ANC 61.4%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 3 212 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 97161.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party96730.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1675.2%
DADemocratic Alliance341.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation321.0%
RLPRoyal Loyal Progress250.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party70.2%
PRMPeople's Revolutionary Movement60.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus30.1%
Voting districts · 4 ?
ANC won Ward 18 with 1 928 votes, 35.8% of the ward's 5 381 registered voters. Turnout was 60.7%: 3 268 of 5 381 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 18, Newcastle, 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 3 270 · spoilt 53 · special votes 85 · 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 (3 268 of 5 381). The IEC publishes 60.7%.
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: Newcastle's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:38 SAST.