ANC 53.7%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 1 807 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress97153.7%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party66036.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania462.5%
DADemocratic Alliance311.7%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation231.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party221.2%
NADECONational Democratic Convention221.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus90.5%
RLPRoyal Loyal Progress90.5%
MFMinority Front80.4%
IDIndependent Democrats60.3%
Voting districts · 3 ?
ANC won Ward 23 with 948 votes, 22.9% of the ward's 4 136 registered voters. Turnout was 44.4%: 1 835 of 4 136 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2006 local government elections in Ward 23, Newcastle, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2000: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 834 · spoilt 33 · special votes 0 · All 3 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 3 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 3 voting districts here (1 835 of 4 136). The IEC publishes 133.1%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 133.1%; its own counts give 44.37% (PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters in its voting districts); we show the calculated figure.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Newcastle's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 20:36 SAST.