ANC 40.1%down 25.1 pts from 65.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Emmanuel Lebelo MakuseAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 580 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 03540.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party46518.0%
DADemocratic Alliance37214.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party2389.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance1455.6%
ActionSA1335.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters993.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus431.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party120.5%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress70.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa50.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.2%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%- DOPDefenders of the People20.1%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party10.0%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa10.0%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Emmanuel Lebelo Makuse (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 035 votes, 21.3% of the ward's 4 860 registered voters. Turnout was 54.2%: 2 632 of 4 860 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Tshepiso Yvette NtuliActionSA
- Nomzamo Stella HlongwaneAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Emmanuel Lebelo MakuseAfrican National Congress
- Mmakgari Charlott ShokwaneAfrican People's Convention
- Zelda Nompumelelo MarimeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Lettie MatshianeDefenders of the People
- Moosa BhamjeeDemocratic Alliance
- Andries Zonke GumedeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Petros MashiloaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Stanley Barney JacobsPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Desiree Dipuo MampuruPatriotic Alliance
- Reggie Sizwe MathebulaService Delivery Party
- Simon Nkosinathi MbathaSindawonye Progressive Party
- Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
- Gloria MasilelaSouth African Communist Party
- Ntombikayise Ignatia MhlabaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Nadia FourieVryheidsfront 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 2 611 · spoilt 31 · special votes 35 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (2 632 of 4 860). The IEC publishes 54.4%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 035 vs 3 003; SDP 465 vs 1 325; DA 372 vs 1 138; MKP 238 vs 796; PA 145 vs 382; ActionSA 133 vs 414; EFF 99 vs 305; VF PLUS 43 vs 153; SACP 12 vs 24; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 24; AIC 7 vs 10; LABOUR 5 vs 10; PAC 5 vs 15; APC 4 vs 10; OHM 2 vs 3; BPSA 1 vs 2; SPP 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 16; ACP 0 vs 2; ADP 0 vs 3; AEM 0 vs 3; AIPO 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 87; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; I.Q.Z 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 13; INGUBO 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 1; SUN 0 vs 3; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 7. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 83 times in 4 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, 23:05 SAST.