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Choseng

ANC has an outright majority

35of 44 seats

2006 results

2006

Council seats

ANC35 seats78.1% of votes
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY5 seats12.4% of votes
ACDP1 seat1.5% of votes
Other3 seats8.1% of votes
DA1 seat1.5% of votes
ID1 seat2.9% of votes
INDEPENDENTS1 seat3.7% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
78.1%68 730 votes
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
12.4%10 886 votes
INDEPENDENTS
3.7%3 270 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties5.9%5 161 votes
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
2.9%2 576 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.5%1 293 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1.5%1 292 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC78.1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY12.4%
ID2.9%
ACDP1.5%
DA1.5%
Other3.7%
History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

  • All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
  • Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
  • Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.
All parties & exact values

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Wards in Greater Taung

22 wards

What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats
Ward 1
ANC74.0%
DA14.4%
Lead: 2 333 votes
Ward 2
ANC78.3%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY9.5%
Lead: 1 274 votes
Ward 3
ANC67.2%
ID18.5%
Lead: 2 463 votes
Ward 4
ANC86.9%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY11.4%
Lead: 2 684 votes
Ward 5
ANC65.3%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY31.5%
Lead: 1 240 votes
Ward 6
ANC70.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY25.9%
Lead: 1 900 votes
Ward 7
ANC83.3%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY10.8%
Lead: 2 993 votes
Ward 8
ANC85.8%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8.3%
Lead: 3 657 votes
Ward 9
ANC74.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY12.1%
Lead: 2 492 votes
Ward 10
ANC86.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY10.3%
Lead: 2 993 votes
Ward 11
ANC76.7%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY18.6%
Lead: 2 276 votes
Ward 12
ANC37.7%
INDEPENDENTS34.7%
Lead: 113 votes
Ward 13
ANC77.5%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY18.5%
Lead: 1 539 votes
Ward 14
ANC58.6%
INDEPENDENTS20.6%
Lead: 1 795 votes
Ward 15
ANC87.6%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8.3%
Lead: 3 216 votes
Ward 16
ANC85.8%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY9.2%
Lead: 2 783 votes
Ward 17
ANC84.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY12.7%
Lead: 2 500 votes
Ward 18
ANC94.5%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4.0%
Lead: 5 502 votes
Ward 19
ANC82.9%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY12.6%
Lead: 2 488 votes
Ward 20
ANC84.1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY13.5%
Lead: 2 851 votes
Ward 21
ANC85.2%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY10.5%
Lead: 3 019 votes
Ward 22
ANC85.8%
INDEPENDENTS5.5%
Lead: 4 005 votes
Local, district or metro?

Local councils and district councils share responsibilities. Metros combine both.

Your town and nearby areas

Handles local services such as refuse collection and local roads, with responsibilities shared with the district.

Several local municipalities

Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.

One council for a large city

Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.

A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.

CoGTA guide to local government
Sources & result details

IEC: 29 Jul 2016, 09:33 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:56 SAST

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.

Seat calculation & source

These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The totals add up to all 44 council seats. This is the historical election allocation, not a record of government changes during the term. Any grouped “Other” seats remain grouped.

IEC result time: 29 Jul 2016, 09:33 SAST · Source figures ↗

Ward vs PR ballots

Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.

Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Greater Taung. Ward results include areas outside Choseng.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 2 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.

Town-to-ward mappings are available for 2026 only. The historical wards above belong to the whole municipality in 2006.

Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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