ANC 78.0%down 6.0 pts from 84.0% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Maluta Livingstone NemakondeAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 2 418 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 88778.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters30112.4%
DADemocratic Alliance1034.3%- United PeopleUnited People361.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party241.0%
IRCInternational Revelation Congress190.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention160.7%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement120.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.2%
Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South AfricaElf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa50.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party30.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
AL.Able Leadership10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Maluta Livingstone Nemakonde (ANC) won Ward 7 with 1 887 votes, 31.9% of the ward's 5 911 registered voters. Turnout was 41.9%: 2 477 of 5 911 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Thulamela, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
- Livhalani MbedziAble Leadership
- Zwikhathi Joshua NemaliliActive African Christians United Movement
- Wamashudu MudzananiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Maluta Livingstone NemakondeAfrican National Congress
- Tshilidzi Patrick MunyaiAfrican People's Convention
Rudzani MbogoAfrican Renaissance Unity
Avhavhudzani MphephuAfrican Transformation Movement- Mulalo Wilson MukwevhoAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Thilivhali Godlyn MakhariAl Jama-ah- Gabriel Tingana MaringaDemocratic Alliance
- Lutanyani Rememberance NemubvumoniEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Thifhiriwi TshikotshiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa
Israel MaebaGazankulu Liberation Congress- Thomani Shepherd RatshivhadeloInternational Revelation Congress
- Vhutshilo Elvis NdalolweniOrdinary People Campaign
- Mashudu MulaudziPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mamoyagabo Mary MateletelePatriotic Alliance
- Ntsengiseni Mavis MunzheleleService Delivery Party
- Shandukani Morris PhaphanaSouth African Communist Party
- Rudzani Steve NemahotoleUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Khumbudzo MuneriUnited People
Phumudzo Sharon MaiwasheUnited Residents Front
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 451 · spoilt 33 · special votes 204 · 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 (2 477 of 5 911). 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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 887 vs 5 710; EFF 301 vs 849; DA 103 vs 288; United People 36 vs 105; SACP 24 vs 65; IRC 19 vs 73; APC 16 vs 31; MAYIBUYE 12 vs 34; Elf-SA - Economic Liberators Forum South Africa 5 vs 18; PAC 5 vs 14; ACDP 3 vs 10; MKP 3 vs 7; PA 1 vs 2; SDP 1 vs 2; ActionSA 0 vs 7; AHC 0 vs 5; ARU 0 vs 2; AZAPO 0 vs 2; ELM 0 vs 23; IFP 0 vs 2; African Forward Congress 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 24; VIP 0 vs 4; XP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 81 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, 00:49 SAST.