#LGE2026: NMB Ward Councillor Candidate Statistics

The Nelson Mandlea Bay Metropolitan Municipality is divided into 60 Wards.

Ward Councillor Candidates compete for votes in all 60 Wards. Your first vote is for your chosen Ward Councillor.

Your second vote is for a party of your choice – a PR Councillor candidate is chosen per ward from this.

Looking at the LGE 2026 for NMB we have:

• 38 Political Parties contesting the elections
• 1930 Ward Councillor Candidates
• The Youngest Ward Candidate is 18 years old – Imkhita Celela (Born 2007-12-12) – standing in Ward 18 for the Patriotic Alliance
• The Oldest Ward Candidate is 82 years old – Lungile Patris Kolisi (Born 1943-11-07) standing in Ward 10 for the South African Communist Party
• The Political Party with the largest age gap – 58 years – between youngest and oldest is shared between the South African Communist Party (youngest candidate of 24 and oldest candidate of 82) AND the African Christian Democratic Party (youngest candidate of 18 and oldest candidate of 76)
• The Political Party with the smallest age gap between youngest and oldest candidates is Sibanye (We Are One) with a 23 year age gap between Sibahle Gaxela (26) and Ntobeko Gerald Danster (49)
• The lowest average age amongst Ward Councillor Candidates is 34.52 for the Economic Emancipation Forum
• The highest average age amongst Ward Councillor Candidates is 56.80 for the GOOD Party.

The following Parties are fielding Ward Candidates (- no. of Wards contested):

• Abantu Integrity Movement – 48
• ActionSA – 60
• African Christian Democratic Party – 60
• African Congress For Transformation – 6
• African Independent Congress – 55
• African National Congress – 60
• African People’s Convention – 60
• African Peoples Progression – 13
• African Transformation Movement – 55
• Afrika Mayibuye Movement – 60
• Al Jama-Ah – 60
• All Citizens Party – 7
• Azanian People’s Organisation – 60
• Christ Kingdom Party – 57
• Congress Of The People – 60
• Defenders Of The People – 56
• Democratic Alliance – 60
• Democratic Movement – 60
• Economic Emancipation Forum – 60
• Economic Freedom Fighters – 60
• Eighteen Twelve Movement – 60
• Freedom Front Plus – 60
• Good – 60
• Independent – 9
• Labour Party Of South Africa – 60
• Mayibuye Civic Movement – 60
• National Alliance – 60
• Organic Humanity Movement – 60
• Pan Africanist Congress Of Azania – 60
• Patriotic Alliance – 60
• People’s Power – 60
• Progressive Community Alliance Movement – 14
• Service Delivery Party – 60
• Sibanye (We Are One) – 29
• South African Communist Party – 60
• Umkhonto Wesizwe Party – 60
• United Democratic Movement – 60
• United Progressive People Alliance – 20
• United Independent Movement – 1