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Emnamane

ANC retains its majority

19of 37 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

ANC19 seats52.2% of votes
IFP11 seats28.5% of votes
EFF4 seats9.9% of votes
Other3 seats4.1% of votes
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION1 seat1.5% of votes
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS1 seat1.3% of votes
DA1 seat1.3% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
52.2%40 382 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
28.5%22 029 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
9.9%7 677 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties9.4%7 241 votes
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION
1.5%1 167 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.3%1 032 votes
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
1.3%967 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1.0%753 votes
INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE
1.0%744 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
0.8%594 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.7%572 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.6%462 votes
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT
0.6%457 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST
0.3%255 votes
OTHER
0.3%238 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2021Vote %vs 2016
IFP28.5%
ANC52.2%
NFP0.8%
EFF9.9%
DA1.3%
Other7.3%
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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Browse wards

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
ANC60.9%Leading candidate: SIHLE MHLONGO
INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE14.7%
Lead: 1 558 votes
Ward 2
ANC63.7%Leading candidate: NKOSINATHI DUDDLEY CYPRIAN MAPHUMULO
EFF18.2%
Lead: 1 518 votes
Ward 3
ANC59.5%Leading candidate: ROMAN MDUDUZI CELE
IFP23.3%
Lead: 1 670 votes
Ward 4
ANC56.2%Leading candidate: MZOKHONA MZIWENHLANHLA KHUZWAYO
EFF20.7%
Lead: 1 178 votes
Ward 5
ANC41.6%Leading candidate: THOBANI PRAISE NKWAKHWA
EFF34.6%
Lead: 303 votes
Ward 6
ANC65.9%Leading candidate: SIPHO EMMANUEL DLADLA
IFP14.9%
Lead: 1 457 votes
Ward 7
ANC50.9%Leading candidate: NONSIKELELO NOMFUNDO NTETHA
IFP36.3%
Lead: 527 votes
Ward 8
ANC81.8%Leading candidate: SAMUEL ZWENGITHINI MFEKA
EFF9.3%
Lead: 3 091 votes
Ward 9
ANC45.4%Leading candidate: NZUZO CYPRIAN CHAMANE
IFP38.2%
Lead: 284 votes
Ward 10
ANC51.8%Leading candidate: ZETHEMBE WILFRED KHOZA
IFP32.7%
Lead: 785 votes
Ward 11
ANC46.0%Leading candidate: MTHOKOZISI MTHETHWA
IFP44.9%
Lead: 50 votes
Ward 12
ANC57.7%Leading candidate: LEONARD MANDLA NDLOVU
IFP29.3%
Lead: 1 634 votes
Ward 13
IFP41.3%
ANC41.2%
Lead: 3 votes
Ward 14
ANC55.3%Leading candidate: ZINHLE PROMISE NGWANE
EFF13.3%
Lead: 1 630 votes
Ward 15
IFP43.0%Leading candidate: PHUMELELA SIBONGISENI SHEZI
ANC39.6%
Lead: 142 votes
Ward 16
IFP50.8%Leading candidate: EPHRAIM SITHEMBISO KHUZWAYO
ANC44.9%
Lead: 289 votes
Ward 17
ANC62.6%Leading candidate: STHABISO SENZILE BHENGU
IFP14.9%
Lead: 1 829 votes
Ward 18
ANC46.4%Leading candidate: LUCKY STANLEY MOAHLOLI
EFF21.2%
Lead: 924 votes
Ward 19
IFP58.9%Leading candidate: REGINALD SBONAKALISO HLOPHE
ANC31.3%
Lead: 1 343 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: 15 Jan 2022, 17:50 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:38 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: 15 Jan 2022, 17:50 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 2021.

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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