ANC 67.8%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 2 348 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 59267.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters27211.6%- IndependentIndependent candidates2249.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania1888.0%
DADemocratic Alliance271.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention231.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress190.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 26 with 1 592 votes, 27.1% of the ward's 5 884 registered voters. Turnout was 39.6%: 2 333 of 5 884 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2021 local government elections in Ward 26, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Ward councillor, 2021–26 ?
Tshivhenga Rodney MaelaAfrican National CongressCall the municipality (015 962 7500)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2016: 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 2 367 · spoilt 19 · special votes 4 · 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 (2 333 of 5 884). The IEC publishes 40.0%.
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 26 Oct 2026, 18:18 SAST.