Municipal by-elections
17 September 2025
2 ward by-elections in Ephraim Mogale, eThekwini, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.
Ward 9, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality
Ephraim Mogale · by-election of 17 September 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| COLLINS NKWANE MALESWENE | 1 566 | 69,1% |
| SBONGILE MATHIBELA MASHIANE | 535 | 23,6% |
| MOTSOAPE ALPHEUS MARIBE | 97 | 4,3% |
| EMMANUEL NKGUDI | 45 | 2,0% |
| LUCKY TSWEJANA MALESWENA | 24 | 1,1% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 65,6%.
Ward 64, Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality
eThekwini · by-election of 17 September 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| NORMAN GILBERT | 3 197 | 63,0% |
| STANLEY THULANI BONGANI DLAMINI | 1 141 | 22,5% |
| BABONGILE NQASHI | 516 | 10,2% |
| JAQUELENE GONÇALVES | 139 | 2,7% |
| STEPHEN GWADELA | 73 | 1,4% |
| KAMALA THOMAS | 7 | 0,1% |
| PRETESH AROON PATEL | 1 | 0,0% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 55,8%.
What the record holds
- The IEC's by-election results for 17 September 2025: 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
| Document | Role | Retrieved | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEC by-election candidates, 17 September 2025 (JSON, {"EEID":1777}) | candidate_list | 9 October 2026 | 1be6062c2cb14efe… |
| IEC by-election results, 17 September 2025: ETH - eThekwini (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | d1b2fbbe013cf2ec… |
| IEC by-election results, 17 September 2025: LIM471 - Ephraim Mogale (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | aff14d085a53a962… |
| IEC by-election councillors, 17 September 2025 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1777}) | Results report | 9 October 2026 | 5d702857ad7e1613… |