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2006 · Polokwane council results

Elmadal, Limpopo

Ward results

ANC has an outright majority

2006

Council seats

ANC58 seats
DA7 seats
ACDP2 seats
AZAPO1 seat
INDEPENDENTS1 seat
Other4 seats
PAC1 seat
UDM1 seat
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT1 seat
FF+1 seat
Polokwane · 2006 · Reported council seats
Party / entrySeatsShare of seats (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5879,4521
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE79,589
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY22,7397
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION11,3699
INDEPENDENTS11,3699
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA11,3699
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT11,3699
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT11,3699
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS11,3699
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY00

73 seats; 37 needed for a majority.

IEC source

Combined ballot votes

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
77.5%129 785 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
9.4%15 829 votes
INDEPENDENTS
3.3%5 499 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
2.3%3 819 votes
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT
2.1%3 538 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties5.4%9 037 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS
1.7%2 766 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
1.4%2 306 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
1.0%1 742 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
1.0%1 607 votes
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY
0.4%616 votes
Polokwane · 2006 · Combined ballot votes
Party / entryCandidateVotesVote share (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS—129 78577,4803
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE—15 8299,4498
INDEPENDENTS—5 4993,2828
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY—3 8192,2799
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT—3 5382,1122
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS—2 7661,6513
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION—2 3061,3767
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT—1 7421,04
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA—1 6070,9594
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY—6160,3677

167507 valid votes. Shares use this ballot’s party totals. All published entries are included.

IEC source

ANC above the majority

21seats
ANC58

58 of 73 council seats

DA falls

−4.2pp
200013.6%
20069.4%

Closest covering ward

363votes apart
DA46.8%
ANC40.3%

Ward 21 · Ward + municipal PR

How the vote changed

Other

Council seats by election

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2000Seats

Seats unavailable for this election.

2006Seats
ANC58—
DA7—
ACDP2—
AZAPO1—
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT1—

37 for a majority · 73 seats

NP354 - Polokwane · Council seats by election
ElectionParty / entrySeatsCouncil totalMajority needed
2 000Seat allocation unavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS587337
2 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE77337
2 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY27337
2 006AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION17337
2 006INDEPENDENTS17337
2 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA17337
2 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT17337
2 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT17337
2 006VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS17337
2 006ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY07337

Ward + municipal PR votes. Missing and grouped entries are not assumed to be zero. Published boundaries may differ between elections.

All history data (JSON)

Ward + municipal PR votes by election

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2000Vote %
ANC74.7%—
DA13.6%—
ACDP2.7%—
AZAPO2.4%—
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT0.0%—
Other6.6%—
2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC77.5%
DA9.4%
ACDP2.3%
AZAPO1.4%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT2.1%
Other7.3%
NP354 - Polokwane · Ward + municipal PR votes by election
ElectionPartyVotesVote share (%)Valid ballot totalAvailability
2 000AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS103 82074,7396138 909Reported
2 000DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE18 91813,619138 909Reported
2 000AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3 7192,6773138 909Reported
2 000AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION3 2932,3706138 909Reported
2 000UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT00138 909No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS00138 909No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2 2091,5902138 909Reported
2 000PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 8931,3628138 909Reported
2 000ALLIANSIE NOORD1 2790,9207138 909Reported
2 000ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY00138 909No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS129 78577,4803167 507Reported
2 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE15 8299,4498167 507Reported
2 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3 8192,2799167 507Reported
2 006AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION2 3061,3767167 507Reported
2 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT3 5382,1122167 507Reported
2 006VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS2 7661,6513167 507Reported
2 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1 7421,04167 507Reported
2 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 6070,9594167 507Reported
2 006ALLIANSIE NOORD00167 507No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY6160,3677167 507Reported

Ward + municipal PR votes. Missing and grouped entries are not assumed to be zero. Published boundaries may differ between elections.

All history data (JSON)

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 election-year selector to explore its results and 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.
IEC 2000 IEC 2006
All parties & exact values

Ward results

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Wards in Polokwane

37 wards

Ward 1
ANC85.0%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT8.1%
Lead: 4 397 votesWard 2
ANC83.5%
INDEPENDENTS5.4%
Lead: 3 780 votesWard 3
ANC87.7%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT4.0%
Lead: 3 854 votesWard 4
ANC68.2%
INDEPENDENTS16.7%
Lead: 2 574 votesWard 5
ANC92.3%
DA2.7%
Lead: 3 910 votesWard 6
ANC77.3%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT8.7%
Lead: 3 086 votesWard 7
ANC85.2%
INDEPENDENTS8.2%
Lead: 3 880 votesWard 8
ANC68.7%
DA21.7%
Lead: 1 978 votesWard 9
ANC87.6%
INDEPENDENTS4.8%
Lead: 4 331 votesWard 10
ANC85.4%
ACDP7.6%
Lead: 3 250 votesWard 11
ANC91.9%
DA2.3%
Lead: 3 802 votesWard 12
ANC85.0%
DA3.4%
Lead: 2 920 votesWard 13
ANC88.6%
DA5.1%
Lead: 2 988 votesWard 14
ANC90.4%
ACDP3.2%
Lead: 4 939 votesWard 15
ANC91.2%
DA3.1%
Lead: 4 749 votesWard 16
ANC89.0%
ACDP6.4%
Lead: 4 542 votesWard 17
ANC82.2%
INDEPENDENTS6.8%
Lead: 2 519 votesWard 18
ANC91.5%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION2.9%
Lead: 3 889 votesWard 19
ANC78.3%
DA13.6%
Lead: 2 242 votesWard 20
DA65.8%
ANC20.9%
Lead: 1 535 votesWard 21
DA46.8%
ANC40.3%
Lead: 363 votesWard 22
DA64.5%
ANC22.9%
Lead: 2 339 votesWard 23
ANC52.2%
DA35.6%
Lead: 700 votesWard 24
ANC85.0%
INDEPENDENTS8.3%
Lead: 3 580 votesWard 25
ANC66.8%
INDEPENDENTS23.3%
Lead: 1 820 votesWard 26
ANC68.7%
INDEPENDENTS18.1%
Lead: 580 votesWard 27
ANC86.1%
INDEPENDENTS7.6%
Lead: 3 930 votesWard 28
ANC89.2%
INDEPENDENTS4.6%
Lead: 3 876 votesWard 29
ANC69.4%
DA21.6%
Lead: 2 336 votesWard 30
ANC60.2%
INDEPENDENTS24.5%
Lead: 1 527 votesWard 31
ANC90.3%
DA3.1%
Lead: 3 099 votesWard 32
ANC79.3%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT12.9%
Lead: 3 136 votesWard 33
ANC78.6%
PAC5.8%
Lead: 4 249 votesWard 34
ANC78.1%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT7.2%
Lead: 2 842 votesWard 35
ANC86.6%
UDM9.1%
Lead: 3 690 votesWard 36
ANC87.8%
ACDP5.8%
Lead: 4 758 votesWard 37
ANC86.1%
ACDP4.4%
Lead: 3 651 votes
Wards in Polokwane ·
WardElectionParty / entryVotesVote share (%)
Ward 12 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 85885,049
Ward 12 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT4618,0707
Ward 22 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 04183,509
Ward 22 006INDEPENDENTS2615,3937
Ward 32 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 03787,7418
Ward 32 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT1833,9774
Ward 42 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 40668,2292
Ward 42 006INDEPENDENTS83216,6667
Ward 52 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 02992,2813
Ward 52 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1192,7256
Ward 62 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 47577,3253
Ward 62 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT3898,656
Ward 72 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 29485,1646
Ward 72 006INDEPENDENTS4148,211
Ward 82 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 89368,7173
Ward 82 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE91521,734
Ward 92 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 58487,6147
Ward 92 006INDEPENDENTS2534,8356
Ward 102 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 56985,4236
Ward 102 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3197,6352
Ward 112 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 90191,918
Ward 112 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE992,3327
Ward 122 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 04385,0475
Ward 122 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1233,4377
Ward 132 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 17088,6218
Ward 132 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1825,0881
Ward 142 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 11990,3938
Ward 142 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1803,1785
Ward 152 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 91691,2398
Ward 152 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1673,0995
Ward 162 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 89488,9656
Ward 162 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3526,3988
Ward 172 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 74782,2455
Ward 172 006INDEPENDENTS2286,8263
Ward 182 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 01791,4826
Ward 182 006AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1282,9151
Ward 192 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 71378,2973
Ward 192 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47113,5931
Ward 202 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2 25265,7518
Ward 202 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS71720,9343
Ward 212 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2 59046,8185
Ward 212 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 22740,2567
Ward 222 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3 62664,4852
Ward 222 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS1 28722,8881
Ward 232 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 20052,1698
Ward 232 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1 50035,5703
Ward 242 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 96685,0343
Ward 242 006INDEPENDENTS3868,2762
Ward 252 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 79566,8181
Ward 252 006INDEPENDENTS97523,3086
Ward 262 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS78768,7336
Ward 262 006INDEPENDENTS20718,0786
Ward 272 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 30986,1111
Ward 272 006INDEPENDENTS3797,5739
Ward 282 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 08889,1798
Ward 282 006INDEPENDENTS2124,6248
Ward 292 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 39469,3644
Ward 292 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1 05821,6227
Ward 302 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 57360,159
Ward 302 006INDEPENDENTS1 04624,4564
Ward 312 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 21190,2981
Ward 312 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1123,1496
Ward 322 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 74679,2972
Ward 322 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT61012,9128
Ward 332 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 58778,6253
Ward 332 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA3385,7936
Ward 342 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 12978,1469
Ward 342 006UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT2877,1678
Ward 352 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 12286,6148
Ward 352 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT4329,0775
Ward 362 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 09387,7801
Ward 362 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3355,7739
Ward 372 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 84886,1235
Ward 372 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1974,4091

The two largest published entries shown on each ward card. Open a ward for all entries.

Source data

Sources & result details

IEC: 29 Jul 2016, 09:34 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:55 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 73 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, 09:34 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.

Understanding the results

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Polokwane. Ward results include areas outside Elmadal.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 1 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 full-precision 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Display simplification is applied separately. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

Stats SA main places, hosted by DPME MDB 2026 wards

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