1 895 of 3 743 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Chief Albert Luthuli, voting district by voting district.
- Diyane BuildingVD 54120035ANC 88.0%
- Engelsedraai Combined SchoolVD 54120068ANC 79.2%
- Mantjolo Traditional Council OfficeVD 54120091ANC 63.7%
- Mahlabathini Community HallVD 54120147ANC 75.0%
- Engabezweni Secondary SchoolVD 54120226ANC 52.8%
- Chief Kj Malaza Primary SchoolVD 54120260ANC 61.5%
- Amanzi Primary SchoolVD 54120282ANC 73.2%
- Alliance Church in SAVD 54120293ANC 55.6%
- Happy Hands CrecheVD 54120316ANC 81.0%
Candidates · 14
- Timothy Welile MothaActionSA
- Mphumzeni Christopher TshakalaAfrican Independent Congress
- Elcain Johoakum LubedeAfrican National Congress
- Sebanele Gloriah MnisiAfrican People's Convention
- Clement Bongumusa KhumaloAfrican Transformation Movement
- Yvonne Ntombifuthi MamareganeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Jan Hendrik van der WaltDemocratic Alliance
- Lawrence Qinisani NkosiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Patrick Fanifuthi NgwenyaInkatha Freedom Party
Mgayi Ben NkosiPan Africanist Congress of Azania- Absalom Babayaro NkosiService Delivery Party
- Sibusiso Innocent ZuluSouth African Communist Party
- Thabo American NkambuleUmkhonto 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 894 · spoilt 34 · special votes 334 · All 9 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 9 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 9 voting districts here (1 895 of 3 743). The IEC publishes 50.7%.
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 17 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 185 vs 3 584; MKP 337 vs 987; EFF 191 vs 537; DA 55 vs 182; SDP 29 vs 86; SACP 13 vs 44; ATM 11 vs 28; AIC 10 vs 31; MAYIBUYE 9 vs 15; IFP 8 vs 16; ActionSA 5 vs 20; APC 3 vs 7; VF PLUS 3 vs 11; ACDP 0 vs 4; AIMSA 0 vs 1; NFP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 88 times in 9 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, 23:32 SAST.