ANC 59.0%down 23.0 pts from 82.0% in 2016
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lucas Menzelwa MtsweniAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 3 405 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 00959.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party43412.7%
DADemocratic Alliance2166.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2056.0%- SDPService Delivery Party1364.0%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1183.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party902.6%
ActionSA591.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement310.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus270.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress190.6%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement180.5%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement90.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania80.2%
UATUnited Africans Transformation70.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.2%
ACPAll Citizens Party40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa20.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%- DOPDefenders of the People10.0%
Hours off in Ward 28 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Lucas Menzelwa Mtsweni (ANC) won Ward 28 with 2 071 votes, 33.3% of the ward's 6 219 registered voters. Turnout was 55.5%: 3 451 of 6 219 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 28, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Naledi Mathabo MofokengActionSA
- Isaac Mojalifa MashileAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Lucas Menzelwa MtsweniAfrican National Congress
- Victor Brian NkosiAfrican People's Convention
- Francina Dumazile MahlanguAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nkosinathi MavimbelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Lindiwe Johanna MabenaDefenders of the People
- Petrus Bigboy RadebeDemocratic Alliance
- Cornelius Paulos NkosiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Sizwe Ngcebo NtshabaInkatha Freedom Party
- Sifiso June MahlanguLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Phogolo Geelbooi RakgalakanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Thandiwe Ratisang KhumaloService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Tsepo Francis RakwenaSouth African Communist Party
- Mthabeleng Criselda MabenaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Edwin Charles NelVryheidsfront 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 · 12 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 428 · spoilt 66 · special votes 127 · 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 (3 451 of 6 219). The IEC publishes 58.2%.
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 2016 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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 071 vs 6 094; MKP 428 vs 1 446; EFF 215 vs 632; DA 192 vs 639; SDP 141 vs 426; IFP 117 vs 354; SACP 54 vs 216; ActionSA 47 vs 167; ATM 35 vs 84; MAYIBUYE 20 vs 60; VF PLUS 17 vs 76; AIC 7 vs 26; BPSA 6 vs 10; PAC 5 vs 14; AEM 4 vs 21; APC 1 vs 8; DOP 1 vs 4; LABOUR 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 12; ACP 0 vs 5; ADP 0 vs 3; AIPO 0 vs 3; HOPE 0 vs 2; OHM 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 3; SPP 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 10. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 58.23%; its own counts give 55.49% (PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters in its voting districts); we show the calculated figure.
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, 23:10 SAST.