ANC 62.4%up 7.2 pts from 55.2% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Avhakholwi David TshivhaseAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 686 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 67562.4%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress54420.3%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa2599.6%
DADemocratic Alliance702.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters682.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention180.7%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation100.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party100.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party60.2%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity40.1%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement20.1%
- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party20.1%
- United PeopleUnited People20.1%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 13 ?
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Avhakholwi David Tshivhase (ANC) won Ward 13 with 1 675 votes, 26.7% of the ward's 6 271 registered voters. Turnout was 43.3%: 2 718 of 6 271 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 13, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Thivhilaeli Confidence MunyaiAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Avhakholwi David TshivhaseAfrican National Congress
- Takalani Wilson MphahoAfrican People's Convention
- Nkhangweleni MakhaniAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Tshimangadzo MafunzwainiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Mukondeleli Stephina MashikeAzanian People's Organisation
- Dzudzanani NedzharataDemocratic Alliance
- Aluwani NtseniEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ndivhuwo Leslie TakalaneEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Mpho Anley TakalaniInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Ndivhuwo MudauPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Tshililo Victor SingoSouth African Communist Party
- Mukovhe NetshishivheUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Litshedzani James MusehaneUnited People
- Thomani Johannes KhubanaUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 712 · spoilt 26 · special votes 216 · All 5 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 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 (2 718 of 6 271). The IEC publishes 43.4%.
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 1 675 vs 5 008; IRC 544 vs 1 497; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 259 vs 605; DA 70 vs 224; EFF 68 vs 208; APC 18 vs 28; AZAPO 10 vs 29; MKP 10 vs 20; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 15; SACP 6 vs 23; ARU 4 vs 6; URF 3 vs 9; MAWUSA 2 vs 3; United People 2 vs 27; PAC 2 vs 5; AL. 1 vs 4; OPC 1 vs 3; ACDP 0 vs 14; ActionSA 0 vs 5; AHC 0 vs 14; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 3; ELM 0 vs 52; GLC 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 10; KYN 0 vs 2; African Forward Congress 0 vs 4; SDP 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 3; VF PLUS 0 vs 1; VIP 0 vs 232. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 85 times in 5 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, 01:19 SAST.