ANC 63.2%down 16.8 pts from 80.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Tshibebano Norah MudogwaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 513 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 58863.2%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress42516.9%
DADemocratic Alliance1275.1%- United PeopleUnited People1134.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters732.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party562.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa411.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party230.9%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation190.8%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement180.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania90.4%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement70.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.2%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign20.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Tshibebano Norah Mudogwa (ANC) won Ward 17 with 1 588 votes, 26.3% of the ward's 6 038 registered voters. Turnout was 42.9%: 2 590 of 6 038 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Ronewa AzwidohwiAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Fhatuwani Osias MakhayaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Tshibebano Norah MudogwaAfrican National Congress
- Takalani Wilson MphahoAfrican People's Convention
- Itani TshifuraAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Avhapfani Gladys MphephuAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mulalo Tumelo MukwevhoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Ndinannyi Nestar NemadodziAzanian People's Organisation
- Lufuno Juliet MatodziDemocratic Alliance
- Ampfarisaho RasikhuthumaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Muvhango Solomon PhalanndwaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Khakhathi TshisikuleInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Patrick MulaudziPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Patrick MathidiSouth African Communist Party
- Rathogwa Theodora SikhwethaUnited People
- Avhavhudzani Joseph MunzheleleUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 548 · spoilt 35 · special votes 149 · 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 (2 590 of 6 038). The IEC publishes 42.9%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 588 vs 4 867; IRC 425 vs 1 057; DA 127 vs 405; United People 113 vs 366; EFF 73 vs 253; SACP 56 vs 118; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 41 vs 138; ACDP 23 vs 54; AZAPO 19 vs 50; MAYIBUYE 18 vs 41; PAC 9 vs 28; ATM 7 vs 14; PA 5 vs 13; OPC 2 vs 6; URF 2 vs 7; AACUM 1 vs 2; AL. 1 vs 4; APC 1 vs 9; ARU 1 vs 6; SDP 1 vs 5; ActionSA 0 vs 45; AHC 0 vs 3; ALJAMA 0 vs 5; ELM 0 vs 73; FISA 0 vs 1; GAZA 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 3; MKP 0 vs 11; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 38; VF PLUS 0 vs 5; VIP 0 vs 12. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 103 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.