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DA 59.3%

Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 2 voting districts in

Turnout53.6%

Voters on the roll6 484

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

checked 01:30Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Salomi Hester KrielDemocratic Alliance

Ward ballot ? · 3 528 valid votes

DADemocratic Alliance2 09259.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus50814.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress38110.8%
ActionSA1514.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1343.8%
PAPatriotic Alliance1123.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1073.0%
LABOURLabour Party of South Africa100.3%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.3%
SACPSouth African Communist Party80.2%
SDPService Delivery Party50.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa10.0%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans10.0%
AEMAfrican Economic Movement10.0%

Hours off in Ward 18 ?

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Power49hours off5 outages

Water0hours offNo outages

Internet0hours offNo outages

Voting districts · 2 ?

Salomi Hester Kriel (DA) won Ward 18 with 2 092 votes, 32.3% of the ward's 6 484 registered voters. Turnout was 53.6%: 3 473 of 6 484 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 17

Giya Aaron MahlanguActionSA
Thabiso Morithi MorwamocheAfrican Economic Movement
Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
Melody KwebaAfrican National Congress
Mmakgari Charlott ShokwaneAfrican People's Convention
John ThabetheAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
Salomi Hester KrielDemocratic Alliance
David Docter MtshweniEconomic Freedom Fighters
Letty Dudu MabenaLabour Party of South Africa
Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
Qondoni Arnold Tsego MdletshePatriotic Alliance
Mxolisi Winston MachakaService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
Sipho Melton SukwiniSouth African Communist Party
Nkosinathi Bongane TimbaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Sharon Mary SchlachterVryheidsfront 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 · 3 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 3 552 · spoilt 24 · special votes 167 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (3 473 of 6 484). The IEC publishes 54.8%.

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.

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): DA 2 092 vs 4 239; VF PLUS 508 vs 1 090; ANC 381 vs 1 811; ActionSA 151 vs 470; EFF 134 vs 514; PA 112 vs 319; MKP 107 vs 598; LABOUR 10 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 151; SACP 8 vs 33; SDP 5 vs 321; AIC 4 vs 5; APC 3 vs 50; AEM 1 vs 5; BPSA 1 vs 2; SADA 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 20; ACP 0 vs 1; AIPO 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 57; H.U.C.D 0 vs 2; I.Q.Z 0 vs 4; IFP 0 vs 30; INGUBO 0 vs 2; MICO 0 vs 1; OHM 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 22; SPP 0 vs 17; SUN 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: 47 times in 2 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 10 Nov 2026, 01:29 SAST.

Ward 18 2026 election results