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Ward 1

Umzimvubu (EC442) · IEC ward 24402001

Won by
ANC
Zilungile Nozixinjana
Margin
38.8%
860 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
2,217

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCZilungile Nozixinjana1,22855.4%
SACP36816.6%
EFF2099.4%
ATM1215.5%
MKP853.8%
ILB843.8%
DA542.4%
AIC331.5%
ACDP170.8%
APC90.4%
COPE30.1%
PA20.1%
SRWP20.1%
ARU10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%

Votes needed. SACP would have needed 861 more votes to win, or 431 voters switching from ANC.

Turnout is not published per ward in the IEC results files, so it is not shown here.

Change since 2021

Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so this compares the same voting districts in both years: 6 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 100% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
Party shares in 2021 and 2026 on matched voting districts
Party20212026Change
ANC73.4%56.1%−17.3
SACP–16.6%new
EFF16.6%9.5%−7.1
ATM4.5%5.5%+1.0
ILB–3.8%new
MKP–3.4%new
DA0.6%2.3%+1.7
AIC3.5%1.3%−2.2

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
11790222ANC 47.8%1,223yes
11790288ANC 61.0%967yes
11790389ANC 40.4%664yes
11790738SACP 50.6%180yes
11790749ANC 71.0%1,206yes
11790862ANC 67.1%152yes