ANC 76.2%down 11.3 pts from 87.5% 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 ?
Mashudu KhomunalaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 873 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 19076.2%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress30510.6%
DADemocratic Alliance782.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters732.5%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party541.9%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement501.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania291.0%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa291.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party180.6%
UATUnited Africans Transformation150.5%- United PeopleUnited People140.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%
URFUnited Residents Front20.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
KYNKnow Your Neighbour10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 31 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Mashudu Khomunala (ANC) won Ward 31 with 2 190 votes, 31.5% of the ward's 6 945 registered voters. Turnout was 41.9%: 2 913 of 6 945 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 31, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Mukumbani Primary School.VD 76100116ANC 71.9%
- Murangoni Primary SchoolVD 76100442ANC 66.7%
- Zwithuzwavhudi Secondary SchoolVD 76100969ANC 87.1%
- Matondoni Primary SchoolVD 76100970ANC 60.0%
- Tshivhungululu Primary SchoolVD 76101308ANC 81.3%
- Tshimedzwa Primary SchoolVD 76101319ANC 76.7%
- Tshanowa Primary SchoolVD 76101623ANC 74.7%
Candidates · 22
- Prudence MakhonuAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Rendani RafumaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mashudu KhomunalaAfrican National Congress
- Mbengeni Lucky MphephuAfrican People's Convention
- Azwindini RamukhithiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Tendani David NengovhelaDemocratic Alliance
- Nndwamato Clant DavhulaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Tshilidzi MudauEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Azwidali TshivhaseInkatha Freedom Party
- Ntshavheni Edward RatshidahoInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhuyelani Rosemary MuntswuKnow Your Neighbour
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Rendani Joyce TshikovhiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Tshamunwe Justice VeleSouth African Communist Party
- Vhulenda NetshiomboUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Thikhathali Justice TshilhavhanaUnited Africans Transformation
- Dovhani Joyce NemaranzheUnited 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 907 · spoilt 34 · special votes 359 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (2 913 of 6 945). 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 2 190 vs 6 512; IRC 305 vs 942; DA 78 vs 262; EFF 73 vs 226; IFP 54 vs 134; MAYIBUYE 50 vs 147; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 29 vs 97; PAC 29 vs 35; MKP 18 vs 20; UAT 15 vs 51; United People 14 vs 49; APC 4 vs 11; SACP 4 vs 19; ACDP 3 vs 9; PA 2 vs 5; URF 2 vs 3; AL. 1 vs 6; KYN 1 vs 3; OPC 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 10; AHC 0 vs 14; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 8; AZAPO 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 31; FISA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 1; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 4; VIP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 101 times in 7 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.