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Emnamane

ANC retains its majority

27of 37 seats

2016 results

2016

Council seats

ANC27 seats72.7% of votes
IFP8 seats20.4% of votes
DA1 seat1.7% of votes
Other1 seat3.5% of votes
EFF1 seat3.5% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
72.7%66 605 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
20.4%18 712 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
3.5%3 238 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties3.3%3 052 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.7%1 559 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.9%795 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
0.3%317 votes
KZN INDEPENDENCE
0.3%265 votes
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
0.1%116 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2016Vote %vs 2011
IFP20.4%
ANC72.7%
NFP0.0%
DA1.7%
EFF3.5%
Other1.6%
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 Ndwedwe

19 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
ANC78.1%Leading candidate: SIPHO BONGELANI SIBISI
IFP10.5%
Lead: 2 749 votes
Ward 2
ANC79.9%Leading candidate: NKOSINATHI DUDDLEY CYPRIAN MAPHUMULO
IFP10.1%
Lead: 2 852 votes
Ward 3
ANC88.6%Leading candidate: ROMAN MDUDUZI CELE
EFF5.6%
Lead: 3 595 votes
Ward 4
ANC79.5%Leading candidate: MZOKHONA MZIWENHLANHLA KHUZWAYO
IFP14.9%
Lead: 2 601 votes
Ward 5
ANC74.6%Leading candidate: MAZWI NHLAKANIPHO GWAMANDA
IFP20.0%
Lead: 2 428 votes
Ward 6
ANC87.6%Leading candidate: SIPHO EMMANUEL DLADLA
EFF5.0%
Lead: 3 606 votes
Ward 7
ANC64.5%Leading candidate: BHEKANI JOSEPH BLOSE
IFP31.9%
Lead: 1 215 votes
Ward 8
ANC86.4%Leading candidate: SAMUEL ZWENGITHINI MFEKA
EFF6.7%
Lead: 3 996 votes
Ward 9
ANC56.6%Leading candidate: THEMBI MARICA MASINGA
IFP39.0%
Lead: 858 votes
Ward 10
ANC71.4%Leading candidate: MHONISHWA NGIDI
IFP23.1%
Lead: 2 120 votes
Ward 11
ANC79.6%Leading candidate: MTHOKOZISI MTHETHWA
IFP16.5%
Lead: 3 795 votes
Ward 12
ANC81.2%Leading candidate: LEONARD MANDLA NDLOVU
IFP10.9%
Lead: 4 662 votes
Ward 13
ANC55.4%Leading candidate: MARGARET KHANYISILE NKOSI
IFP34.0%
Lead: 1 193 votes
Ward 14
ANC66.2%Leading candidate: LEONARD GO NGCOBO
IFP23.6%
Lead: 2 359 votes
Ward 15
IFP51.6%Leading candidate: PHUMELELA SIBONGISENI SHEZI
ANC41.6%
Lead: 520 votes
Ward 16
ANC87.0%Leading candidate: DALOKUHLE MLONDI GOQO
IFP9.3%
Lead: 3 585 votes
Ward 17
ANC89.9%Leading candidate: VUKANI MNCEDISI RICHARD MAGUBANE
IFP5.2%
Lead: 3 957 votes
Ward 18
ANC68.3%Leading candidate: LANCELOT ZENZO MAKHANYA
IFP26.2%
Lead: 1 926 votes
Ward 19
ANC53.7%Leading candidate: PHILLEMON SBONISO GOBA
IFP42.0%
Lead: 635 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: 06 Apr 2017, 11:46 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:42 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 37 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: 06 Apr 2017, 11:46 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 Ndwedwe. Ward results include areas outside Emnamane.

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 2016.

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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