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ANC 36.2%

Most party (PR) votes

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 2 voting districts in

Turnout45.1%

Voters on the roll7 910

South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)

checked 23:10Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Jack Thabo ThageAfrican National Congress

PR ballot ? · 3 510 valid votes

ANCAfrican National Congress1 27236.2%
DADemocratic Alliance61417.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters41611.9%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party41611.9%
SDPService Delivery Party2757.8%
LABOURLabour Party of South Africa1333.8%
ActionSA1113.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus621.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation511.5%
AICAfrican Independent Congress300.9%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party220.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement200.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance190.5%
ACPAll Citizens Party190.5%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement110.3%
AEMAfrican Economic Movement80.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.1%
SACPSouth African Communist Party50.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.1%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans40.1%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party30.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa30.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%

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Voting districts · 2 ?

Jack Thabo Thage (ANC) won Ward 36 with 1 283 votes, 16.2% of the ward's 7 910 registered voters. Turnout was 45.1%: 3 568 of 7 910 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 36, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 21

Nomalungelo Prudence NdhlovuActionSA
Prayers ManyisaAfrican Economic Movement
Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
Jack Thabo ThageAfrican National Congress
Pebetse Linah MoganediAfrican People's Convention
Simon MasilelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Mxolisi Warren ThembaAll Citizens Party
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
Simon Mabutana FenyaneDemocratic Alliance
Mmatshengoane Mahero SekgalaEconomic Freedom Fighters
Thapelo Jackson MolefeInkatha Freedom Party
Magashe David MmargetloaLabour Party of South Africa
Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
Phogolo Geelbooi RakgalakanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
Mathafeni Godfrey MkhondoPatriotic Alliance
Sibusiso Simphiwe MasinaService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
Johannes SendaSouth African Communist Party
Petros Mahleza MkhabelaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Simanga Thongane MhambiUnited Africans Transformation
Willem Adriaan van DykVryheidsfront 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.

2021 Ward 29, EmalahleniAll of this ward · 2021: ANC 68.1% · 2024 national: ANC 54.3%

ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 3 615 · spoilt 62 · special votes 216 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (3 568 of 7 910). The IEC publishes 45.9%.

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 36 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 283 vs 3 958; DA 628 vs 1 864; EFF 434 vs 1 272; MKP 392 vs 1 181; SDP 287 vs 785; LABOUR 182 vs 315; ActionSA 94 vs 328; UAT 58 vs 158; AIC 57 vs 87; VF PLUS 40 vs 163; IFP 28 vs 70; PA 20 vs 51; APC 18 vs 24; SACP 8 vs 18; MAYIBUYE 6 vs 27; SADA 6 vs 10; AEM 4 vs 24; PAC 3 vs 12; ACP 1 vs 21; BPSA 1 vs 7; ACDP 0 vs 15; ADP 0 vs 3; AIPO 0 vs 5; AMP 0 vs 1; ASCO 0 vs 5; ATM 0 vs 42; DOP 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; HOPE 0 vs 3; INGUBO 0 vs 3; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 2; OHM 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 3; SPP 0 vs 9; SUN 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 65 times in 2 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.

Ward 36 2026 election results