ANC 42.3%down 7.8 pts from 50.1% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Tendani NetshifhefheAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 793 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress75942.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters74041.3%- United PeopleUnited People703.9%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa533.0%
DADemocratic Alliance492.7%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress241.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement221.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party181.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party170.9%- SDPService Delivery Party150.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party120.7%
PAPatriotic Alliance50.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.1%
Hours off in Ward 22 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Tendani Netshifhefhe (ANC) won Ward 22 with 759 votes, 9.7% of the ward's 7 786 registered voters. Turnout was 23.7%: 1 843 of 7 786 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 22, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
Aaron MulaudziAble Leadership- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Vhahangwele TshipukeAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Tendani NetshifhefheAfrican National Congress
- Azwitamisi Nomsa NephalamaAfrican People's Convention
- Musundwa Ivy MabogoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Ofentse Osthiuzen - Valentine ThaboAl Jama-ah
- Dzivhuluwani Erick RamudzuliDemocratic Alliance
- Nndanganeni Patrick MudauEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Ipfi MasithulelaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Shonisani MukwevhoInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Tshililo NefalePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Tendani Portia TshililoPatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Rembuluwani Alson TshifhangoSouth African Communist Party
- Khensani MaimelaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Humbelani Mercy NetshandamaUnited 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 1 851 · spoilt 58 · special votes 70 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (1 843 of 7 786). The IEC publishes 23.9%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 759 vs 2 357; EFF 740 vs 2 110; United People 70 vs 146; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 53 vs 156; DA 49 vs 139; IRC 24 vs 111; MAYIBUYE 22 vs 54; SACP 18 vs 42; MKP 17 vs 48; ACDP 12 vs 25; PA 5 vs 8; PAC 4 vs 18; APC 2 vs 4; OPC 2 vs 3; AACUM 0 vs 1; ActionSA 0 vs 40; AHC 0 vs 1; ARU 0 vs 5; ATM 0 vs 20; AZAPO 0 vs 3; ELM 0 vs 54; GLC 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 4; KYN 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 24; VF PLUS 0 vs 2; VIP 0 vs 3; XP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 60 times in 3 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.