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Ngolo

ANC retains its majority

48of 73 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

ANC48 seats64.3% of votes
UDM11 seats14.9% of votes
EFF5 seats7.0% of votes
Other9 seats13.0% of votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT3 seats4.7% of votes
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS1 seat1.1% of votes
CIVIC INDEPENDENT1 seat0.9% of votes
DA1 seat1.9% of votes
INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION1 seat0.9% of votes
INDEPENDENTS1 seat2.7% of votes
MTHATHA RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION1 seat0.9% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
64.3%101 831 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
14.9%23 682 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
7.0%11 048 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties13.8%21 898 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
4.7%7 413 votes
INDEPENDENTS
2.7%4 326 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.9%3 022 votes
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
1.1%1 666 votes
CIVIC INDEPENDENT
0.9%1 379 votes
MTHATHA RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
0.9%1 366 votes
INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION
0.9%1 351 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
0.6%1 006 votes
AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS
0.1%221 votes
GOD SAVE AFRICA
0.1%148 votes

How the vote changed

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2021Vote %vs 2016
ANC64.3%
UDM14.9%
EFF7.0%
ATM4.7%
MTHATHA RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION0.9%
Other8.3%
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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Wards in King Sabata Dalindyebo

37 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
ANC50.5%Leading candidate: NOMVUYISO MATUBATUBA
UDM13.5%
Lead: 1 179 votes
Ward 2
ANC53.4%Leading candidate: NDABEZINTLE GWEBANI
UDM22.4%
Lead: 954 votes
Ward 3
ANC51.9%Leading candidate: JUNIOR ROEBER
UDM14.6%
Lead: 1 426 votes
Ward 4
ANC55.0%Leading candidate: ERNEST SIPESONKE MNGENI
UDM14.4%
Lead: 2 301 votes
Ward 5
ANC41.6%Leading candidate: NOZIPO GLADYS SIDLOVA
EFF28.8%
Lead: 215 votes
Ward 6
ANC40.4%Leading candidate: MLAMLI SITHEMBILE NGUDLE
UDM18.6%
Lead: 715 votes
Ward 7
ANC56.3%Leading candidate: CYNTHIA NOMALUNGELO MAKUBALO
UDM18.4%
Lead: 1 870 votes
Ward 8
ANC53.3%Leading candidate: MAKHOSANDILE MAJEKE
UDM20.9%
Lead: 1 186 votes
Ward 9
ANC55.8%Leading candidate: NONTUTHUZELO MATYEBA
UDM23.3%
Lead: 938 votes
Ward 10
ANC75.2%Leading candidate: NTLANTLA JUBENI
EFF8.9%
Lead: 2 674 votes
Ward 11
ANC59.6%Leading candidate: SINDILE NELSON MAJIKIJA
EFF19.1%
Lead: 1 326 votes
Ward 12
ANC54.1%Leading candidate: NKOSINATI NKATU
UDM16.5%
Lead: 965 votes
Ward 13
ANC67.2%Leading candidate: BONGANI MLANJENI
UDM13.6%
Lead: 2 073 votes
Ward 14
ANC77.4%Leading candidate: NOLUFEFE GRACE TSHAYA
UDM10.2%
Lead: 2 332 votes
Ward 15
ANC80.5%Leading candidate: BONGANI SILINGA
DA5.5%
Lead: 3 289 votes
Ward 16
ANC77.8%Leading candidate: ANDISWA KETSE
EFF5.9%
Lead: 3 289 votes
Ward 17
ANC80.8%Leading candidate: MATHEMBA MAKABA
UDM6.3%
Lead: 3 370 votes
Ward 18
ANC80.3%Leading candidate: CYRIL SANDLA TOKWANA
UDM7.8%
Lead: 3 869 votes
Ward 19
ANC76.1%Leading candidate: UNATHI DANISO
UDM8.2%
Lead: 3 382 votes
Ward 20
ANC80.7%Leading candidate: SIBONGILE RATSHALALA
UDM8.0%
Lead: 3 602 votes
Ward 21
ANC66.0%Leading candidate: SIPOSANDILE CLIFFTON MSHUNQANE
UDM17.2%
Lead: 2 725 votes
Ward 22
ANC45.1%Leading candidate: ZAMA LAYVEN SIZIBA
UDM36.1%
Lead: 436 votes
Ward 23
ANC53.6%Leading candidate: BAMBELELA VUMA
UDM36.5%
Lead: 1 069 votes
Ward 24
ANC49.6%
INDEPENDENTS30.3%
Lead: 933 votes
Ward 25
ANC83.3%Leading candidate: SIPHELO DALASILE
UDM11.1%
Lead: 3 264 votes
Ward 26
ANC68.8%Leading candidate: SIBULELE MDUNYELWA
INDEPENDENTS11.5%
Lead: 3 048 votes
Ward 27
ANC71.9%Leading candidate: SYDWELL MHLABA
UDM14.1%
Lead: 2 720 votes
Ward 28
ANC66.4%Leading candidate: TENNYSON TOBELA MTSHAKAZANA
UDM23.0%
Lead: 2 070 votes
Ward 29
ANC55.4%Leading candidate: MLAWULI MARASHA
UDM15.4%
Lead: 2 440 votes
Ward 30
ANC59.1%Leading candidate: THOBANI BADLI
UDM13.9%
Lead: 1 341 votes
Ward 31
ANC82.0%Leading candidate: AMANDA MSUTHU
UDM6.2%
Lead: 3 386 votes
Ward 32
ANC76.2%Leading candidate: LUNGILE MAKHENKE
UDM10.2%
Lead: 2 982 votes
Ward 33
ANC58.9%Leading candidate: NOLUYOLO MAYI
UDM16.8%
Lead: 1 816 votes
Ward 34
ANC65.9%Leading candidate: LIEMAKATSO CONSTANCE MOLAKALAKA
UDM12.5%
Lead: 2 593 votes
Ward 35
ANC46.8%Leading candidate: DONALD MTHUNZI TETI
UDM30.2%
Lead: 732 votes
Ward 36
ANC69.7%Leading candidate: BUYELWA NXEVE
UDM24.2%
Lead: 1 845 votes
Ward 37
ANC57.6%Leading candidate: TEMBEKILE MIKE GQIBA
EFF17.3%
Lead: 1 528 votes
Local, district or metro?

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Your town and nearby areas

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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 73 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 King Sabata Dalindyebo. Ward results include areas outside Ngolo.

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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