ANC 83.6%down 7.4 pts from 91.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Tshimangadzo MunyaiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 295 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 91883.6%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa1175.1%
DADemocratic Alliance713.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress632.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party522.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters401.7%- United PeopleUnited People70.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress60.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party40.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party10.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 13 ?
Tshimangadzo Munyai (ANC) won Ward 1 with 1 918 votes, 36.2% of the ward's 5 302 registered voters. Turnout was 43.7%: 2 317 of 5 302 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Sheshe Primary SchoolVD 76340280ANC 87.4%
- Vele Secondary SchoolVD 76340303ANC 77.2%
- Mavhode Primary SchoolVD 76340314ANC 63.5%
- Khakhu Tribal OfficeVD 76340628ANC 90.1%
- Dzamba Primary SchoolVD 76340831ANC 80.1%
- Gogogo Primary SchoolVD 76340886ANC 90.5%
- Madatshitshi Primary SchoolVD 76341067ANC 60.7%
- Muiladi Primary SchoolVD 76341236ANC 89.5%
- Madzwororo Traditional HallVD 76341247ANC 87.3%
- Khakhu Secondary SchoolVD 76370182ANC 74.8%
- Mangwele Primary SchoolVD 76370801ANC 94.0%
- Gombani Primary SchoolVD 76370834ANC 80.6%
- Phungoni Uaac ChurchVD 76371026ANC 93.0%
Candidates · 23
- Thinawanga NevariAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Zwivhuya MudauAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Avhatakali NethonzheAfrican Heart Congress
- Tshimangadzo MunyaiAfrican National Congress
- Vhutshilo MulidzwiAfrican People's Convention
Vusani Christopher SiligaAfrican Renaissance Unity- Naledzani Cheapson RasivhendeleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Gudani RamushwanaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- David Tshililo NembaheAzanian People's Organisation
- Nyawasedza Hildah NephaliDemocratic Alliance
- Unarine DzhivhuhoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ntshavheni Colbert NetshiavhaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Rofhiwa Gift TshisamphiriInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Ndamulelo NetiliPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Thizwilondi Marcus MunyaiSouth African Communist Party
- Mulamuli Joseph MatshingaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Rofhiwa MudobiUnited People
- Phumudzo Sharon MaiwasheUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 27 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 306 · spoilt 11 · special votes 305 · All 13 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 13 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 13 voting districts here (2 317 of 5 302). The IEC publishes 43.7%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 918 vs 5 749; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 117 vs 339; DA 71 vs 217; IRC 63 vs 178; SACP 52 vs 150; EFF 40 vs 120; United People 7 vs 18; AHC 6 vs 10; APC 4 vs 11; MKP 4 vs 10; AZAPO 3 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 14; PAC 2 vs 6; URF 2 vs 3; ACDP 1 vs 2; AL. 1 vs 2; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; ATM 1 vs 8; AACUM 0 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 15; FISA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 8; KYN 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 1; VIP 0 vs 9; XP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 114 times in 13 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: Thulamela's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:07 SAST.