ANC 65.6%down 22.1 pts from 87.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thivhulawi Godfrey RatshilivhaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 286 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 15665.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2357.2%- IndependentIndependent candidates2307.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1354.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress1243.8%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa1133.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement742.3%
- United PeopleUnited People682.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania471.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party280.9%
APCAfrican People's Convention160.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party140.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party110.3%
URFUnited Residents Front100.3%
AL.Able Leadership100.3%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation70.2%- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
Hours off in Ward 36 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Thivhulawi Godfrey Ratshilivha (ANC) won Ward 36 with 2 156 votes, 28.9% of the ward's 7 452 registered voters. Turnout was 44.8%: 3 336 of 7 452 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 36, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 21
- Ndishavhelafhi Shadrack MbedziAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Mabel Lufuno MakhavhuAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Thivhulawi Godfrey RatshilivhaAfrican National Congress
- Khumbelo GangasheAfrican People's Convention
- Thingahumi Shane MukwevhoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Thivhulawi Eunice NdouAzanian People's Organisation
- Ritshidze NugodiDemocratic Alliance
- Shadrack HlungwaniEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mashudu Daisy MalobaEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Vhonani Godwin MukwevhoIndependent
- Mmbengeni Edward TshinombeloniInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Nkhetheni Norman MasalaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Ndivhudzannyi Eulendah SumbanaSouth African Communist Party
- Mukondeleli Girley MukhadaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Vidonia Phophi SadikiUnited People
- Nngwedzeni Ernie RaphashaUnited 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 3 319 · spoilt 33 · special votes 57 · 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 (3 336 of 7 452). The IEC publishes 44.8%.
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 2 156 vs 6 764; EFF 235 vs 728; DA 135 vs 435; IRC 124 vs 379; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 113 vs 312; MAYIBUYE 74 vs 156; United People 68 vs 200; PAC 47 vs 130; SACP 28 vs 83; APC 16 vs 37; MKP 14 vs 37; ACDP 11 vs 39; AL. 10 vs 34; URF 10 vs 11; AZAPO 7 vs 15; PA 2 vs 6; AACUM 1 vs 3; OPC 1 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 73; AHC 0 vs 7; ARU 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 7; DOP 0 vs 2; ELM 0 vs 74; FISA 0 vs 1; GLC 0 vs 4; IFP 0 vs 4; African Forward Congress 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 6; UAT 0 vs 33; VF PLUS 0 vs 7; VIP 0 vs 58. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 125 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, 01:07 SAST.