ANC 73.4%up 7.9 pts from 65.5% in 2000
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 1 449 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 06473.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party32622.5%
NADECONational Democratic Convention382.6%
DADemocratic Alliance90.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus40.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.3%
MFMinority Front30.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania10.1%
Voting districts · 2 ?
ANC won Ward 21 with 1 064 votes, 27.3% of the ward's 3 897 registered voters. Turnout was 37.6%: 1 466 of 3 897 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2006 local government elections in Ward 21, uMhlathuze (Richards Bay), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 469 · spoilt 20 · special votes 0 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (1 466 of 3 897). The IEC publishes 112.9%.
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.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2000 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 112.91%; its own counts give 37.62% (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: uMhlathuze's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 20:38 SAST.