ANC 61.2%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 1 749 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 07061.2%
DADemocratic Alliance51629.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters603.4%
PAMPan Africanist Movement472.7%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement261.5%
APCAfrican People's Convention251.4%
COPECongress of the People50.3%
Voting districts · 7 ?
ANC won Ward 16 with 1 075 votes, 33.0% of the ward's 3 255 registered voters. Turnout was 54.6%: 1 778 of 3 255 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 16, Emalahleni, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 1 775 · spoilt 47 · special votes 40 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (1 778 of 3 255). The IEC publishes 54.6%.
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.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Emalahleni's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 11:39 SAST.