ANC 77.5%down 10.9 pts from 88.4% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Tshitereke Andrew NelushiAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 775 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 15277.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1445.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1294.6%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress1003.6%- United PeopleUnited People552.0%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa531.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party471.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party240.9%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement210.8%
AL.Able Leadership110.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance90.3%
GLCGazankulu Liberation Congress80.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention70.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania60.2%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign40.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah30.1%
URFUnited Residents Front10.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
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Voting districts · 6 ?
Tshitereke Andrew Nelushi (ANC) won Ward 18 with 2 152 votes, 31.9% of the ward's 6 747 registered voters. Turnout was 41.7%: 2 814 of 6 747 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Zwanga David NetshitunguluAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Tshitereke Andrew NelushiAfrican National Congress
- Takalani Wilson MphahoAfrican People's Convention
- Lufuluvhi Bridget MawelaAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Nditsheni Stella NeluhheniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Vuledzani Romeo NemudzivhadiDemocratic Alliance
- Mashudu MammbaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Tshifhiwa Cedric MunyaiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Lucky NemandivheGazankulu Liberation Congress
- Mbulaheni Patrick NemahunguniInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Lutendo MadegaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Khodani Thomas MaumelaPatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Emmanuel MashigeSouth African Communist Party
- Lufuno RamalisaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Khodani Christinah MpiloUnited 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 · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 830 · spoilt 55 · special votes 506 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (2 814 of 6 747). The IEC publishes 42.0%.
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.
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 2 152 vs 6 479; DA 144 vs 430; EFF 129 vs 372; IRC 100 vs 262; United People 55 vs 133; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 53 vs 148; SACP 47 vs 116; MKP 24 vs 55; MAYIBUYE 21 vs 42; AL. 11 vs 30; PA 9 vs 17; GLC 8 vs 17; APC 7 vs 23; PAC 6 vs 18; OPC 4 vs 9; ALJAMA 3 vs 7; ARU 1 vs 5; URF 1 vs 2; AACUM 0 vs 2; ACDP 0 vs 31; ActionSA 0 vs 35; AHC 0 vs 7; ATM 0 vs 15; AZAPO 0 vs 4; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 47; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 35; VF PLUS 0 vs 6; VIP 0 vs 8; XP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 118 times in 6 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, 01:13 SAST.