EFF 32.4%up 1.4 pts from 31.0% in 2021
Economic Freedom Fighters · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Seekane Tshepo MatheleleEconomic Freedom FightersWard ballot ? · 2 592 valid votes
- EFFSeekane Tshepo Mathelele83932.4%
ANCDoctor Enock Masuku77930.1%
MKPMishack Thulani Nkuna37014.3%
DAKatishi Peter Mokgotho34513.3%
ActionSAMuzilociast Lindokuhle Thokoane672.6%- SDPMartha Sonto Mandi632.4%
UATMahlatse Mokonyane Moseka240.9%- SACPJohannes Mashupse Madutlela220.8%
VF PLUSJakobus Hendrik Viljoen190.7%
AICAnnah Johannah Mtsweni140.5%
PATony Abram Mabena130.5%
ATMJulia Thembi Ntuli130.5%- MAYIBUYEIven Thabo Miya70.3%
- LABOURJoel Meshack Komane60.2%
- AEMThabang Nicholus Thobejane50.2%
PACBoikie Jacob Gasepe40.2%
APCMmakgari Charlott Shokwane20.1%Also on the ballot: Bhasteri Andrew Motshwa (Bolsheviks Party of South Africa), Lizelle Nortje (Organic Humanity Movement), Kagisho Ngwatle (Socialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans).
Candidates: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026).
Hours off in Ward 3 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Seekane Tshepo Mathelele (EFF) won Ward 3 with 839 votes, 15.1% of the ward's 5 562 registered voters. Turnout was 46.9%: 2 611 of 5 562 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 3, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 628 · spoilt 36 · special votes 626 · 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 (2 611 of 5 562). The IEC publishes 47.3%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): EFF 839 vs 2 380; ANC 779 vs 2 391; MKP 370 vs 1 092; DA 345 vs 1 090; ActionSA 67 vs 207; SDP 63 vs 215; UAT 24 vs 71; SACP 22 vs 50; VF PLUS 19 vs 62; AIC 14 vs 19; ATM 13 vs 53; PA 13 vs 30; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 11; LABOUR 6 vs 8; AEM 5 vs 10; PAC 4 vs 7; APC 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 14; ACP 0 vs 12; ADP 0 vs 1; AMP 0 vs 1; BPSA 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 1; H.U.C.D 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 15; OHM 0 vs 2; OLH 0 vs 2; SPP 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 49 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 10 Nov 2026, 22:57 SAST.