ANC 89.7%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 5 109 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress4 58489.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2555.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress1152.3%
DADemocratic Alliance661.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party360.7%
APCAfrican People's Convention190.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party170.3%
PALPeoples Alliance70.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%
COPECongress of the People40.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation10.0%
MFMinority Front10.0%
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 21 with 4 742 votes, 59.8% of the ward's 7 931 registered voters. Turnout was 65.6%: 5 203 of 7 931 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 21, 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 5 229 · spoilt 59 · special votes 18 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (5 203 of 7 931). The IEC publishes 66.4%.
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.