Ward 35

Newcastle (KZN252) · IEC ward 52502035

Won by

MKP

Jacob Siphiwe Ntshangase

Margin

14.3%

502 votes

Voting districts in

6/6

Valid ward votes

3,504

IEC report 02:46 SAST, Sun 15 Nov

Ward ballot

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

Ward ballot results
Party · candidate	Votes	Share
MKPJacob Siphiwe Ntshangase	1,478	42.2%
IFP	976	27.9%
ANC	339	9.7%
DA	312	8.9%
IRC	69	2.0%
AAM	50	1.4%
EFF	44	1.3%
ActionSA	41	1.2%
NDRF	31	0.9%
PVP	27	0.8%
VF Plus	16	0.5%
MPM	15	0.4%
NFP	12	0.3%
ATM	12	0.3%
Mayibuye	10	0.3%
KZNI	8	0.2%
LABOUR	8	0.2%
CFP	7	0.2%
AEF	7	0.2%
ISP	7	0.2%
SACP	6	0.2%
Al Jama-ah	6	0.2%
JEP	6	0.2%
ACC	6	0.2%
Amc.roy.	5	0.1%
Arm.jbs	5	0.1%
SDP	1	0.0%

Votes needed. IFP would have needed 503 more votes to win, or 252 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 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 83% 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	–	42.9%	new
IFP	47.2%	26.7%	−20.5
DA	2.4%	9.6%	+7.2
ANC	29.4%	7.9%	−21.5
IRC	–	2.3%	new
EFF	7.2%	1.5%	−5.7
ActionSA	3.8%	1.4%	−2.4
AAM	–	1.2%	new
NFP	1.9%	0.2%	−1.7
Independents	1.5%	0.0%	−1.5
17	1.8%	0.0%	−1.8
246	1.5%	0.0%	−1.5
TSSA	1.5%	0.0%	−1.5

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
District	Leading	Valid votes	In 2021
43625055	MKP 40.6%	1,987	yes
43625101	MKP 49.4%	1,934	yes
43626416	MKP 49.3%	499	new
43626427	IFP 39.9%	710	new
43670572	MKP 39.6%	1,486	yes
43670853	MKP 36.7%	531	yes