IEC-reported council seats
No party has a majority
ANC is 1 seat short. 21 seats needed in a 40-seat council.
21 seats for a majority 40-seat council
PartySeats
ANC20
IFP16
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY4
How these seats are worked out
These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The party totals add up to all 40 council seats. Results remain provisional; a seat majority does not establish a governing agreement or who will become mayor.
IEC result time: 25 Oct 2021, 15:03 SAST · Source figures ↗
Combined ballot votes
Separate PR and ward figures are unavailable for this area.
LeadingANC
49.8%
Ahead by 10 121 votes of IFP.
Change since 2006 (percentage points). Not adjusted for boundary changes.
Party / candidateShare · votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSANC
49.8%49 152 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTYIFP
39.6%39 031 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
9.7%9 563 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDA
0.3%337 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.3%314 votes
FEDERAL CONGRESSFEDERAL CONGRESS
0.1%133 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSSOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
0.0%45 votes
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INDEPENDENTSINDEPENDENTS
0.0%43 votes
98 618 combined ballot votes
Ward results
20 wards · Ward ballot
Change since 2006 (percentage points). Not adjusted for boundary changes.
Combined ballot totals · separate historical ward ballots unavailable.
Ward 1 ↗
IFP46.6%
NKOSINATHI SICELO MYENILead: 312 votesWard 2 ↗IFP45.9%
JABULANI EMMAUEL BUTHELEZILead: 257 votesWard 3 ↗ANC52.8%
NDODEPHETHE BETHUEL MTHETHWALead: 762 votesWard 4 ↗IFP48.3%
MBONGENI NXUMALOLead: 820 votesWard 5 ↗ANC43.8%
SIPHO MICHAEL MTHEMBULead: 395 votesWard 6 ↗IFP53.7%
JOHN SIYAYALead: 818 votesWard 7 ↗ANC58.0%
THEMBINKOSI LAINUS MATHENJWALead: 1 367 votesWard 8 ↗ANC57.2%
THOMAS JOKONIYA NDLAZILead: 984 votesWard 9 ↗IFP43.9%
JIBHI MICHAEL MPONTSHANELead: 26 votesWard 10 ↗ANC55.8%
DAVID MORREN MTHEMBULead: 928 votesWard 11 ↗ANC52.7%
SAKHIWE SIMISO MKHIZELead: 607 votesWard 12 ↗IFP49.3%
BONGANI QEDUSIZI GUMEDELead: 64 votesWard 13 ↗ANC61.3%
BEN ISAAC MSWELILead: 1 564 votesWard 14 ↗ANC57.2%
MANDLA EPHRAIM NDLELALead: 1 255 votesWard 15 ↗ANC52.6%
BIGJOHN SINQOBANGAYE MATHENJWALead: 431 votesWard 16 ↗ANC55.7%
BONGANI NKOSINGIPHILE KHUMALOLead: 1 039 votesWard 17 ↗ANC59.6%
RICHARD NKOSINATHI NDLOVULead: 1 476 votesWard 18 ↗ANC69.3%
THULANI PHILLIP MBAMALILead: 2 153 votesWard 19 ↗IFP52.7%
DUMISANI JETRO MTHEMBULead: 556 votesWard 20 ↗ANC36.6%
SIBONGILE MATRINAH MATHENJWALead: 222 votes