ANC 77.3%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 7 141 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress5 51977.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party83511.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters3164.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress2163.0%
DADemocratic Alliance1682.4%
APCAfrican People's Convention380.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party130.2%
MFMinority Front110.2%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation70.1%
PALPeoples Alliance70.1%
COPECongress of the People70.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%
Voting districts · 10 ?
ANC won Ward 3 with 5 750 votes, 58.7% of the ward's 9 795 registered voters. Turnout was 74.6%: 7 306 of 9 795 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 3, 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 7 528 · spoilt 168 · special votes 26 · 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 (7 306 of 9 795). The IEC publishes 75.8%.
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: Msunduzi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:36 SAST.