DA 65.6%down 3.8 pts from 69.4% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Jacomina Louisa van DykDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 4 226 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 77165.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus86920.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress1844.4%
ActionSA1483.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1102.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party882.1%- SDPService Delivery Party230.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party70.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress60.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement30.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa10.0%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 34 ?
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Jacomina Louisa van Dyk (DA) won Ward 34 with 2 771 votes, 41.3% of the ward's 6 712 registered voters. Turnout was 63.4%: 4 256 of 6 712 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 34, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Pinkie Ellena MakhubuActionSA
- Augustus Vusi MahlanguAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Ruth Rassie NhlekoAfrican National Congress
Victor Brian NkosiAfrican People's Convention- Sandile Mthokozisi NdlovuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Jacomina Louisa van DykDemocratic Alliance
- Carien de VilliersEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Koetepe Lerato MakuoaLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Prince Makgaga MaririPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Gugu Geraldine SkosanaPatriotic Alliance
- Bongani Cedric WilliamsService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Ponego Maabale PookgoadiSouth African Communist Party
- Bongani George MokoenaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Jo-Ann Jansen van VuurenVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 13 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 252 · spoilt 26 · special votes 276 · 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 (4 256 of 6 712). The IEC publishes 63.4%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 771 vs 8 173; VF PLUS 869 vs 2 599; ANC 184 vs 611; ActionSA 148 vs 467; EFF 110 vs 331; MKP 88 vs 271; SDP 23 vs 64; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 17; SACP 7 vs 16; AIC 6 vs 8; PA 5 vs 13; OHM 3 vs 4; AEM 1 vs 2; LABOUR 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 58; APC 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 24; DOP 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 10; SPP 0 vs 3; SUN 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 62 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 10 Nov 2026, 00:55 SAST.