ANC 44.6%down 15.2 pts from 59.8% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Magdelena Irene AbsolomAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 1 783 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress79644.6%
DADemocratic Alliance46326.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance43124.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters462.6%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement221.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus211.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.2%
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Magdelena Irene Absolom (ANC) won Ward 2 with 794 votes, 23.6% of the ward's 3 359 registered voters. Turnout was 53.9%: 1 811 of 3 359 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 2, EMTHANJENI, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 8
- Magdelena Irene AbsolomAfrican National Congress
- Lucia JansenAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Pieter OlifantDbokke
- Rowena Caren TheronDemocratic Alliance
- Ebenhaeser Rouël van StadenEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Anna TaaibosPatriotic Alliance
- Victor Jacobus van ReenenSouth African Communist Party
- Karin Annette DepkenVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 811 · spoilt 26 · special votes 138 · 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 (1 811 of 3 359). The IEC publishes 53.9%.
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 10 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 794 vs 2 382; DA 452 vs 1 368; PA 437 vs 1 294; EFF 52 vs 139; MAYIBUYE 22 vs 62; VF PLUS 18 vs 58; SACP 6 vs 17; ACDP 0 vs 6; NCCM 0 vs 4; SGB 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 21 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: EMTHANJENI's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:04 SAST.