ANC 59.8%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 2 466 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 47459.8%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania60024.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters27911.3%
DADemocratic Alliance803.2%
COPECongress of the People220.9%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress70.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party20.1%
LFLeadership Forum10.0%
SAUPSouth African United Party10.0%
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 26 with 1 474 votes, 25.6% of the ward's 5 767 registered voters. Turnout was 43.4%: 2 502 of 5 767 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 26, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 2 501 · spoilt 35 · special votes 12 · All 5 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 5 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 5 voting districts here (2 502 of 5 767). The IEC publishes 43.3%.
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.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Thulamela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:51 SAST.