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eThekwini, Ward 56

The certified ward ballot for the local government elections of 4 November 2026, published by the Electoral Commission on 16 September. 57 candidates from 57 parties, listed by party. The order on election day is set by the Commission.

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Ward 56, 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
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY5 98666.30%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS1 71518.99%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3373.73%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2412.67%
ACTIONSA1912.12%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1061.17%
AFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS640.71%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT550.61%
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Ward ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
Independents, grouped by IEC460.51%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA270.30%
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT220.24%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS200.22%
ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION200.22%
KZN INDEPENDENCE190.21%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY190.21%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT120.13%
INDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY120.13%
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY110.12%
ETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT100.11%
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY90.10%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY90.10%
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT80.09%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS60.07%
MINORITY FRONT60.07%
AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS60.07%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY60.07%
AFRICAN HEART CONGRESS60.07%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION50.06%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY50.06%
BUMBANA MZANSI50.06%
AFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS40.04%
PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY40.04%
AFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT40.04%
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS30.03%
ACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION30.03%
EKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY30.03%
AFRIKA UNITE CONGRESS30.03%
INKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT30.03%
AL JAMA-AH20.02%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT20.02%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE20.02%
TRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT20.02%
SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY20.02%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION10.01%
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS10.01%
AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST10.01%
AFRO NATIVES10.01%
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM10.01%
1860NIC CONGRESS10.01%
A SHALL-X PARTY10.01%
ALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA10.01%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY00.00%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY00.00%
TRULY ALLIANCE00.00%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE00.00%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS00.00%
MINORITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE00.00%
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY00.00%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS00.00%
AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION00.00%
OPERATION DUDULA00.00%
INDIAN CONGRESS PARTY00.00%
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION00.00%
MAWUSA MOVEMENT PARTY00.00%
PEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED00.00%
AFRICAN ROYAL RAINBOW CONGRESS00.00%
PEOPLE’S POWER FREEDOM PARTY00.00%
NEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT00.00%
NATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT00.00%
ABANTU BEZWELETHU CONGRESS DEMOCRACY00.00%
SERVICE DELIVERY FRONT00.00%

Valid ballots shown: 9 029. 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
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY5 92866.46%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS1 68918.94%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3173.55%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2723.05%
ACTIONSA2402.69%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1071.20%
AFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS450.50%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT400.45%
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Municipal PR ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShare
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS260.29%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE260.29%
TRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT230.26%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA170.19%
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT150.17%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT120.13%
KZN INDEPENDENCE100.11%
INDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY100.11%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY100.11%
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY90.10%
AFRICAN HEART CONGRESS90.10%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY70.08%
ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION60.07%
GODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY60.07%
MINORITY FRONT50.06%
ACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION50.06%
AFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST50.06%
AFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS50.06%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY40.04%
AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS40.04%
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT40.04%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS40.04%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS30.03%
AL JAMA-AH30.03%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE30.03%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY30.03%
AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS30.03%
EKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY30.03%
AFRIKA UNITE CONGRESS30.03%
PEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED30.03%
AFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT30.03%
NEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT30.03%
ABANTU BEZWELETHU CONGRESS DEMOCRACY30.03%
AFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM20.02%
UMKHUMBI WESIZWE ORGANISATION20.02%
ETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT20.02%
A SHALL-X PARTY20.02%
BUMBANA MZANSI20.02%
INKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT20.02%
NATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT20.02%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY10.01%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION10.01%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY10.01%
TRULY ALLIANCE10.01%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION10.01%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE10.01%
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY10.01%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT10.01%
AFRICAN CONGRESS FOR TRANSFORMATION10.01%
INDIAN CONGRESS PARTY10.01%
1860NIC CONGRESS10.01%
SERVICE DELIVERY PARTY10.01%
Independents, grouped by IEC00.00%
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS00.00%
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS00.00%
MINORITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
AFRO NATIVES00.00%
OPERATION DUDULA00.00%
MAWUSA MOVEMENT PARTY00.00%
PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY00.00%
AFRICAN ROYAL RAINBOW CONGRESS00.00%
ALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA00.00%
PEOPLE’S POWER FREEDOM PARTY00.00%
SERVICE DELIVERY FRONT00.00%

Valid ballots shown: 8 919. 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 56 ballot

57 candidates
  • THANASAGREN RUBBANATHAN MOODLEY1860NIC CONGRESS
  • POOBALAN GOVENDERA SHALL-X PARTY
  • EMMANUEL JABULANI ZWANEACTIONSA
  • IMTIAZ SYEDACTIVE CITIZENS COALITION
  • MAKHOSAZANA RIENETH SIBIYAAFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE
  • BONGINKOSI RAPHAEL NGCOBOAFRICAN ALLIANCE CONGRESS
  • NKOSINATHI LUCKY ZULUAFRICAN ECONOMIC FREEDOM
  • THULANI WISEMAN SHABANEAFRICAN HEART CONGRESS
  • VATHISWA NCUKANAAFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
  • NOKULUNGA MARTHA DLAMINIAFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY
  • GODSLOVE NONTOBEKO MNTAMBOAFRICAN MOVEMENT CONGRESS
  • SIYABONGA HOPEWELL NTOMBELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
  • ELSIE NTOMBIKAYISE DHLAMINIAFRICAN PEOPLE FIRST
  • THAMSANQA CHRISTOPHER MTHEMBUAFRICAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT
  • VUSUMUZI WILBERT KHUZWAYOAFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS
  • SAMUEL SABELO SHANGASEAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
  • NKOSINATHI QINISELA SHOZIAFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS
  • THAMSANQA VINCENT NGIDIAFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
  • IAN VUSI GCABASHEAFRIKA UNITE CONGRESS
  • SIYABONGA DLAMINIAFRO NATIVES
  • MAHOMMED HANIFF KHANAL JAMA-AH
  • SIYABONGA THANGOALL NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA
  • PHILANI ERIC KHOZAARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION
  • MFANA PATRICK NENEAZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
  • AMANDA ZUMABUMBANA MZANSI
  • PAUL MFUNDO MGWABADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
  • PATRICK PILLAYDEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS
  • CELIWE JUDITH ZULUECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
  • OSISIPHO ZAMUBUHLE SAMBANEEKHETHU PEOPLES PARTY
  • SILINDELE JENICE MDLETSHEETHEKWINI RATEPAYERS POLITICAL MOVEMENT
  • THEMBA SELBY NTOMBELAGODS JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY
  • ELLIOT NTOKOZO MNQAYI IndependentIndependent candidate
  • FIKILE GUMEDEINDEPENDENT PEOPLE'S PARTY
  • AVINASH BALBARANINDIAN CONGRESS PARTY
  • WISEMAN FANZANA MAGWAZAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
  • BONGA CHRISTOPHER ZULUINKULULEKO YABANTU MOVEMENT
  • BONGANI ALEX MCHUNUJUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY
  • THEMBINKOSI WISEMAN DLADLAKZN INDEPENDENCE
  • MELUXOLO BONGANI STEPHEN GUMBIMINORITY FRONT
  • RAYMOND METHRAJ SAKLOONATIONAL DIALOGUE FRONT
  • SAKHEPHI METWELL NXUMALONATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
  • CRAIG SCELO MTHIMKHULUNEXT GENERATION GOVERNMENT
  • XOLANI ZULUORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
  • JABULANI WELCOME MTHALANEPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
  • DERUSHA TISSONGPEOPLE'S FIRST UNITED
  • ELIZABETH ZAMA MZOBEPEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY
  • MOONSAMY GOVENDERPEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  • DENNIS VUSI MSWELIPEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
  • BUYANI CYRIL PHUNGULASERVICE DELIVERY PARTY
  • FEROZ KHANSIZWE UMMAH NATION
  • NONKULULEKO SIYANGAPHISOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
  • MZAMENI ALEX MDUNGESOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT
  • NASIEEM MAHOMED FAROUK SHAIKTRULY ALLIANCE
  • HUSAIN MIATRUTH AND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
  • NHLANHLA CYRIL MTHEMBUUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY
  • ANELE MVULAUNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  • TRISHA NAIRVRYHEIDSFRONT 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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