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Nomdiya

IFP retains its majority

32of 47 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

IFP32 seats65.5% of votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7 seats15.1% of votes
ANC5 seats11.2% of votes
Other3 seats5.3% of votes
EFF2 seats4.3% of votes
DA1 seat1.0% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
65.5%61 350 votes
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
15.1%14 122 votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
11.2%10 474 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties8.2%7 688 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
4.3%4 057 votes
INDEPENDENTS
2.2%2 018 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.0%931 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT
0.3%294 votes
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION
0.1%110 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.1%91 votes
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION
0.1%64 votes
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS
0.1%51 votes
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS
0.0%46 votes
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
0.0%26 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2021Vote %vs 2016
IFP65.5%
NFP15.1%
ANC11.2%
EFF4.3%
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION0.0%
Other3.9%
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 Ulundi

24 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
IFP67.7%Leading candidate: PETROS MDUMISENI MTHETHWA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY10.4%
Lead: 2 054 votes
Ward 2
IFP71.7%Leading candidate: MZIWANDILE BONGUMUSA BUTHELEZI
ANC12.2%
Lead: 2 787 votes
Ward 3
IFP66.8%Leading candidate: SENZOSENKOSI MFANISENI BUTHELEZI
ANC20.9%
Lead: 1 685 votes
Ward 4
IFP69.4%Leading candidate: NICLAS DLOKWAKHE MASONDO
ANC17.7%
Lead: 2 140 votes
Ward 5
IFP79.1%Leading candidate: SIBEKEZELO NHLONIPHO BUTHELEZI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY13.9%
Lead: 2 894 votes
Ward 6
IFP86.2%Leading candidate: LALELANI DERRICK KHUMALO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7.9%
Lead: 2 562 votes
Ward 7
IFP70.2%Leading candidate: JUTSHANA EDWARD XULU
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY12.8%
Lead: 2 157 votes
Ward 8
IFP66.2%Leading candidate: ALSON MZWANDILE SIBIYA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY15.9%
Lead: 2 237 votes
Ward 9
IFP74.2%Leading candidate: SIKHUMBUZO MUZUKHONA KHUZWAYO
ANC12.4%
Lead: 2 727 votes
Ward 10
IFP67.4%Leading candidate: THEMBA NDLELA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY14.1%
Lead: 1 874 votes
Ward 11
IFP75.3%Leading candidate: MELUSI DAVID XULU
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY11.0%
Lead: 2 073 votes
Ward 12
IFP68.3%Leading candidate: MGLOBENI MKHIZE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY17.0%
Lead: 1 983 votes
Ward 13
IFP51.9%Leading candidate: NTOMBIFUTHI EUNICE MADELA
ANC27.2%
Lead: 912 votes
Ward 14
IFP63.3%Leading candidate: FISOKWAKHE MZIWENHLANHLA DLAMINI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY27.6%
Lead: 1 808 votes
Ward 15
IFP49.7%Leading candidate: FIKANOYISE NDAWONDE
ANC14.3%
Lead: 1 726 votes
Ward 16
IFP59.6%Leading candidate: MANDLENKOSI ISAAC NGCOBO
ANC31.5%
Lead: 994 votes
Ward 17
IFP61.1%Leading candidate: LONDIWE KHWEZI MBATHA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY22.0%
Lead: 1 701 votes
Ward 18
IFP63.5%Leading candidate: SIPHO BONGANI MHLONGO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY12.5%
Lead: 1 746 votes
Ward 19
IFP58.4%Leading candidate: SIYABONGA DOCTOR SIBIYA
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY22.4%
Lead: 1 003 votes
Ward 20
IFP66.6%Leading candidate: SIKHUMBUZO WALTER MKHIZE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY15.3%
Lead: 1 946 votes
Ward 21
IFP52.0%Leading candidate: THULANI PATRICK KHANYILE
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY31.6%
Lead: 948 votes
Ward 22
IFP64.8%Leading candidate: SYABONGA MENZI XULU
EFF13.1%
Lead: 1 742 votes
Ward 23
IFP73.3%Leading candidate: NKOSINATHI EMMANUEL DLAMINI
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY12.9%
Lead: 2 057 votes
Ward 24
IFP51.2%Leading candidate: THULANI VUMEZENKOSI NXUMALO
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY34.9%
Lead: 601 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 47 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 Ulundi. Ward results include areas outside Nomdiya.

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.

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