ANC 48.3%down 11.5 pts from 59.8% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Walter Nompumelelo MoelaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 724 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 31548.3%
DADemocratic Alliance37213.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party33712.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2519.2%
ActionSA1736.4%- SDPService Delivery Party702.6%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party411.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus401.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement381.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress210.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party190.7%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa170.6%
- DOPDefenders of the People110.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention70.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania60.2%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party20.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa20.1%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Walter Nompumelelo Moela (ANC) won Ward 5 with 1 315 votes, 25.6% of the ward's 5 145 registered voters. Turnout was 57.1%: 2 937 of 5 145 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Tumelo Abednigo TsotetsiActionSA
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Walter Nompumelelo MoelaAfrican National Congress
- Gerald Vusumuzi MahlanguAfrican People's Convention
- Lindeka Gladness MjokweAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Zodwa Florence MaeleDefenders of the People
- Johannah Sesana MathebulaDemocratic Alliance
- Lenet Mpho SoiaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Geoffry MlangeniInkatha Freedom Party
- Joel Meshack KomaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Isaac Sledge KennyPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mapule Priscilla RibaService Delivery Party
- Getrude ThemaneSindawonye Progressive Party
- Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
- Toto Hamilton MotsaSouth African Communist Party
- Advice NtuliUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Zelda Malinda VorsterVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 756 · spoilt 32 · special votes 130 · 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 (2 937 of 5 145). The IEC publishes 57.1%.
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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 315 vs 3 664; DA 372 vs 1 150; MKP 337 vs 1 064; EFF 251 vs 807; ActionSA 173 vs 582; SDP 70 vs 229; SACP 41 vs 93; VF PLUS 40 vs 132; MAYIBUYE 38 vs 108; AIC 21 vs 34; IFP 19 vs 47; LABOUR 17 vs 34; DOP 11 vs 24; APC 7 vs 18; PAC 6 vs 19; BPSA 2 vs 3; SPP 2 vs 5; OHM 1 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 5; ACP 0 vs 5; AEM 0 vs 4; AIPO 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 55; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; HOPE 0 vs 2; I.Q.Z 0 vs 1; MICO 0 vs 1; Mo-Africa Party 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 183; UAT 0 vs 15. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 67 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 09 Nov 2026, 20:44 SAST.