ANC 72.4%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 2 291 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 65872.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters54223.7%- SAPROMOSakhisizwe Progressive Movement652.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention130.6%- SKCPSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party90.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus40.2%
Voting districts · 3 ?
ANC won Ward 8 with 1 658 votes, 30.7% of the ward's 5 407 registered voters. Turnout was 43.1%: 2 332 of 5 407 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 8, Govan Mbeki, 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 2 333 · spoilt 42 · special votes 30 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 332 of 5 407). The IEC publishes 43.0%.
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: Govan Mbeki's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:44 SAST.