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Ward 17

Newcastle (KZN252) · IEC ward 52502017

Won by

MKP

Musawenkosi Mlangeni

Margin

13.4%

463 votes

Voting districts in

4/4

Valid ward votes

3,461

IEC report 03:12 SAST, Sun 15 Nov

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.

Ward ballot results
Party · candidate	Votes	Share
MKPMusawenkosi Mlangeni	1,260	36.4%
IFP	797	23.0%
ANC	782	22.6%
DA	153	4.4%
PVP	78	2.3%
ActionSA	63	1.8%
NFP	57	1.6%
IRC	50	1.4%
CFP	50	1.4%
MPM	29	0.8%
EFF	25	0.7%
KZNI	17	0.5%
SSM	14	0.4%
AAM	13	0.4%
VF Plus	11	0.3%
NDRF	11	0.3%
JEP	10	0.3%
SACP	6	0.2%
ACC	6	0.2%
WAYO	6	0.2%
A.b.c.d.	6	0.2%
Mayibuye	4	0.1%
Arm.jbs	4	0.1%
ARU	2	0.1%
AEF	2	0.1%
LABOUR	2	0.1%
SDP	2	0.1%
B.M.	1	0.0%

Votes needed. IFP would have needed 464 more votes to win, or 232 voters switching from MKP.

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: 4 of the 4 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
Party	2021	2026	Change
MKP	–	37.3%	new
IFP	22.6%	22.5%	−0.1
ANC	42.0%	22.0%	−20.0
DA	0.8%	4.8%	+4.0
IRC	–	2.1%	new
ActionSA	0.9%	2.0%	+1.1
PVP	–	1.8%	new
NFP	0.3%	1.6%	+1.3
CFP	0.1%	1.1%	+1.1
EFF	21.3%	0.9%	−20.4
246	3.0%	0.0%	−3.0
ABC	2.1%	0.0%	−2.1
TSSA	3.8%	0.0%	−3.8

Voting districts (4)

Results by voting district
District	Leading	Valid votes	In 2021
43670426	MKP 38.9%	2,859	yes
43670459	MKP 44.4%	2,119	yes
43670774	MKP 31.9%	960	yes
43670831	IFP 34.2%	983	yes