ANC 25.9%down 17.4 pts from 43.3% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sphiwe Agnes MasilelaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 977 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress77025.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party57019.1%
DADemocratic Alliance50617.0%- IndependentIndependent candidates40913.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2367.9%
ActionSA1474.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1133.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party722.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party602.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement441.5%
- SDPService Delivery Party240.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress120.4%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa60.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
Hours off in Ward 19 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Sphiwe Agnes Masilela (ANC) won Ward 19 with 770 votes, 12.2% of the ward's 6 297 registered voters. Turnout was 46.4%: 2 924 of 6 297 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 19, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Elisabeth MotloungActionSA
- Goodenough Lungani NkosiAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Sphiwe Agnes MasilelaAfrican National Congress
- Victor Brian NkosiAfrican People's Convention
- Kgotso Given GiliAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Mvula Ka MnisiDemocratic Alliance
- Mokgokolo Michael MashiloEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Machaba Frans MashishiIndependent
- Mzamo Goodenough DlaminiIndependent
- Thabo Ernest NgwenyaInkatha Freedom Party
- Letty Dudu MabenaLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Mauris NkosiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mlungisi Innocent DlaminiService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Comporal Nuntu MorabaSouth African Communist Party
- Mandla Senzo ShongweUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Aletta FourieVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 9 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 002 · spoilt 25 · special votes 284 · 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 (2 924 of 6 297). The IEC publishes 47.7%.
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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 770 vs 2 368; MKP 570 vs 1 887; DA 506 vs 1 685; EFF 236 vs 806; ActionSA 147 vs 535; VF PLUS 113 vs 366; IFP 72 vs 211; SACP 60 vs 186; MAYIBUYE 44 vs 134; SDP 24 vs 94; AIC 12 vs 29; LABOUR 6 vs 13; PAC 3 vs 7; BPSA 2 vs 4; OHM 2 vs 5; APC 1 vs 5; ACDP 0 vs 19; ACP 0 vs 4; ADP 0 vs 1; AIPO 0 vs 5; ATM 0 vs 29; HOPE 0 vs 1; I.Q.Z 0 vs 2; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 3; OLH 0 vs 4; PA 0 vs 5; SADA 0 vs 1; SPP 0 vs 4; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 14. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 54 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 10 Nov 2026, 01:57 SAST.