ANC 51.8%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 2 909 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 50751.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 35646.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters250.9%
DADemocratic Alliance210.7%
Voting districts · 7 ?
ANC won Ward 7 with 1 524 votes, 33.3% of the ward's 4 577 registered voters. Turnout was 64.2%: 2 937 of 4 577 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 7, Hluhluwe/Somkele, 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 2 939 · spoilt 34 · special votes 56 · 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 (2 937 of 4 577). The IEC publishes 63.8%.
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: Hluhluwe/Somkele's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:40 SAST.