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iMpendle, Ward 5

The certified ward ballot for the local government elections of 4 November 2026, published by the Electoral Commission on 16 September. 11 candidates from 11 parties, listed by party. The order on election day is set by the Commission.

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Ward 5, iMpendle

Provisional record

Ward ballot

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

Ward ballot party totals, leading 8 of 12 rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShareCouncil seats
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY68440.07%6
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47027.53%2
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE22313.06%1
INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS19311.31%1
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS563.28%0
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY422.46%1
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT171.00%0
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT90.53%0
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Ward ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShareCouncil seats
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY80.47%0
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT40.23%0
BUMBANA MZANSI10.06%0
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY00.00%0

Council seats apply to the entire municipality across both ballots. Allocation source: . Read the separate council allocation below.

Valid ballots shown: 1 707. 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 12 rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShareCouncil seats
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY69140.43%6
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45626.68%2
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE23913.98%1
INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS18911.06%1
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS502.93%0
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY452.63%1
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT181.05%0
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY90.53%0
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Municipal PR ballot party totals, remaining rows
Party / IEC groupingVotesShareCouncil seats
AFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT60.35%0
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY30.18%0
BUMBANA MZANSI20.12%0
ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT10.06%0

Council seats apply to the entire municipality across both ballots. Allocation source: . Read the separate council allocation below.

Valid ballots shown: 1 709. 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: iMpendle

IEC dashboard allocation / Provisional. These are seats for the whole municipal council. They are not seats for this ward or station, a TPR projection, or a verified formal declaration.

iMpendle council allocation, IEC source 07 Nov 2026, 22:12 SAST
Party / IEC groupingWard seatsPR seatsCouncil total
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY606
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS022
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY011
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS011

All 11 council seats accounted for. Outright majority: 6 seats. This does not establish a governing agreement or elected mayor. Grouped independent seats do not identify individual councillors.

Allocation source: . Retrieved: . View official IEC allocation source ↗

A provisional dashboard allocation and a formal declaration are separate records.

IEC source: Retrieved: View official source ↗Source update is older than 20 minutes. Read its timestamp.

Collector last checked: . Source publication times remain separate.

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Ward 5 ballot

11 candidates
  • MPHIKISENI SIXTUS MWELIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
  • STHEMBISO EMMANUEL NGCOBOAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
  • NOTHANDO MWELIAFRIKA MAYIBUYE MOVEMENT
  • BUSISIWE NDLOVUBUMBANA MZANSI
  • NOBUHLE FLORENCE NGUBANEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
  • NTUTHUKO RION PHOSWAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
  • THEMBA LOVINGTON ZUMAINDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS
  • WELLEN PHUMLANI ZIMUINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
  • GAVIN BRIAN PHOENIXORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT
  • NIZA PRINCESS MADONDOSOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
  • PRINCE VILAKAZIUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY

Voters in this ward also vote for a iMpendle 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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