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Abaqulusi

23 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Abaqulusi · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial

Valid votes: 56 427
Turnout: 55,7%
Registered: 102 977

UMKHONTO WESIZWE42,2%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY33,0%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS13,1%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE6,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2,0%
All others3,3%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY46,6%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31,3%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5,2%
Others (10)4,0%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

All 23 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held 1 November 2021 · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY received the most PR-ballot votes: 21 175 (46,6% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 96 719
Votes cast: 46 026
Turnout: 47,6%
Spoilt ballots: 610

How many votes did each contestant receive?15 contestants · 45 416 valid votes · totals of 112 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share	Share bar
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	21 175	46,6%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	14 193	31,3%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	3 422	7,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2 456	5,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 361	5,2%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	552	1,2%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	293	0,6%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	255	0,6%
DEVELOPMENT OF JOBS IN VRYHEID	193	0,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT	175	0,4%
Others (5 contestants together)	341	0,8%	Not compared

Show all 15 contestants

All 15 contestants15 contestants · 45 416 valid votes · totals of 112 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	21 175	46,6%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	14 193	31,3%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	3 422	7,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2 456	5,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 361	5,2%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	552	1,2%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	293	0,6%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	255	0,6%
DEVELOPMENT OF JOBS IN VRYHEID	193	0,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT	175	0,4%
LAND PARTY	106	0,2%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY	69	0,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	64	0,1%
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT	61	0,1%
THE ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT	41	0,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:38 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
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Attribution: Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Abaqulusi Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
Party	Ward	PR	Seats	Ward seats today
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	18	3	21	18
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	4	10	14	3
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	0	4	4	0
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	3	3	0
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1	1	2	1
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	0	1	1	0
Total	23	22	45	22 of 23

2021 seat calculation

Seats: 45
Quota: 1 981
Valid votes counted: 89 122

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

Abaqulusi’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

The ward seats today differ from the 2021 calculation: a ward can change hands at a by-election, and a ward with no listed councillor and no by-election in the record is left out of the count.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 3 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · retrieved 9 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, KwaZulu-Natal (54 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:19 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
Attribution: Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Source: IEC — List of current ward councillors, KwaZulu-Natal (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:22 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
Attribution: Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits

Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published

Irregular expenditure, reportedR 126 million2023/24

Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

244 closed · 21 cancelled · 5 published · 4 awarded tender notices · 1 awards published · all notices

8-2-1-645Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICES PROVIDER FOR THE PROVISION, MANAGEMENT, AND EXECUTION OF MAYORAL ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS AS WHEN REQUIRD BASIS.
advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
8-2-1-646Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
HIRING OF TLB FOR ABAQULUSI AREAS OVER 90 DAYS
advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
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RE- ADVERTISEMENT : SUUPLY AND DELIVER OF AN ELECTRICAL CABLE AT MAKHWATHENI.
advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 16 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
RE- 8-2-1-616Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
RENOVATION OF COMMUNITY BUILDINGS (PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2)
advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 16 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
RE-8-2-1-643Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
RE-ADVERTISEMENT: SUPPLY AND DELIVER OF AN ELECTRIFICATION CABLE AT BHEKUMTHETHO
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Wards of Abaqulusi

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

23 wards2021 boundaries
Ward	Councillor today	Won in 2021	Share	Turnout
Ward 1	SIBUSISO BLESSING MKHWANAZIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	46,1%	47,0%
Ward 2	KHUMBULA ZWELIPHUMILE MBATHAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	56,7%	46,9%
Ward 3	BHEKAMEVA ELLIAS NDLELAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	47,8%	47,8%
Ward 4	MICHAEL BHEKISIPHO KHUMALOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	53,1%	52,9%
Ward 5	THEMBEKILE ELIZABETH VILAKAZIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	56,4%	43,9%
Ward 6	BHEKI WISEMAN MDLALOSEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	68,1%	54,0%
Ward 7	MZINGENDODA DERICK KHUMALOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	41,4%	45,4%
Ward 8	ELAINE RODWAYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 7 February 2024	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	35,3%	44,4%
Ward 9	MAGDALENA VIKTORDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	46,7%	47,5%
Ward 10	NTOKOZO MAXWELL SIBIYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	45,0%	40,6%
Ward 11	SANDILE SIKHUMBUZO MTHEMBUINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	47,0%	42,4%
Ward 12	THULANI PATRICK BUTHELEZIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 18 March 2026	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	58,2%	54,4%
Ward 13	Not listed	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	49,5%	42,8%
Ward 14	LINDA WELCOME CLIFFORT MTSHALIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	62,1%	51,7%
Ward 15	MBEKEZELI LUCAS MTSHALIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	40,8%	50,3%
Ward 16	HENRY VELAKWAKHE KHUMALOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	45,5%	44,1%
Ward 17	JABULANI XOLANI SANGWENIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	50,6%	52,3%
Ward 18	ZIQU MANDLAKAYISE NGCOBOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	48,8%	46,9%
Ward 19	MANDLA AMON MAZIBUKOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	35,5%	49,4%
Ward 20	CYRIL BONGANI HLATSHWAYOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	49,4%	36,6%
Ward 21	KHUMBUZILE MILDRED NTULIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	40,5%	52,4%
Ward 22	MLULEKI MANDISO LAMBISOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	46,5%	44,5%
Ward 23	KHULEKANI VINCENT MYENIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 16 July 2025	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	37,6%	52,2%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

Municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:58 SAST
Fingerprint: 71b7c5ea0ae57bcc5c729d5072de31ba49a96c11f209781e80247d36ad8e237cSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
Attribution: Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.