ANC 95.3%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 2 074 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 97795.3%
DADemocratic Alliance401.9%
IDIndependent Democrats281.4%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement160.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party120.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus10.0%
Voting districts · 2 ?
ANC won Ward 8 with 1 933 votes, 39.6% of the ward's 4 877 registered voters. Turnout was 43.1%: 2 100 of 4 877 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2006 local government elections in Ward 8, Potchefstroom, 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 2 085 · spoilt 36 · 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 (2 100 of 4 877). The IEC publishes 129.0%.
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 129.01%; its own counts give 43.06% (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: Potchefstroom's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 20:51 SAST.