DA 68.2%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 4 972 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance3 39368.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 39628.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters911.8%
AICAfrican Independent Congress460.9%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah170.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party120.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention100.2%
MFMinority Front70.1%
Voting districts · 4 ?
DA won Ward 37 with 3 393 votes, 43.5% of the ward's 7 801 registered voters. Turnout was 61.5%: 4 796 of 7 801 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 37, 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
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 021 · spoilt 49 · special votes 9 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (4 796 of 7 801). The IEC publishes 64.6%.
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.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 64.62%; its own counts give 61.48% (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: Msunduzi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:36 SAST.