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Mbanda C

IFP retains its majority

28of 47 seats

2011 results

2011

Council seats

IFP28 seats59.1% of votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY13 seats28.2% of votes
ANC6 seats12.1% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
59.1%63 858 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
28.2%30 490 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
12.1%13 068 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties0.6%634 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
0.3%365 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.1%128 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.1%77 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.1%64 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2011Vote %vs 2006
IFP59.1%
NFP28.2%
ANC12.1%
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION0.0%
DA0.3%
Other0.2%
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
IFP77.6%Leading candidate: PETROS MDUMISENI MTHETHWA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY13.8%
Lead: 2 683 votes
Ward 2
IFP87.1%Leading candidate: REGINALD BONGINKOSI NYAWO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY8.4%
Lead: 3 791 votes
Ward 3
IFP69.5%Leading candidate: SENZOSENKOSI MFANISENI BUTHELEZI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY17.4%
Lead: 2 087 votes
Ward 4
IFP75.9%Leading candidate: NICLAS DLOKWAKHE MASONDO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY14.6%
Lead: 3 132 votes
Ward 5
IFP71.7%Leading candidate: SIBEKEZELO NHLONIPHO BUTHELEZI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY21.5%
Lead: 2 273 votes
Ward 6
IFP78.6%Leading candidate: SIPHO VIVIAN NGCOBO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY15.5%
Lead: 2 994 votes
Ward 7
IFP59.6%Leading candidate: JUTSHANA EDWARD XULU
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY34.6%
Lead: 1 156 votes
Ward 8
IFP66.2%Leading candidate: FANENI LEONARD BUTHELEZI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY27.3%
Lead: 1 940 votes
Ward 9
IFP64.4%Leading candidate: HENDRICK MANDLA KUBHEKA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY24.4%
Lead: 1 822 votes
Ward 10
IFP66.6%Leading candidate: WILSON MFANA NTSHANGASE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY28.2%
Lead: 1 810 votes
Ward 11
IFP61.3%Leading candidate: VUSUMUZI EDWARD ZUNGU
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY25.9%
Lead: 1 761 votes
Ward 12
IFP43.7%Leading candidate: THOKOZANI KENNETH MKHIZE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY36.2%
Lead: 227 votes
Ward 13
IFP46.5%Leading candidate: MUZIWOKUTHULA ZAKHELE BRIAN NDWANDWE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY32.0%
Lead: 640 votes
Ward 14
IFP58.0%Leading candidate: MAXWELL SIBUSISO BUTHELEZI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY34.5%
Lead: 1 218 votes
Ward 15
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY43.6%Leading candidate: MISIZWE S'PHAMANDLA GCABA
IFP39.8%
Lead: 213 votes
Ward 16
IFP50.6%Leading candidate: MKHAWULENI EZROM BUTHELEZI
ANC32.9%
Lead: 736 votes
Ward 17
IFP55.8%Leading candidate: KHANYISANI PRINCE NGEMA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY29.9%
Lead: 1 296 votes
Ward 18
IFP50.6%Leading candidate: MSAWENKOSI MDLALOSE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY35.8%
Lead: 571 votes
Ward 19
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY43.1%Leading candidate: KENNETH MUSAWENKOSI SITHOLE
IFP41.1%
Lead: 73 votes
Ward 20
IFP54.7%Leading candidate: SHADRACK ZITHATHE MKHIZE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY38.6%
Lead: 807 votes
Ward 21
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY49.2%Leading candidate: SIFISO VINCENT MDLULI
IFP44.5%
Lead: 198 votes
Ward 22
IFP39.5%Leading candidate: WISEMAN THULANI NDEBELE
ANC32.1%
Lead: 310 votes
Ward 23
IFP50.8%Leading candidate: GENTLENESS NOMPUMELELO MTSHALI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY26.3%
Lead: 1 021 votes
Ward 24
IFP52.0%Leading candidate: THANDIWE JABU MANQELE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY36.2%
Lead: 682 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, 15:03 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:48 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 47 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 Ulundi. Ward results include areas outside Mbanda C.

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. Small boundary alignment differences were excluded using a 10-metre precision tolerance, a combined foreign area below 0.01% of the place, and agreement with the source municipality.

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