eThekwini, 2026 local elections · ward ID 59500083

Ward 83

Covers parts of Umlazi.

4 Nov 2026

is election day. This ward’s results will appear here as the Electoral Commission (IEC) publishes them. Below: how the same voting districts voted in 2021 and 2024.

Wards for the 2026 local elections (Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 delimitation). In 2021 this area was in ward 83 (70.8%), ward 78 (24.3%) (2021 boundaries; share of this ward’s area).

How this ward voted over time

Official: IEC, by voting district · Data as of 2021 local and 2024 national elections, as published by the IEC

What these words mean

Ward ballot: In local elections, the vote for the ward councillor. The candidate with the most votes wins the ward.
PR ballot: In local elections, the vote for a party. It decides how many council seats each party gets overall.
Voting district: The area served by one voting station. The Electoral Commission counts and publishes results for each one.
Turnout: Votes cast (valid and spoilt) as a share of registered voters.

2024 national ballot

MK 74.6%
ANC 13.1%
IFP 6.5%
EFF 2.5%
DA 1.5%
Others 1.8%

Turnout 68.8% · 9 789 valid votes · 7 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year

2021 party (PR) ballot

ANC 58.9%
EFF 17.0%
IFP 11.4%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 2.2%
ActionSA 1.5%
Others 9.0%

Turnout 36.6% · 4 821 valid votes · 7 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year

2021 ward ballot

ANC 43.5%
INDEPENDENT 16.5%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY 11.1%
EFF 11.0%
IFP 7.6%
Others 10.2%

Turnout 36.6% · 4 859 valid votes · 7 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year

Earlier results are those of the ward's own voting districts, matched by voting-district number; new or split voting districts have no earlier results. So the 2021 and 2024 figures cover the same area as closely as the published data allows; they are not this ward’s result in those years. Shares are of valid votes. We make no predictions.

Places in this ward

Umlazi: Umlazi L, Umlazi M, Umlazi H, Umlazi AA

Suburb and place names are Stats SA Census 2011 sub-places and main places; Census 2022 place names have not been published. A place can span more than one ward.

Voting districts

8 in this ward. Official: IEC 2026 voting districts.

KHUTHALA JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370399)
NDONGENI SENIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370423)
SUKUMA PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370524)
ESIPHETWINI JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370535)
NGILOSI JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370557)
MZIWAMANDLA HIGH SCHOOL (43370568)
ZANDILE JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (43370591)
New voting district (43372133)

Station names are from the IEC’s 2024 and 2021 results; a voting district new in 2026 has no earlier name.

People living here

Official: Stats SA, Census 2022 · Data as of Census 2022, 2020 wards (copied 11 Oct 2026)

Census 2022 counted people in the 2021 wards. This 2026 ward takes in parts of three 2021 wards, so there is no official count for it. These are the 2021 wards it overlaps, with their official populations.

2021 ward	People	Area here
Ward 83	29 546	100%
Ward 78	39 934	25%
Ward 84	35 841	2%

People: official Census 2022 count for the whole 2021 ward. Area here: the share of that ward’s area inside this 2026 ward. We do not estimate a total for the 2026 ward.

Source: Stats SA SuperWEB2, Ward Estimates 2022 > Ward by Sex Estimates, population estimates on the 2020 wards (the wards of the 2021 elections), copied by hand on 11 Oct 2026. Stats SA adjusts small figures slightly to protect privacy.

Water, refuse, toilets and lighting by ward: Stats SA has not published Census 2022 service figures by ward. See eThekwini’s Census 2022 services for the metro as a whole. For problems in this area now, see eThekwini’s water and power notices, and community reports.

Sources: Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 ward delimitation (via SA-Maps open-data copy), open-data copy on SA-Maps; Electoral Commission (IEC), 2026 voting districts; Statistics South Africa, Census 2011 sub-places and main places. Results: Electoral Commission (IEC).