ANC 34.6%down 38.8 pts from 73.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Elias Thapedi KgoleAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 902 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 00434.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party90231.1%
DADemocratic Alliance31911.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2568.8%- SDPService Delivery Party1344.6%
ActionSA1294.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party762.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus361.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention150.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.3%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement80.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress70.2%- DOPDefenders of the People30.1%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans10.0%
Hours off in Ward 13 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Elias Thapedi Kgole (ANC) won Ward 13 with 1 004 votes, 17.3% of the ward's 5 802 registered voters. Turnout was 50.2%: 2 912 of 5 802 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 13, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Khethukuthula Calvin NgobeActionSA
- Lerato Promise MatlalaAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Elias Thapedi KgoleAfrican National Congress
- Matsemele Lydia XabaAfrican People's Convention
- Nonhlanhla Patricia MatshikaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Nobantu MabuzaDefenders of the People
- Sipho MasekoDemocratic Alliance
- Sammy Tebogo MaphangaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mbali NdinisaneLabour Party of South Africa
Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement- Themba Solly BembeService Delivery Party
- Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
- Simphiwe Amos MthimunyeSouth African Communist Party
- Kenneth Sibusiso MagagulaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Stephanus Petrus FourieVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 914 · spoilt 12 · special votes 154 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 912 of 5 802). The IEC publishes 50.3%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 004 vs 2 987; MKP 902 vs 2 665; DA 319 vs 1 001; EFF 256 vs 775; SDP 134 vs 359; ActionSA 129 vs 426; SACP 76 vs 185; VF PLUS 36 vs 157; APC 15 vs 27; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 24; AEM 8 vs 19; AIC 7 vs 19; DOP 3 vs 10; ACDP 0 vs 19; ACP 0 vs 3; ADP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 36; BPSA 0 vs 3; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 9; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 3; PAC 0 vs 21; SPP 0 vs 3; SUN 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 63 times in 3 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: Emalahleni's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:55 SAST.