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Luvisi

IFP gains an outright majority

19of 37 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

IFP19 seats50.1% votes
ANC14 seats36.1% votes
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS3 seats7.1% votes
Other1 seat1.8% votes
EFF1 seat1.8% votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
50.1%42 454 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
36.1%30 607 votes
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS
7.1%5 985 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties6.6%5 624 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
1.8%1 520 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.8%704 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
0.8%697 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
0.7%610 votes
FUTURE GENERATION CONGRESS
0.5%413 votes
OTHER
0.5%390 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.4%364 votes
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS
0.3%266 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.3%238 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT
0.3%223 votes
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY
0.2%199 votes

How the council changed

Majority
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2021Seatsvs 2016
IFP19
ANC14
NFP0
ABC3—

19 for a majority · 37 seats

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 Nqutu

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
IFP52.8%Leading candidate: ZANELE SITHOLE
ANC43.5%
Lead: 461 votes
Ward 2
ANC47.5%Leading candidate: CYPRIAN SIYABONGA THUSINI
IFP44.7%
Lead: 119 votes
Ward 3
IFP50.0%Leading candidate: LINDOKUHLE MKHWANAZI
ANC46.8%
Lead: 169 votes
Ward 4
ANC46.4%Leading candidate: SIYABUSA SIPHELELE LANGA
IFP42.8%
Lead: 144 votes
Ward 5
IFP77.0%Leading candidate: MBONGENI EPHRAIM MNGUNI
ANC18.3%
Lead: 2 255 votes
Ward 6
IFP59.7%Leading candidate: SIMISO BENARD SIMELANE
ANC31.4%
Lead: 1 321 votes
Ward 7
IFP42.0%Leading candidate: NJABULO MBONGELENI BUTHELEZI
ANC36.8%
Lead: 211 votes
Ward 8
IFP47.8%Leading candidate: MLUNGISI INNOCENT KHOZA
ANC36.7%
Lead: 473 votes
Ward 9
IFP55.9%Leading candidate: SAKHILE DEDRICK MASIMULA
ANC31.6%
Lead: 833 votes
Ward 10
IFP53.2%Leading candidate: MENGIWE RONIT NGOBESE
ANC29.9%
Lead: 1 055 votes
Ward 11
IFP47.7%Leading candidate: SIFISO MSALOFY BUTHELEZI
ANC32.1%
Lead: 677 votes
Ward 12
IFP53.5%Leading candidate: SITHEMBILE RADEBE
ANC27.6%
Lead: 1 240 votes
Ward 13
IFP53.7%Leading candidate: ZANDILE NDLOVU
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS23.7%
Lead: 1 618 votes
Ward 14
IFP39.7%
ANC38.5%
Lead: 51 votes
Ward 15
IFP60.5%Leading candidate: JERRY NATHI KHOZA
ANC25.9%
Lead: 1 514 votes
Ward 16
IFP46.6%Leading candidate: MUNTU CYPRIAN MNGUNI
ANC36.9%
Lead: 481 votes
Ward 17
ANC48.3%Leading candidate: THANDAZANI MICHAEL HADEBE
IFP42.1%
Lead: 261 votes
Ward 18
IFP47.7%Leading candidate: THAMSANQA ABION DLAMINI
ANC42.1%
Lead: 246 votes
Ward 19
ANC49.0%Leading candidate: SIBUSISO MANDLENKOSI CHARLES ZIKODE
IFP37.0%
Lead: 547 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 Nqutu. Ward results include areas outside Luvisi.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 4 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.

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