EFF 28.2%down 15.9 pts from 44.1% in 2021
Economic Freedom Fighters · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Shadrack ThabangEconomic Freedom FightersWard ballot ? · 2 018 valid votes
- EFFShadrack Thabang56928.2%
ANCCecilia Lizzy Maraba52325.9%
DAKamogelo Nchabeleng33816.7%
MKPPearl Zanele Valerie Mbenekazi30415.1%- SDPZakhele Jean Zimu773.8%
ActionSAMpendulo Simelane613.0%- IndependentSabelo Leonard Lubisi · Independent502.5%
- SACPMoses Mathebula261.3%
VF PLUSAletta Fourie211.0%- AEMChoba Agnes Riba201.0%
AICMkhiqizo Ndzelu60.3%
APCGerald Vusumuzi Mahlangu50.2%
PACSanna Sonile Mgiba40.2%- LABOURThulisile Doreen Malahle40.2%
SPPThuli Trudy Mashegwane30.1%- MAYIBUYEJabulani Richard Ntuli30.1%
- DOPDesmond Samuel Lamola20.1%
SADAKagisho Ngwatle10.0%
OHMLizelle Nortje10.0%Also on the ballot: Bhasteri Andrew Motshwa (Bolsheviks Party of South Africa).
Candidates: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026).
Hours off in Ward 10 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Shadrack Thabang (EFF) won Ward 10 with 569 votes, 12.7% of the ward's 4 463 registered voters. Turnout was 45.9%: 2 048 of 4 463 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 10, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 047 · spoilt 29 · special votes 24 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 048 of 4 463). The IEC publishes 45.9%.
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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): EFF 569 vs 1 642; ANC 523 vs 1 631; DA 338 vs 1 041; MKP 304 vs 950; SDP 77 vs 225; ActionSA 61 vs 218; SACP 26 vs 67; VF PLUS 21 vs 65; AEM 20 vs 54; AIC 6 vs 18; APC 5 vs 21; LABOUR 4 vs 9; PAC 4 vs 12; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 10; SPP 3 vs 6; DOP 2 vs 5; ACDP 0 vs 16; ADP 0 vs 2; AIPO 0 vs 1; AMP 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 16; HOPE 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 9; INGUBO 0 vs 1; UAT 0 vs 5. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 62 times in 3 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: Emalahleni's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 08:48 SAST.