Municipal by-elections

26 February 2020

4 ward by-elections in Matzikama, Mhlontlo, Msinga, Thulamela, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 8, Matzikama (2016 wards)

Matzikama · by-election of 26 February 2020

RICARDO XAVIER ROBERTO KOCK elected2 022 valid votes · turnout 55,3%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
RICARDO XAVIER ROBERTO KOCKElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 054	52,1%
PIET WILLIAMS OWIESDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	919	45,5%
ANDRIES JACOBSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	37	1,8%
FREDERIK STEENKAMPKHOI-SAN HEAVENLY PARTY	KHOI-SAN HEAVENLY PARTY	12	0,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 52,9%.

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

Ward 6, Mhlontlo (2016 wards)

Mhlontlo · by-election of 26 February 2020

MBULELO JOHN VUNGUVUNGU elected1 234 valid votes · turnout 30,5%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MBULELO JOHN VUNGUVUNGUElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	989	80,1%
PHILLEMON TYWAKUAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	143	11,6%
BONGOZIWE YULLENDER MABANDLAUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	57	4,6%
ANDILE SIKHUTSHWAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	45	3,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 80,2%.

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

Ward 1, Msinga (2016 wards)

Msinga · by-election of 26 February 2020

MBUSO BUTHELEZI elected2 927 valid votes · turnout 53,7%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MBUSO BUTHELEZIElectedINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	2 005	68,5%
THABO CHRISTIAN MAKHUNGAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	871	29,8%
BERNARD XIMBAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	41	1,4%
SLINDILE IGNATIA SISHINATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION	10	0,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY had the most votes, 73,7%.

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

Ward 41, Thulamela (2016 wards)

Thulamela · by-election of 26 February 2020

MPHEDZISENI JOHANNES LIGARABA elected1 923 valid votes · turnout 36,3%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MPHEDZISENI JOHANNES LIGARABAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 799	93,6%
NTHATHENI COLBERT MUNZHEDZIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	111	5,8%
AVHATAKALI MALOVHELEAZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION	AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION	13	0,7%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 54,6%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 26 February 2020: 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, 26 February 2020 (JSON, {"EEID":953})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 953-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`e71451630e2cabc9…`
IEC by-election results, 26 February 2020: EC156 - Mhlontlo (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1141.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`eefbdad10f6f6647…`
IEC by-election results, 26 February 2020: KZN244 - uMsinga (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4429.json · 14 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`db00619525493080…`
IEC by-election results, 26 February 2020: LIM343 - Thulamela (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-7709.json · 7 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`6905c06cd0fc20eb…`
IEC by-election results, 26 February 2020: WC011 - Matzikama (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9902.json · 11 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`790dff8c91b7084b…`
IEC by-election councillors, 26 February 2020 (JSON, {"parmEEID":953})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 953-councillors.json · 3 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`9f83fe011c7b2cab…`