ANC 86.0%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 1 899 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 63486.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1628.5%
DADemocratic Alliance653.4%
COPECongress of the People180.9%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania100.5%
SAUPSouth African United Party50.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.2%- SFAService for All10.1%
Voting districts · 7 ?
ANC won Ward 28 with 1 634 votes, 33.0% of the ward's 4 951 registered voters. Turnout was 38.5%: 1 908 of 4 951 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 28, 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 1 915 · spoilt 16 · special votes 52 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (1 908 of 4 951). The IEC publishes 38.8%.
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.