DA 50.0%up 2.1 pts from 47.9% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Maureen ScheepersDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 4 170 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 08750.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus83920.1%
ANCAfrican National Congress3548.5%
ActionSA3017.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1974.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1844.4%- SDPService Delivery Party731.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party421.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement300.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party190.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance100.2%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party80.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa60.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress30.1%
UATUnited Africans Transformation30.1%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party20.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.0%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa10.0%
Hours off in Ward 20 ?
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Maureen Scheepers (DA) won Ward 20 with 2 278 votes, 30.9% of the ward's 7 373 registered voters. Turnout was 56.8%: 4 189 of 7 373 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 20, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Mapule Petunia ZwaneActionSA
- Lunga Justice DangazeleAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Thabang Tebogo MathebulaAfrican National Congress
Victor Brian NkosiAfrican People's Convention- Minenhle Misuxolo Nonjabulo NdimandeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Maureen ScheepersDemocratic Alliance
- Johannah Nokuthula ThabetheEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Letty Dudu MabenaLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Isaac Sledge KennyPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Sibusiso Adam HlopheService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Thomas Daile ChomaSouth African Communist Party
- Precious Lerato MoyoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Zelda Malinda VorsterVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 190 · spoilt 10 · special votes 57 · 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 (4 189 of 7 373). The IEC publishes 57.3%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 278 vs 6 373; VF PLUS 837 vs 2 511; ANC 309 vs 1 137; ActionSA 234 vs 840; MKP 182 vs 576; EFF 166 vs 577; SDP 130 vs 274; SACP 15 vs 57; LABOUR 6 vs 12; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 20; BPSA 5 vs 7; AIC 4 vs 7; PAC 4 vs 7; OHM 2 vs 4; APC 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 88; AEM 0 vs 1; AIPO 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 53; HOPE 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 16; INGUBO 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 21; SPP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 65 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, 21:13 SAST.