ANC 48.3%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 4 073 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 96748.3%
BRABetter Residents Association1 92247.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters791.9%
DADemocratic Alliance661.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention320.8%
PASMAPan African Socialist Movement of Azania40.1%
COPECongress of the People30.1%
Voting districts · 7 ?
ANC won Ward 17 with 1 967 votes, 27.6% of the ward's 7 117 registered voters. Turnout was 58.2%: 4 142 of 7 117 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 17, Bushbuckridge, 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 4 142 · spoilt 69 · special votes 270 · All 7 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 7 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 7 voting districts here (4 142 of 7 117). The IEC publishes 58.6%.
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.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Bushbuckridge's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:46 SAST.