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ANC has an outright majority

Results

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

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
77.5%129 785 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
9.4%15 829 votes
INDEPENDENTS
3.3%5 499 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties9.8%16 394 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
2.3%3 819 votes
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT
2.1%3 538 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

How the vote changed

Other

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2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC77.5%
DA9.4%
ACDP2.3%
AZAPO1.4%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT2.1%
Other7.3%
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

Browse wards

Wards in Polokwane

37 wards

Ward 1
ANC85.0%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT8.1%
Lead: 4 397 votes
Ward 2
ANC83.5%
INDEPENDENTS5.4%
Lead: 3 780 votes
Ward 3
ANC87.7%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT4.0%
Lead: 3 854 votes
Ward 4
ANC68.2%
INDEPENDENTS16.7%
Lead: 2 574 votes
Ward 5
ANC92.3%
DA2.7%
Lead: 3 910 votes
Ward 6
ANC77.3%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT8.7%
Lead: 3 086 votes
Ward 7
ANC85.2%
INDEPENDENTS8.2%
Lead: 3 880 votes
Ward 8
ANC68.7%
DA21.7%
Lead: 1 978 votes
Ward 9
ANC87.6%
INDEPENDENTS4.8%
Lead: 4 331 votes
Ward 10
ANC85.4%
ACDP7.6%
Lead: 3 250 votes
Ward 11
ANC91.9%
DA2.3%
Lead: 3 802 votes
Ward 12
ANC85.0%
DA3.4%
Lead: 2 920 votes
Ward 13
ANC88.6%
DA5.1%
Lead: 2 988 votes
Ward 14
ANC90.4%
ACDP3.2%
Lead: 4 939 votes
Ward 15
ANC91.2%
DA3.1%
Lead: 4 749 votes
Ward 16
ANC89.0%
ACDP6.4%
Lead: 4 542 votes
Ward 17
ANC82.2%
INDEPENDENTS6.8%
Lead: 2 519 votes
Ward 18
ANC91.5%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION2.9%
Lead: 3 889 votes
Ward 19
ANC78.3%
DA13.6%
Lead: 2 242 votes
Ward 20
DA65.8%
ANC20.9%
Lead: 1 535 votes
Ward 21
DA46.8%
ANC40.3%
Lead: 363 votes
Ward 22
DA64.5%
ANC22.9%
Lead: 2 339 votes
Ward 23
ANC52.2%
DA35.6%
Lead: 700 votes
Ward 24
ANC85.0%
INDEPENDENTS8.3%
Lead: 3 580 votes
Ward 25
ANC66.8%
INDEPENDENTS23.3%
Lead: 1 820 votes
Ward 26
ANC68.7%
INDEPENDENTS18.1%
Lead: 580 votes
Ward 27
ANC86.1%
INDEPENDENTS7.6%
Lead: 3 930 votes
Ward 28
ANC89.2%
INDEPENDENTS4.6%
Lead: 3 876 votes
Ward 29
ANC69.4%
DA21.6%
Lead: 2 336 votes
Ward 30
ANC60.2%
INDEPENDENTS24.5%
Lead: 1 527 votes
Ward 31
ANC90.3%
DA3.1%
Lead: 3 099 votes
Ward 32
ANC79.3%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT12.9%
Lead: 3 136 votes
Ward 33
ANC78.6%
PAC5.8%
Lead: 4 249 votes
Ward 34
ANC78.1%
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT7.2%
Lead: 2 842 votes
Ward 35
ANC86.6%
UDM9.1%
Lead: 3 690 votes
Ward 36
ANC87.8%
ACDP5.8%
Lead: 4 758 votes
Ward 37
ANC86.1%
ACDP4.4%
Lead: 3 651 votes
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 Makgofe.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 3 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.

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