ANC 44.8%down 10.0 pts from 54.8% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thulani Jonny SeloaneAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 020 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 35444.8%
DADemocratic Alliance36212.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party33311.0%
ActionSA2648.7%- SDPService Delivery Party2438.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2096.9%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party551.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus471.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party461.5%
UATUnited Africans Transformation341.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress260.9%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa150.5%
- AEMAfrican Economic Movement110.4%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement70.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.1%
- DOPDefenders of the People10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Thulani Jonny Seloane (ANC) won Ward 7 with 1 354 votes, 21.8% of the ward's 6 204 registered voters. Turnout was 50.7%: 3 146 of 6 204 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Terror Loti MuwelaseActionSA
- Itumeleng Annah MaqelepoAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- James Vusumuzi MathonsiAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Thulani Jonny SeloaneAfrican National Congress
- Victor Brian NkosiAfrican People's Convention
- Patrick Bongani MtsweniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Chermast Godfrey NkosiDefenders of the People
- Promi Thobile KhumaloDemocratic Alliance
- Marria Swazi DlaminiEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lengwadisang Francina KhozaLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Isaac Sledge KennyPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Kopano MojeleService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Mpho Griffiths ShabanguSouth African Communist Party
- Harriet Portia MosehlaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Maria ThulariUnited Africans Transformation
- Gert Hendrik SwanVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 072 · spoilt 52 · special votes 100 · 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 (3 146 of 6 204). The IEC publishes 51.2%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 354 vs 3 861; DA 362 vs 1 238; MKP 333 vs 1 018; ActionSA 264 vs 896; SDP 243 vs 708; EFF 209 vs 640; ACDP 55 vs 103; VF PLUS 47 vs 172; SACP 46 vs 125; UAT 34 vs 92; AIC 26 vs 39; LABOUR 15 vs 28; AEM 11 vs 40; APC 5 vs 20; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 14; PAC 4 vs 12; DOP 1 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 3; ADP 0 vs 8; AIPO 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 48; BPSA 0 vs 1; HOPE 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 12; INGUBO 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 80 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 09 Nov 2026, 20:38 SAST.