ANC 72.1%
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 2 398 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 73072.1%
DADemocratic Alliance40416.8%- K.U.CKnysna Unity Congress1636.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters331.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress291.2%
COPECongress of the People241.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party140.6%
UBUNTUUbuntu Party10.0%
Voting districts · 2 ?
ANC won Ward 8 with 1 620 votes, 41.3% of the ward's 3 923 registered voters. Turnout was 61.8%: 2 424 of 3 923 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 8, Knysna, 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 2 419 · spoilt 19 · special votes 162 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (2 424 of 3 923). The IEC publishes 61.5%.
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: Knysna's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 11:28 SAST.