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eThekwini, Ward 1

The certified ward ballot for the local government elections of 4 November 2026, published by the Electoral Commission on 16 September. 58 candidates from 58 parties, listed by party. The order on election day is set by the Commission.

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Ward 1, eThekwini

Provisional record

Ward ballot

Votes for ward contestants, grouped by the IEC party categories.

Ward ballot party totals, leading 8 of 72 rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 88955.05%
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY4 93039.39%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1881.50%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY1150.92%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS730.58%
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY590.47%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS420.34%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT280.22%
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Ward ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS270.22%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT250.20%
ACTIONSA220.18%
AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS150.12%
AFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS110.09%
ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION100.08%
INDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY60.05%
AFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS60.05%
MINORITY FRONT50.04%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION40.03%
AL JAMA-AH40.03%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION40.03%
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY40.03%
AFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT40.03%
TRULY ALLIANCE30.02%
KZN INDEPENDENCE30.02%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY30.02%
AFRICAN HEART CONGRESS30.02%
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT30.02%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY20.02%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE20.02%
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT20.02%
ACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION20.02%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE20.02%
AFRO NATIVES20.02%
INDIAN CONGRESS PARTY20.02%
INKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT20.02%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA10.01%
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS10.01%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY10.01%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY10.01%
AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST10.01%
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM10.01%
EKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY10.01%
TRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT10.01%
1860NIC CONGRESS10.01%
ETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT10.01%
PEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED10.01%
NEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT10.01%
BUMBANA MZANSI10.01%
Independents, grouped by IEC00.00%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY00.00%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY00.00%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS00.00%
MINORITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS00.00%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE00.00%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT00.00%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS00.00%
AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION00.00%
OPERATION DUDULA00.00%
AFRIKA UNITE CONGRESS00.00%
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION00.00%
SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY00.00%
MAWUSA MOVEMENT PARTY00.00%
PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY00.00%
A SHALL-X PARTY00.00%
AFRICAN ROYAL RAINBOW CONGRESS00.00%
ALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
PEOPLE’S POWER FREEDOM PARTY00.00%
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY00.00%
NATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT00.00%
ABANTU BEZWELETHU CONGRESS DEMOCRACY00.00%
SERVICE DELIVERY FRONT00.00%

Valid ballots shown: 12 515. Every percentage uses the full valid-ballot total. The independents row is an IEC grouping, not an individual candidate.

This source does not split rejected ballots by ballot type.

Municipal PR ballot

Municipal PR votes recorded within this ward.

Municipal PR ballot party totals, leading 8 of 72 rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 55752.82%
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY5 04240.62%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2041.64%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY1401.13%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS700.56%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS590.48%
ACTIONSA590.48%
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY460.37%
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Municipal PR ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT280.23%
AFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS200.16%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS180.14%
AFRICAN HEART CONGRESS170.14%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY130.10%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT110.09%
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT110.09%
AFRIKA UNITE CONGRESS90.07%
AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS80.06%
AFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS70.06%
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT70.06%
ACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION60.05%
TRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT60.05%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY50.04%
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY50.04%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT50.04%
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM50.04%
ABANTU BEZWELETHU CONGRESS DEMOCRACY50.04%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY40.03%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE40.03%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS40.03%
TRULY ALLIANCE30.02%
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS30.02%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION20.02%
AL JAMA-AH20.02%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY20.02%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION20.02%
INDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY20.02%
ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION20.02%
EKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY20.02%
BUMBANA MZANSI20.02%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA10.01%
MINORITY FRONT10.01%
KZN INDEPENDENCE10.01%
AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST10.01%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE10.01%
AFRO NATIVES10.01%
OPERATION DUDULA10.01%
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION10.01%
MAWUSA MOVEMENT PARTY10.01%
ETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT10.01%
PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY10.01%
AFRICAN ROYAL RAINBOW CONGRESS10.01%
AFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT10.01%
PEOPLE’S POWER FREEDOM PARTY10.01%
NEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT10.01%
NATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT10.01%
SERVICE DELIVERY FRONT10.01%
Independents, grouped by IEC00.00%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY00.00%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS00.00%
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS00.00%
MINORITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE00.00%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY00.00%
AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION00.00%
INDIAN CONGRESS PARTY00.00%
1860NIC CONGRESS00.00%
SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY00.00%
PEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED00.00%
A SHALL-X PARTY00.00%
ALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
INKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT00.00%
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY00.00%

Valid ballots shown: 12 414. Every percentage uses the full valid-ballot total. The independents row is an IEC grouping, not an individual candidate.

This source does not split rejected ballots by ballot type.

Council seats and elected candidates will be recorded separately against official declaration evidence.

IEC source: Retrieved: View official source ↗

A source revision is awaiting review. The affected area retains its last accepted figures.

Collector last checked: . Source publication times remain separate.

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Ward 1 ballot

58 candidates
  • THANASAGREN RUBBANATHAN MOODLEY1860NIC CONGRESS
  • POOBALAN GOVENDERA SHALL-X PARTY
  • THULISILE MIYAACTIONSA
  • IMTIAZ SYEDACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION
  • ZANDILE MAKHAYEAFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE
  • BONGA LAWRENCE BHENGUAFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS
  • NKOSINATHI LUCKY ZULUAFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM
  • PHUMZILE LUNGILE NZAMAAFRICAN HEART CONGRESS
  • VATHISWA NCUKANAAFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
  • NOKULUNGA MARTHA DLAMINIAFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY
  • SIYABONGA WELCOME KHOZAAFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS
  • SIZWE ARNOLD KHANYILEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
  • NOMTHANDAZO PRETTY MSOMIAFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST
  • ZINHLE MARCIA MTHIYANEAFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY
  • KHULEKANI NTOKOZO MPONTSHANEAFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT
  • S'CELO ZULUAFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS
  • LINDIWE LUNGISILE NDLOVUAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
  • SBONISO BONGIMPILO BIYELAAFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS
  • NOSIPHELO NOFEKETAAFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
  • STHEMBISO LANGAAFRO NATIVES
  • SALEEM HASSANAL JAMA-AH
  • SIYABONGA THANGOALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA
  • VATHISWA NOSIHLE XESIBEARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION
  • EMMANUEL BHEKIZITHA SINOTHI NDLOVUAZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
  • NKOSINGIPHILE NOJIYESABUMBANA MZANSI
  • NOSIFUNDO PRITTY NONHLANHLA BHENGUDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
  • PATRICK PILLAYDEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS
  • STHANDISWA SAINTLOVELY MKHANYISELE NDLOVUECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
  • OSISIPHO ZAMUBUHLE SAMBANEEKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY
  • SIPHIWE ROBERT TEMBEETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT
  • HYACINTH LINDIWE MUNGWEGODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY
  • FIKILE GUMEDEINDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY
  • AVINASH BALBARANINDIAN CONGRESS PARTY
  • THABANI PHETHAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
  • CHULUMANCO MAZWIINKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT
  • BONGANI ALEX MCHUNUJUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY
  • THEMBINKOSI WISEMAN DLADLAKZN INDEPENDENCE
  • MANDLENKOSI VICTOR CHONCOMINORITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA
  • BONGANILLOYD XABAMINORITY FRONT
  • RAYMOND METHRAJ SAKLOONATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT
  • MZIWAVUKA ALBERT NGUBANENATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
  • CRAIG SCELO MTHIMKHULUNEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT
  • SAMKELE NDUDUZO KHUZWAYOORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
  • SIPHIWE THOMAS NYAKAPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
  • DUANE ADRIAN PAUL CAREYPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE
  • JONATHAN RICADO TISSONGPEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED
  • MLUNGISI XOLANI CHONCOPEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY
  • MOONSAMY GOVENDERPEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  • DENNIS VUSI MSWELIPEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
  • PHILILE NONHLANHLA MTHANTISERVICE DELIVERY PARTY
  • NTOMBIFUTHI MEMELASIZWE UMMAH NATION
  • KWANDOKUHLE HAMILTON CELESOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
  • MZAMENI ALEX MDUNGESOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT
  • NASIEEM MAHOMED FAROUK SHAIKTRULY ALLIANCE
  • SILINDILE AGRINETH NGCOBOTRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
  • SIYANDA WISEMAN KHANYILEUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
  • JAN JOHANNES POTGIETERUNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  • DAVID JOHN MC CUTCHEONVRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS

Voters in this ward also vote for a eThekwini proportional-representation council list. Every party list, in certified order, is on the municipality page and in the searchable register.

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Source of record: IEC certified candidate lists, 16 September 2026 · version iec-certified-2026-09-16 · data notes on the register page

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