ANC 75.7%down 12.3 pts from 88.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Funani Tshinakaho MakungoAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 228 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 68775.7%
DADemocratic Alliance1757.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters924.1%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress582.6%- United PeopleUnited People482.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa472.1%
UATUnited Africans Transformation361.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party221.0%- SACPSouth African Communist Party180.8%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania150.7%
AL.Able Leadership100.4%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement70.3%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.2%
URFUnited Residents Front30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%- OPCOrdinary People Campaign10.0%
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Funani Tshinakaho Makungo (ANC) won Ward 38 with 1 687 votes, 31.4% of the ward's 5 380 registered voters. Turnout was 43.6%: 2 348 of 5 380 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 38, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 19
- Siphiwe NyambeniAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Lutendo Madeline MulangaphumaAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Funani Tshinakaho MakungoAfrican National Congress
- Khumbelo GangasheAfrican People's Convention
- Emmanuel NyathelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Livhuwani Sophia MunyamelaDemocratic Alliance
- Nyawasedza Elinah MashawanaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Gudani TakalaniEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Talifhani Sammy MunyaiInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Tshilidzi NdonyanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Tshifhiwa Jeanett MafadzaSouth African Communist Party
- Mashudu Gerson TshivhaseUnited Africans Transformation
- Nndwamato Kingsley RamabulanaUnited People
- Lutendo Millicent RambudaUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 359 · spoilt 131 · special votes 122 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (2 348 of 5 380). The IEC publishes 44.0%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 687 vs 5 064; DA 175 vs 524; EFF 92 vs 298; IRC 58 vs 159; United People 48 vs 130; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 47 vs 128; UAT 36 vs 94; ACDP 22 vs 56; SACP 18 vs 39; PAC 15 vs 32; AL. 10 vs 20; MAYIBUYE 7 vs 15; PA 3 vs 5; URF 3 vs 4; APC 2 vs 5; OPC 1 vs 3; ActionSA 0 vs 44; AHC 0 vs 5; ARU 0 vs 4; ATM 0 vs 5; DOP 0 vs 1; ELM 0 vs 17; IFP 0 vs 1; MAWUSA 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 14; SDP 0 vs 1; VF PLUS 0 vs 6; VIP 0 vs 13; XP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 78 times in 4 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.