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ANC has an outright majority

Results

2006

Council seats

ANC39 seats
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY13 seats
ACDP1 seat
DA1 seat
ID1 seat
Other1 seat
INDEPENDENTS1 seat

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
67.0%70 940 votes
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
22.0%23 300 votes
INDEPENDENTS
5.0%5 251 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties6.1%6 450 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.9%1 972 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1.8%1 859 votes
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
1.2%1 313 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
0.8%884 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.4%422 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC67.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY22.0%
DA1.9%
ACDP1.8%
ID1.2%
Other6.2%
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.
All parties & exact values

Ward results

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Wards in Mafikeng

28 wards

Ward 1
ANC69.5%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY14.0%
Lead: 2 368 votes
Ward 2
ANC70.6%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY19.9%
Lead: 1 759 votes
Ward 3
ANC69.7%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY26.0%
Lead: 1 968 votes
Ward 4
ANC68.7%
INDEPENDENTS11.5%
Lead: 2 367 votes
Ward 5
ANC73.1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY19.9%
Lead: 1 846 votes
Ward 6
ANC67.6%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY19.0%
Lead: 2 013 votes
Ward 7
ANC64.2%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY17.3%
Lead: 809 votes
Ward 8
ANC71.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY24.6%
Lead: 1 378 votes
Ward 9
ANC61.6%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY20.5%
Lead: 1 523 votes
Ward 10
ANC63.7%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY30.4%
Lead: 738 votes
Ward 11
ANC56.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY25.3%
Lead: 1 203 votes
Ward 12
ANC66.0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY25.4%
Lead: 1 257 votes
Ward 13
ANC65.3%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY29.8%
Lead: 1 080 votes
Ward 14
ANC62.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY26.2%
Lead: 1 260 votes
Ward 15
ANC67.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY29.3%
Lead: 1 401 votes
Ward 16
ANC55.8%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY30.0%
Lead: 869 votes
Ward 17
ANC66.7%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY29.7%
Lead: 1 335 votes
Ward 18
ANC64.2%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY28.5%
Lead: 1 138 votes
Ward 19
ANC71.1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY18.8%
Lead: 2 297 votes
Ward 20
ANC61.9%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY34.1%
Lead: 1 022 votes
Ward 21
ANC76.1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY19.8%
Lead: 2 126 votes
Ward 22
ANC71.7%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY24.8%
Lead: 2 111 votes
Ward 23
ANC62.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY33.5%
Lead: 1 266 votes
Ward 24
ANC79.4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY15.5%
Lead: 2 828 votes
Ward 25
ANC61.3%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY27.3%
Lead: 1 435 votes
Ward 26
ANC50.1%
INDEPENDENTS35.0%
Lead: 683 votes
Ward 27
ANC66.0%
INDEPENDENTS17.5%
Lead: 2 532 votes
Ward 28
ANC83.5%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY13.2%
Lead: 3 395 votes
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 56 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.

Understanding the results

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Mafikeng. Ward results include areas outside Kabe.

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 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. Small boundary alignment differences were excluded using a 10-metre precision tolerance, a combined foreign area below 0.01% of the place, and agreement with the source municipality.

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