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ANC 30.8%down 32.2 pts from 63.0% in 2021

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

Turnout46.9%

Voters on the roll5 562

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

checked 00:02Latest results

Elected ward councillor ?

Seekane Tshepo MatheleleEconomic Freedom Fighters

PR ballot ? · 2 562 valid votes

ANCAfrican National Congress78830.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters78030.4%
DADemocratic Alliance36514.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party36014.1%
SDPService Delivery Party742.9%
ActionSA662.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement220.9%
UATUnited Africans Transformation210.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus190.7%
SACPSouth African Communist Party130.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance110.4%
ACPAll Citizens Party110.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party80.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party60.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress50.2%
MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
AEMAfrican Economic Movement30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%
LABOURLabour Party of South Africa20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%

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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.

2021 Ward 3, EmalahleniAll of this ward · 2021: ANC 63.6% · 2024 national: ANC 56.9%

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 10 Nov 2026, 00:00 SAST.

Ward 3 2026 election results