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Mbudle

IFP leads the vote

94.1%vote share

2000 results

2000

Council seats

Seat allocation unavailable.The vote breakdown is below.

Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
94.1%81 737 votes
INDEPENDENTS
3.0%2 594 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
1.7%1 493 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties1.1%994 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.1%994 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2000Vote %
IFP94.1%—
ANC1.7%—
DA1.1%—
Other3.0%—
History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

  • All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
  • Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
  • Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.
All parties & exact values

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Wards in Ulundi

24 wards

What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats
Ward 1
IFP97.9%Leading candidate: MPULENI EPHRAIM NDHLELA
ANC1.2%
Lead: 3 223 votes
Ward 2
IFP87.5%Leading candidate: LAZARUS DUDU BUTHELEZI
INDEPENDENTS9.3%
Lead: 4 284 votes
Ward 3
IFP89.5%Leading candidate: KHISHWENGUBANI ESAU ZULU
ANC8.5%
Lead: 2 954 votes
Ward 4
IFP93.0%Leading candidate: MPHAKAMISENI JEREMIA MDLALOSE
INDEPENDENTS4.6%
Lead: 2 645 votes
Ward 5
IFP88.9%Leading candidate: BHEKISISA ASSA BUTELEZI
INDEPENDENTS8.3%
Lead: 3 544 votes
Ward 6
IFP96.7%Leading candidate: PHUMEMPINI JOSIAS MTSHALI
ANC2.3%
Lead: 3 902 votes
Ward 7
IFP97.8%Leading candidate: TSHANI MBATHA
DA1.3%
Lead: 3 264 votes
Ward 8
IFP85.8%Leading candidate: RICHARD MANDLENKOSI NDLOVU
INDEPENDENTS12.1%
Lead: 3 701 votes
Ward 9
IFP97.0%Leading candidate: HENRY JABULANI MLAMBO
ANC2.1%
Lead: 3 415 votes
Ward 10
IFP81.7%Leading candidate: JOEL MTHOKOZISENI MASONDO
INDEPENDENTS14.9%
Lead: 2 715 votes
Ward 11
IFP95.4%Leading candidate: MAKHOSONKE NICHOLAS MSIBI
ANC2.8%
Lead: 1 874 votes
Ward 12
IFP98.8%Leading candidate: MTHAUDENI JEREMIAH DLAMUKA
ANC0.6%
Lead: 3 884 votes
Ward 13
IFP90.3%Leading candidate: LUCIA NELISIWE ZODWA BUTHELEZI
INDEPENDENTS4.0%
Lead: 3 342 votes
Ward 14
IFP99.0%Leading candidate: SIBONGAKONKE MBONO SHANDU
ANC0.6%
Lead: 5 201 votes
Ward 15
IFP98.2%Leading candidate: SIFO JOHN MBATHA
DA1.5%
Lead: 4 252 votes
Ward 16
IFP59.7%
INDEPENDENTS33.4%
Lead: 168 votes
Ward 17
IFP99.0%Leading candidate: GIFT SIPHO KHANYILE
DA0.6%
Lead: 3 235 votes
Ward 18
IFP95.1%Leading candidate: EMMANUEL MBEKEZELI MKHWANAZI
DA2.7%
Lead: 1 555 votes
Ward 19
IFP96.7%Leading candidate: BHEKUYISE MBUYISA
ANC2.0%
Lead: 2 309 votes
Ward 20
IFP98.3%Leading candidate: THEMBELIHLE GABA ZUNGU
ANC1.4%
Lead: 4 343 votes
Ward 21
IFP98.4%Leading candidate: MBONGELENI MAHAYE
ANC0.8%
Lead: 3 773 votes
Ward 22
IFP98.0%Leading candidate: NTUNTU MACGREE BUTHELEZI
DA1.3%
Lead: 2 855 votes
Ward 23
IFP97.1%Leading candidate: MKHAWULENI EZROM BUTHELEZI
DA1.6%
Lead: 2 728 votes
Ward 24
IFP98.3%Leading candidate: HEZEKIA PHINDELANI SHANGASE
ANC1.4%
Lead: 4 867 votes
Local, district or metro?

Local councils and district councils share responsibilities. Metros combine both.

Your town and nearby areas

Handles local services such as refuse collection and local roads, with responsibilities shared with the district.

Several local municipalities

Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.

One council for a large city

Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.

A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.

CoGTA guide to local government
Sources & result details

IEC: 25 Oct 2021, 14:56 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:59 SAST

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.

Ward vs PR ballots

Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.

Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Ulundi. Ward results include areas outside Mbudle.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 1 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.

Town-to-ward mappings are available for 2026 only. The historical wards above belong to the whole municipality in 2000.

Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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