ANC 86.3%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 2 835 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress2 44886.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2829.9%
DADemocratic Alliance712.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania210.7%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party130.5%
Voting districts · 9 ?
ANC won Ward 5 with 2 448 votes, 43.2% of the ward's 5 671 registered voters. Turnout was 50.3%: 2 854 of 5 671 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 5, 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 2 855 · spoilt 20 · special votes 81 · All 9 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 9 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 9 voting districts here (2 854 of 5 671). The IEC publishes 50.3%.
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.