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Macombeni

ANC retains its majority

46of 70 seats

2011 results

2011

Council seats

ANC46 seats65.6% of votes
UDM18 seats25.4% of votes
COPE2 seats2.5% of votes
Other4 seats5.1% of votes
DA2 seats2.9% of votes
CIVIC ALLIANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA1 seat1.1% of votes
INDEPENDENTS1 seat1.1% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
65.6%119 437 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
25.4%46 302 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
2.9%5 237 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties6.1%11 110 votes
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
2.5%4 540 votes
INDEPENDENTS
1.1%2 037 votes
CIVIC ALLIANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA
1.1%2 011 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.5%859 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.4%807 votes
CIVIC INDEPENDENT
0.3%485 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
0.1%239 votes
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT
0.1%132 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2011Vote %vs 2006
ANC65.6%
UDM25.4%
DA2.9%
PAC0.0%
COPE2.5%
Other3.6%
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 King Sabata Dalindyebo

35 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
ANC64.5%Leading candidate: NOMPUCUKO CAROLINE JIJANA
UDM25.7%
Lead: 1 767 votes
Ward 2
ANC59.7%Leading candidate: NOTYATYAMBO ROSE GCINGCA
UDM31.6%
Lead: 1 200 votes
Ward 3
ANC62.3%Leading candidate: NOMALIZO ALICIA NDLELA
UDM25.9%
Lead: 1 761 votes
Ward 4
ANC69.0%Leading candidate: VERONICA NOMZI XHOBANI
UDM22.5%
Lead: 2 508 votes
Ward 5
ANC69.2%Leading candidate: GOODMAN NYANISO NELANI
UDM11.2%
Lead: 1 750 votes
Ward 6
ANC55.8%Leading candidate: KONZINKOSI NATHANIEL KWETANA
DA21.5%
Lead: 1 282 votes
Ward 7
ANC60.9%Leading candidate: FRANCIS RONALD SIPHO NGCOBO
UDM20.5%
Lead: 1 279 votes
Ward 8
ANC66.7%Leading candidate: TULA EDGAR MAPEKULA
UDM16.0%
Lead: 1 684 votes
Ward 9
ANC54.9%Leading candidate: NOMAHOMBA MIRRIETTE LUQHIDE
UDM31.5%
Lead: 915 votes
Ward 10
ANC71.0%Leading candidate: NTOMBOXOLO EUNICE MQINGWANA
UDM25.2%
Lead: 2 323 votes
Ward 11
ANC54.3%Leading candidate: MMELI MENZELWA
CIVIC ALLIANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA19.0%
Lead: 1 644 votes
Ward 12
ANC66.3%Leading candidate: BONGIWE MOMOZA
UDM20.7%
Lead: 1 552 votes
Ward 13
ANC67.2%Leading candidate: VIGIRNIA NOGWEBILE ROJI
UDM19.8%
Lead: 2 041 votes
Ward 14
ANC68.2%Leading candidate: THEMBISA NOMVETE
UDM28.1%
Lead: 1 945 votes
Ward 15
ANC85.3%Leading candidate: MALIBONGWE NGABAYENA
UDM9.4%
Lead: 3 707 votes
Ward 16
ANC69.6%Leading candidate: ZANEMVULA MAXWELL GUSANA
UDM23.7%
Lead: 2 517 votes
Ward 17
ANC91.9%Leading candidate: MONWABISI HENRY MTIRARA
UDM5.6%
Lead: 5 027 votes
Ward 18
ANC87.3%Leading candidate: MANDLENKOSI JAFTA
UDM10.2%
Lead: 4 642 votes
Ward 19
ANC76.7%Leading candidate: BULELWA MAZINI
UDM18.1%
Lead: 3 064 votes
Ward 20
ANC74.7%Leading candidate: OLIVER VELLA GWADISO
UDM20.4%
Lead: 3 350 votes
Ward 21
ANC49.3%Leading candidate: MANGEZANA MAVUKWANA
UDM47.3%
Lead: 131 votes
Ward 22
UDM51.6%Leading candidate: HOMEBOY NGAVELI MAROLOMA
ANC47.2%
Lead: 299 votes
Ward 23
ANC55.0%Leading candidate: XOLILE THROLLIP MATITI
UDM43.4%
Lead: 782 votes
Ward 24
UDM27.9%
ANC27.0%
Lead: 69 votes
Ward 25
ANC65.0%Leading candidate: ENOCH MBUZO FILEYO
UDM34.3%
Lead: 2 161 votes
Ward 26
ANC57.1%Leading candidate: NONTEMBEKO MPEMNYAMA
UDM38.7%
Lead: 916 votes
Ward 27
ANC71.1%Leading candidate: MZUKISI NYOKA
UDM27.4%
Lead: 2 903 votes
Ward 28
ANC75.7%Leading candidate: THEMBA NQADOLO
UDM20.9%
Lead: 3 390 votes
Ward 29
ANC58.7%Leading candidate: FERGURSON MCEBISI MTWA
UDM36.5%
Lead: 1 605 votes
Ward 30
ANC74.6%Leading candidate: SIZWE SIDWELL NJEMLA
UDM16.7%
Lead: 2 438 votes
Ward 31
ANC78.9%Leading candidate: MBUYISELO ALFRED ZIMELA
UDM14.5%
Lead: 3 310 votes
Ward 32
ANC74.7%Leading candidate: MIRRIAM TOBEKA MTIRARA
UDM20.6%
Lead: 3 358 votes
Ward 33
ANC60.1%Leading candidate: LIVINGSTONE LINSIKHAYA MKHONTO
UDM31.7%
Lead: 1 286 votes
Ward 34
ANC79.5%Leading candidate: MAWETHU ISAAC XENTSA
UDM11.5%
Lead: 3 132 votes
Ward 35
ANC64.7%Leading candidate: NOSIPHO SIGNORIA KWAZA
UDM31.1%
Lead: 1 782 votes
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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, 15:03 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:46 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.

Seat calculation & source

These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The totals add up to all 70 council seats. This is the historical election allocation, not a record of government changes during the term. Any grouped “Other” seats remain grouped.

IEC result time: 25 Oct 2021, 15:03 SAST · Source figures ↗

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 King Sabata Dalindyebo. Ward results include areas outside Macombeni.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 2 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 2011.

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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