ANC 36.3%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Thapelo Kervin PhogoloAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 588 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress93936.3%
DADemocratic Alliance40615.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party34313.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2208.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party2078.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party1606.2%
ActionSA1184.6%
AICAfrican Independent Congress742.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus411.6%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement170.7%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party140.5%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement90.3%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa80.3%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement70.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.2%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans40.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa20.1%- DOPDefenders of the People20.1%
ACPAll Citizens Party20.1%- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.1%
Hours off in Ward 2 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Thapelo Kervin Phogolo (ANC) won Ward 2 with 939 votes, 16.6% of the ward's 5 659 registered voters. Turnout was 46.4%: 2 628 of 5 659 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 2, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Mziwandile MvumbiActionSA
- Elvis MohlalaAfrican Economic Movement
- Sthembiso Sidwell BasheAfrican Independent Congress
- Thapelo Kervin PhogoloAfrican National Congress
- Gerald Vusumuzi MahlanguAfrican People's Convention
- Mandla Friday MalukaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Letty Petunia SitholeAll Citizens Party
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Envey Gracious NdlovuDefenders of the People
- Boy Elliot GwebuDemocratic Alliance
- Jeaneth Hubi MkhatshwaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mandla Michael ManyoniInkatha Freedom Party
- Joel Meshack KomaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Stephen Herbert Kenneth MazibukoPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Juannah Lebile MashegoPatriotic Alliance
- Sibusiso Lawrence SkosanaService Delivery Party
- Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
- Ntshintsha Ronald ThobelaSouth African Communist Party
- Sydney Isaac MgwenyaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Jakobus Hendrik ViljoenVryheidsfront 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 · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 640 · spoilt 52 · special votes 274 · 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 (2 628 of 5 659). The IEC publishes 47.0%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 939 vs 2 957; DA 406 vs 1 172; MKP 343 vs 1 048; EFF 220 vs 669; SACP 207 vs 585; SDP 160 vs 486; ActionSA 118 vs 392; AIC 74 vs 86; VF PLUS 41 vs 124; MAYIBUYE 17 vs 52; IFP 14 vs 39; OHM 9 vs 11; LABOUR 8 vs 11; AEM 7 vs 21; APC 5 vs 15; PA 5 vs 15; SADA 4 vs 5; PAC 3 vs 11; ACP 2 vs 7; DOP 2 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 12; ADP 0 vs 7; AMP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 16; HOPE 0 vs 1; INGUBO 0 vs 1; MICO 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 3; SPP 0 vs 2; SUN 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 3; UAT 0 vs 53. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 82 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, 01:13 SAST.