ANC 36.1%down 21.1 pts from 57.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Sunday Zamisa MathebulaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 011 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 08836.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party72224.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party45815.2%
DADemocratic Alliance32910.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2107.0%
ActionSA662.2%- AEMAfrican Economic Movement431.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus291.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress230.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party140.5%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party50.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%
BPSABolsheviks Party of South Africa30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
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Voting districts · 3 ?
Sunday Zamisa Mathebula (ANC) won Ward 9 with 1 088 votes, 18.8% of the ward's 5 791 registered voters. Turnout was 52.1%: 3 020 of 5 791 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Thabang Fortune MpetsheniActionSA
- George Best MasilelaAfrican Economic Movement
- Mkhiqizo NdzeluAfrican Independent Congress
- Sunday Zamisa MathebulaAfrican National Congress
- Mmakgari Charlott ShokwaneAfrican People's Convention
- Busisiwe Rachael KhozaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Bhasteri Andrew MotshwaBolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Frederika KidsonDemocratic Alliance
- Lebone Elizabeth MashiyaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Andrias Mondli DlaminiInkatha Freedom Party
- Mbali NdinisaneLabour Party of South Africa
- Lizelle NortjeOrganic Humanity Movement
- Matilwane David KomanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Virginia Mbali NkosiPatriotic Alliance
- Sipho Didi MtsweniService Delivery Party
Kagisho NgwatleSocialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans- Constance Thandi NdlovuSouth African Communist Party
- Bongani Pat MabhenaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Aletta FourieVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 037 · spoilt 26 · special votes 60 · 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 (3 020 of 5 791). The IEC publishes 52.4%.
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 33 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 088 vs 3 381; SDP 722 vs 1 846; MKP 458 vs 1 324; DA 329 vs 1 047; EFF 210 vs 671; ActionSA 66 vs 248; AEM 43 vs 119; VF PLUS 29 vs 91; AIC 23 vs 41; IFP 14 vs 33; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 24; SACP 5 vs 19; LABOUR 4 vs 5; PA 4 vs 14; APC 3 vs 8; BPSA 3 vs 6; PAC 2 vs 8; ACDP 0 vs 29; ACP 0 vs 2; ADP 0 vs 7; AIPO 0 vs 4; AMP 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 47; DOP 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 1; HOPE 0 vs 2; INGUBO 0 vs 1; OLH 0 vs 1; SADA 0 vs 1; SPP 0 vs 5; SUN 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 6. 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, 20:38 SAST.