DA 54.5%down 5.7 pts from 60.2% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Karien Mc DiarmidDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 4 237 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 30854.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus66815.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters44010.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress3117.3%
ActionSA2195.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1543.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party290.7%- SDPService Delivery Party280.7%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party260.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement200.5%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa90.2%
UATUnited Africans Transformation60.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party20.0%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party10.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress10.0%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%- DOPDefenders of the People10.0%
Hours off in Ward 24 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Karien Mc Diarmid (DA) won Ward 24 with 2 325 votes, 30.9% of the ward's 7 529 registered voters. Turnout was 56.4%: 4 250 of 7 529 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 24, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Khululekani ZenaniActionSA
- Sipho Perfect ThwalaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Goodenough Lungani NkosiAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Sakhile Charles DlaminiAfrican National Congress
- Gerald Vusumuzi MahlanguAfrican People's Convention
- Mandlenkosi Welcome MaselelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Karien Mc DiarmidDemocratic Alliance
- Kgetja MakgobaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Letty Dudu MabenaLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Daniel Fanyana NtuliPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Tsholofelo ManchidiService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Daniel Abednico MolapoSouth African Communist Party
- Joe Simon MarkhamUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Willem Adriaan van DykVryheidsfront 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 4 229 · spoilt 19 · special votes 124 · 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 (4 250 of 7 529). The IEC publishes 56.5%.
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): DA 2 325 vs 6 942; VF PLUS 734 vs 2 050; EFF 430 vs 1 315; ANC 274 vs 921; ActionSA 206 vs 639; MKP 137 vs 448; ACDP 37 vs 97; SACP 25 vs 81; SDP 23 vs 75; LABOUR 9 vs 18; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 18; OHM 3 vs 4; APC 1 vs 4; BPSA 1 vs 2; PAC 1 vs 11; ACP 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 43; DOP 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; HOPE 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 4; INGUBO 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 4; SPP 0 vs 3; SUN 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 12. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 70 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, 23:15 SAST.