ANC 60.2%down 5.8 pts from 66.0% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Fortune Lawrence MbonaniAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 413 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 45360.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters26911.1%
DADemocratic Alliance2299.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1948.0%- SDPService Delivery Party702.9%
ActionSA451.9%
UATUnited Africans Transformation331.4%- AEMAfrican Economic Movement261.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus180.7%
AICAfrican Independent Congress150.6%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party130.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement80.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement60.2%
SPPSindawonye Progressive Party40.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa30.1%
SADASocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans10.0%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Fortune Lawrence Mbonani (ANC) won Ward 8 with 1 462 votes, 27.6% of the ward's 5 300 registered voters. Turnout was 48.3%: 2 560 of 5 300 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Thabang Fortune MpetsheniActionSA
- Patrick Tshukudu MaimelaAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Fortune Lawrence MbonaniAfrican National Congress
- Gerald Vusumuzi MahlanguAfrican People's Convention
- Innocent Mandla George ShaweAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Nthabiseng Hope MokoenaAll Citizens Party
Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa- Kenneth Thulani ZuluDemocratic Alliance
- Tebogo Annah MaserumuleEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Maxwell Mbongiseni KhumaloInkatha Freedom Party
- Lengwadisang Francina KhozaLabour Party of South Africa
Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement- Matilwane David KomanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Maurice Tshepo NkabindePatriotic Alliance
- Simphiwe Godfrey MankgeService Delivery Party
- Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans
- Simangele ThwalaSouth African Communist Party
- Golden Vusi MasimulaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- John Mavukela MasekoUnited 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 542 · spoilt 131 · special votes 566 · 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 (2 560 of 5 300). The IEC publishes 48.3%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 462 vs 4 355; EFF 263 vs 804; DA 233 vs 693; MKP 185 vs 569; SDP 84 vs 222; ActionSA 42 vs 135; UAT 27 vs 91; AEM 25 vs 79; IFP 20 vs 45; MAYIBUYE 19 vs 41; VF PLUS 14 vs 47; SACP 11 vs 31; SADA 10 vs 11; APC 8 vs 11; ACP 2 vs 3; PAC 2 vs 6; AIC 1 vs 16; LABOUR 1 vs 4; PA 1 vs 7; ACDP 0 vs 11; ADP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 17; H.U.C.D 0 vs 3; INGUBO 0 vs 1; SPP 0 vs 5; TRUTH 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 46 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, 21:07 SAST.