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IFP gains an outright majority

30of 55 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

IFP30 seats53.5% of votes
ANC18 seats32.6% of votes
EFF4 seats6.7% of votes
Other3 seats4.3% of votes
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 seat1.7% of votes
DA1 seat1.6% of votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY1 seat1.0% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
53.5%55 842 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
32.6%34 099 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
6.7%6 955 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties7.2%7 555 votes
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS
1.7%1 797 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.6%1 653 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
1.0%1 047 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.9%986 votes
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY
0.9%966 votes
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
0.2%261 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.2%244 votes
OTHER
0.2%188 votes
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION
0.2%167 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.1%142 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT
0.1%104 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2021Vote %vs 2016
IFP53.5%
ANC32.6%
NFP1.0%
EFF6.7%
DA1.6%
Other4.6%
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 uMlalazi

28 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
IFP53.1%Leading candidate: ALEX NJABULO SIBIYA
ANC42.6%
Lead: 366 votes
Ward 2
IFP73.0%Leading candidate: THANDAZANI NHLAKANIPHO SHOZI
ANC23.9%
Lead: 2 064 votes
Ward 3
IFP65.9%Leading candidate: MAZWAKHE MBONGISENI MORRIS NTULI
ANC29.9%
Lead: 1 394 votes
Ward 4
IFP60.8%Leading candidate: KHULEKANI KHUMALO
ANC19.5%
Lead: 1 704 votes
Ward 5
IFP46.7%Leading candidate: SIMO ABRAHAM KHUZWAYO
ANC45.8%
Lead: 35 votes
Ward 6
IFP55.9%Leading candidate: BHEKEZAKHE CLIFFORD MAKHATHINI
ANC40.1%
Lead: 601 votes
Ward 7
IFP49.2%Leading candidate: ZANELE BIYELA
ANC40.7%
Lead: 324 votes
Ward 8
IFP61.6%Leading candidate: ZAKHELENI MFANANINI MHLONGO
ANC25.7%
Lead: 1 457 votes
Ward 9
IFP49.4%Leading candidate: MBONGISENI DLUDLA
EFF25.8%
Lead: 877 votes
Ward 10
IFP55.6%Leading candidate: BHEKIZENZO XOLANI SIBUSISO NTOMBELA
ANC36.0%
Lead: 665 votes
Ward 11
IFP64.8%Leading candidate: STANLEY BASIL LARKAN
ANC21.4%
Lead: 1 632 votes
Ward 12
ANC49.9%Leading candidate: THOKOZANI HERINGTON BIYELA
IFP44.6%
Lead: 148 votes
Ward 13
ANC55.1%Leading candidate: WISEMAN LINDA NGEMA
IFP38.4%
Lead: 513 votes
Ward 14
IFP41.9%Leading candidate: MSAWENKOSI DANIEL DLADLA
ANC28.4%
Lead: 584 votes
Ward 15
IFP40.0%
ANC39.4%
Lead: 25 votes
Ward 16
IFP53.8%Leading candidate: SIZWE ABEDNEGO MAKHATHINI
ANC39.5%
Lead: 558 votes
Ward 17
IFP43.4%
ANC43.3%
Lead: 6 votes
Ward 18
IFP45.1%Leading candidate: STANLEY BONGI DLAMINI
ANC41.7%
Lead: 103 votes
Ward 19
IFP62.5%Leading candidate: SIFISO WELCOME YIMBA
ANC16.7%
Lead: 2 091 votes
Ward 20
IFP37.2%Leading candidate: PATRICK BHEKANI HLABISA
ANC34.9%
Lead: 93 votes
Ward 21
IFP53.4%Leading candidate: KHULEKANI MTHEMBU
ANC28.0%
Lead: 843 votes
Ward 22
IFP50.9%Leading candidate: STHEMBILE INNOCENT ZIBANE
ANC36.2%
Lead: 528 votes
Ward 23
IFP57.1%Leading candidate: JUSTICE MTHOKOZISI NGEMA
ANC31.0%
Lead: 915 votes
Ward 24
IFP67.3%Leading candidate: MANDLENKOSI BAFANYANA BIYELA
ANC22.0%
Lead: 1 970 votes
Ward 25
IFP65.5%Leading candidate: MHLENGENI NDLOVU
ANC25.9%
Lead: 1 672 votes
Ward 26
IFP46.6%Leading candidate: THAMSANQA MDLALOSE
ANC31.2%
Lead: 596 votes
Ward 27
IFP56.6%Leading candidate: MXOLISELENI MBONGELENI NGEMA
ANC31.0%
Lead: 858 votes
Ward 28
IFP41.4%Leading candidate: SIKHUMBUZO MTHUNZI GASA
ANC36.1%
Lead: 127 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 55 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 uMlalazi. Ward results include areas outside Mandawe.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 3 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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