EFF 32.4%up 1.4 pts from 31.0% in 2021
Economic Freedom Fighters · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Seekane Tshepo MatheleleEconomic Freedom FightersWard ballot ? · 2 592 valid votes
- EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters83932.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress77930.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party37014.3%
DADemocratic Alliance34513.3%
ActionSA672.6%- SDPService Delivery Party632.4%
UATUnited Africans Transformation240.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party220.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus190.7%
AICAfrican Independent Congress140.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance130.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement130.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.3%
- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa60.2%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement50.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%
Hours off in Ward 3 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Seekane Tshepo Mathelele (EFF) won Ward 3 with 839 votes, 15.1% of the ward's 5 562 registered voters. Turnout was 46.9%: 2 611 of 5 562 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 3, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Muzilociast Lindokuhle ThokoaneActionSA
- Thabang Nicholus ThobejaneAfrican Economic Movement
- Annah Johannah MtsweniAfrican Independent Congress
- Doctor Enock MasukuAfrican National Congress
- Mmakgari Charlott ShokwaneAfrican People's Convention
- Julia Thembi NtuliAfrican Transformation Movement
- Iven Thabo MiyaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Katishi Peter MokgothoDemocratic Alliance
- Seekane Tshepo MatheleleEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Joel Meshack KomaneLabour Party of South Africa
Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement- Boikie Jacob GasepePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Tony Abram MabenaPatriotic Alliance
- Martha Sonto MandiService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Johannes Mashupse MadutlelaSouth African Communist Party
- Mishack Thulani NkunaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mahlatse Mokonyane MosekaUnited Africans Transformation
- 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 2 628 · spoilt 36 · special votes 626 · 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 (2 611 of 5 562). The IEC publishes 47.3%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): EFF 839 vs 2 380; ANC 779 vs 2 391; MKP 370 vs 1 092; DA 345 vs 1 090; ActionSA 67 vs 207; SDP 63 vs 215; UAT 24 vs 71; SACP 22 vs 50; VF PLUS 19 vs 62; AIC 14 vs 19; ATM 13 vs 53; PA 13 vs 30; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 11; LABOUR 6 vs 8; AEM 5 vs 10; PAC 4 vs 7; APC 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 14; ACP 0 vs 12; ADP 0 vs 1; AMP 0 vs 1; BPSA 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 15; OHM 0 vs 2; OLH 0 vs 2; SPP 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 49 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, 20:38 SAST.