Municipal by-elections

12 June 2019

2 ward by-elections in Mtubatuba, Sol Plaatje, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 6, Mtubatuba (2016 wards)

Mtubatuba · by-election of 12 June 2019

SIFISO NKOSINATHI VILANA elected2 678 valid votes · turnout 50,4%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SIFISO NKOSINATHI VILANAElectedINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	1 193	44,5%
KHUMBULANI PHINEAS CELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 149	42,9%
ABRAHAM DAVID DE LANGEAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	145	5,4%
SICELO VELEMAFINI GAMAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	144	5,4%
SIYANDA RICHARD MDLALOSENATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT	27	1,0%
THUTHUKANI CELANI SITHOLEAFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	20	0,7%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 52,0%.

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

Ward 7, Sol Plaatje (2016 wards)

Sol Plaatje · by-election of 12 June 2019

JOHN GAOLATLHWE DIPHAHE elected1 818 valid votes · turnout 47,7%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
JOHN GAOLATLHWE DIPHAHEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 689	92,9%
NKAGISANG MIRRIAM TSHEKELAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	129	7,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 76,2%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 12 June 2019: 2 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, 12 June 2019 (JSON, {"EEID":838})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 838-candidates.json · 2 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`d46b0268d6135f9c…`
IEC by-election results, 12 June 2019: KZN275 - Mtubatuba (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4446.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`8cefd489ce9f792d…`
IEC by-election results, 12 June 2019: NC091 - Sol Plaatje (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6046.json · 4 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`d9c23ee3639d88a1…`
IEC by-election councillors, 12 June 2019 (JSON, {"parmEEID":838})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 838-councillors.json · 1 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`4b629c8d37a6d8ed…`