Municipal by-elections

14 June 2017

4 ward by-elections in Mbombela/Umjindi, Mnquma, Sol Plaatje, UPhongolo, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 45, Mbombela/Umjindi (2016 wards)

Mbombela/Umjindi · by-election of 14 June 2017

LIFA BLESSING NKOSI elected2 373 valid votes · turnout 37,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
LIFA BLESSING NKOSIElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	2 099	88,5%
LUCIA PHETHILE MASEKOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	274	11,5%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 82,3%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 15, Mnquma (2016 wards)

Mnquma · by-election of 14 June 2017

SITHEMBISO NCETEZO elected1 825 valid votes · turnout 49,5%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SITHEMBISO NCETEZOElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 719	94,2%
THEMBELANI SIKITIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	68	3,7%
ANDERSON SIHELEUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	38	2,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 82,8%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 24, Sol Plaatje (2016 wards)

Sol Plaatje · by-election of 14 June 2017

SHARON MERLE STEYN elected1 735 valid votes · turnout 41,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SHARON MERLE STEYNElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 533	88,4%
HENDRIK JACOBUS VAN DEN BERGVRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	111	6,4%
MELGA SHARON TOBIASAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	83	4,8%
LETTIE PAPIERECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	8	0,5%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 82,8%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 7, UPhongolo (2016 wards)

UPhongolo · by-election of 14 June 2017

THEMBOKUHLE ABEDNEGO NTSHANGASE elected1 991 valid votes · turnout 52,8%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
THEMBOKUHLE ABEDNEGO NTSHANGASEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	840	42,2%
GUGULAKHE CHRISTOPHER MAMBAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	743	37,3%
PHINDAVELE MLUNGISI SIKHOSANANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	370	18,6%
FRANCE SIZWE PHAKATHIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	38	1,9%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 55,6%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 14 June 2017: 4 wards, each candidate by name and party with their votes. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published per municipality, so they — and the ward's registered voters and turnout with them — are shown only where a municipality held one by-election that day.

How it was read and checked

The winner is the candidate the IEC's results award the seat. Why each seat fell vacant is not published with these results and is not stated here.

Sources

The IEC files this day's record was loaded from

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
Document	Role	Retrieved	SHA-256
IEC by-election candidates, 14 June 2017 (JSON, {"EEID":506})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 506-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`b10bca12cd28ed49…`
IEC by-election results, 14 June 2017: EC122 - Mnquma (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1114.json · 17 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`493d359fbaf46fac…`
IEC by-election results, 14 June 2017: KZN262 - uPhongolo (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4437.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`2549844803564dcb…`
IEC by-election results, 14 June 2017: MP326 - City of Mbombela (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-5524.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`65e2f56836d57182…`
IEC by-election results, 14 June 2017: NC091 - Sol Plaatje (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6046.json · 6 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`adbc325547f116a3…`
IEC by-election councillors, 14 June 2017 (JSON, {"parmEEID":506})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 506-councillors.json · 3 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`1ae8f6825e676f09…`