Municipal by-elections

23 October 2019

4 ward by-elections in Ekurhuleni, Kopanong, Umzimvubu, uMhlathuze, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 92, Ekurhuleni (2016 wards)

Ekurhuleni · by-election of 23 October 2019

GRAHAM ANTHONY KEITH GERSBACH elected3 733 valid votes · turnout 23,9%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
GRAHAM ANTHONY KEITH GERSBACHElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	3 103	83,1%
HAROLD WILFRED THOMASAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	472	12,6%
MOREKWA KENNY PHOGOLEECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	158	4,2%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 78,8%.

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

Ward 8, Kopanong (2016 wards)

Kopanong · by-election of 23 October 2019

MZIWANELE VINCENT MALGAS elected1 698 valid votes · turnout 52,6%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MZIWANELE VINCENT MALGASElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	848	49,9%
THUSO CRONJE JOHANNEIndependent	Independent	683	40,2%
RICHARD WILLEM VAN WYKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	125	7,4%
PASEKA EDWIN MOKOQOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	42	2,5%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 77,6%.

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

Ward 9, uMhlathuze (2016 wards)

uMhlathuze · by-election of 23 October 2019

MANDLA MDAKA elected2 019 valid votes · turnout 32,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MANDLA MDAKAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 007	49,9%
ZONITA GROBBELAARINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	551	27,3%
GUGULETHU PORTIA NTOMBELADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	326	16,1%
BONGINKOSI ERICK MAJOLAIndependent	Independent	112	5,5%
SILINDILE THOBISILE ZUNGUECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	23	1,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 52,2%.

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

Ward 7, Umzimvubu (2016 wards)

Umzimvubu · by-election of 23 October 2019

MTHETHELELI COLUMBUS NTSENGWANE elected1 279 valid votes · turnout 26,0%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MTHETHELELI COLUMBUS NTSENGWANEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 105	86,4%
NOMAZA VIOLA NOMNGANGAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	164	12,8%
FAKAZILE NTWAKUMBAAFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	10	0,8%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 73,5%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 23 October 2019: 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, 23 October 2019 (JSON, {"EEID":901})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 901-candidates.json · 4 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`c18fa16d3379d0f4…`
IEC by-election results, 23 October 2019: EC442 - Umzimvubu (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1031.json · 7 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`b287b9e1d9c3fda9…`
IEC by-election results, 23 October 2019: EKU - Ekurhuleni (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-3002.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`bee165b037a3f20c…`
IEC by-election results, 23 October 2019: FS162 - Kopanong (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-2203.json · 6 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`2b21cfa77459d9c6…`
IEC by-election results, 23 October 2019: KZN282 - uMhlathuze (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4450.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`eb31b2bc526f08e0…`
IEC by-election councillors, 23 October 2019 (JSON, {"parmEEID":901})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 901-councillors.json · 4 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`95086a4651a8e7af…`