ANC 53.8%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 7 525 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress4 04753.8%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party2 74236.4%
DADemocratic Alliance2483.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress1872.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1642.2%
MFMinority Front550.7%
APCAfrican People's Convention270.4%
PALPeoples Alliance220.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party140.2%
COPECongress of the People100.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation50.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%
Voting districts · 10 ?
ANC won Ward 1 with 4 045 votes, 38.0% of the ward's 10 643 registered voters. Turnout was 72.3%: 7 698 of 10 643 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 1, Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg), 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 7 485 · spoilt 108 · special votes 67 · All 10 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 10 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 10 voting districts here (7 698 of 10 643). The IEC publishes 72.4%.
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: Msunduzi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:36 SAST.