ANC 67.4%down 3.3 pts from 70.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mbambadzeni Emely MunenyiwaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 3 181 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 14367.4%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa34110.7%- ELMEthical Leaders Movement2538.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress842.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters722.3%
DADemocratic Alliance672.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party662.1%
- United PeopleUnited People642.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement361.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania170.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention110.3%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation100.3%
URFUnited Residents Front40.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity30.1%
AL.Able Leadership30.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party10.0%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 4 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Mbambadzeni Emely Munenyiwa (ANC) won Ward 4 with 2 143 votes, 30.3% of the ward's 7 062 registered voters. Turnout was 46.4%: 3 274 of 7 062 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 4, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
- Magiledzhi Primary SchoolVD 76340235ANC 49.0%
- Tshanzhe Primary SchoolVD 76340257ANC 76.6%
- Bashasha Primary SchoolVD 76340392ANC 56.8%
- Ladzani Primary SchoolVD 76340404ANC 71.9%
- Tshidongololwe Primary SchoolVD 76340415ANC 73.0%
- Mangaya Primary SchoolVD 76340695ANC 64.8%
- B.r. Nemulodi Primary SchoolVD 76340842ANC 62.8%
Candidates · 22
- Theretza PhalandwaAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Thinandavha David MunzheleleAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mbambadzeni Emely MunenyiwaAfrican National Congress
- Vhutshilo MulidzwiAfrican People's Convention
- Mukhethwa Jedidiah MafhungoAfrican Renaissance Unity
- Nditsheni Nelson MudzananiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah
- Elekanyani Elina MunyaliwaAzanian People's Organisation
- Ndivhuwo Ronald RagimanaDemocratic Alliance
- Awelani Jeffrey NetshidongololweEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Tshifhumulo Patricia SimangoEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
- Rotondwa NyadzaniEthical Leaders Movement
- Anzani NetshimboniInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Mphumudzeni Eunice TshitanganoPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Vuledzani Steven MakhadoSouth African Communist Party
- Thabelo Benedictor NalanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Rudzani NdouUnited 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 · 15 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 217 · spoilt 36 · special votes 469 · 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 (3 274 of 7 062). The IEC publishes 46.3%.
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 31 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 143 vs 6 425; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 341 vs 1 040; ELM 253 vs 808; IRC 84 vs 244; EFF 72 vs 207; DA 67 vs 225; SACP 66 vs 191; United People 64 vs 187; MAYIBUYE 36 vs 103; PAC 17 vs 46; APC 11 vs 34; AZAPO 10 vs 19; URF 4 vs 8; ACDP 3 vs 16; AL. 3 vs 7; ARU 3 vs 4; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; MKP 1 vs 7; PA 1 vs 3; SDP 1 vs 4; AACUM 0 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 5; AHC 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 1; DOP 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 3; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; African Forward Congress 0 vs 4; UAT 0 vs 27; VF PLUS 0 vs 1; VIP 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 122 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, 00:49 SAST.