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2006 · Thulamela council results

Mvelaphanda, Limpopo

Ward results

ANC has an outright majority

2006

Council seats

ANC66 seats
DA3 seats
ACDP2 seats
PAC2 seats
ID1 seat
Other2 seats
UDM1 seat
XIMOKO PARTY1 seat
Thulamela · 2006 · Reported council seats
Party / entrySeatsShare of seats (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6686,8421
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE33,9474
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY22,6316
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA22,6316
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS11,3158
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT11,3158
XIMOKO PARTY11,3158
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION00
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY00
INDEPENDENTS00
LEADERSHIP FORUM00

76 seats; 39 needed for a majority.

IEC source

Combined ballot votes

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
86.6%196 215 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
3.2%7 333 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
2.4%5 532 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
2.4%5 494 votes
XIMOKO PARTY
1.5%3 424 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties3.8%8 515 votes
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
1.1%2 440 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.9%2 093 votes
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY
0.6%1 309 votes
LEADERSHIP FORUM
0.5%1 238 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
0.3%763 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.3%672 votes
Thulamela · 2006 · Combined ballot votes
Party / entryCandidateVotesVote share (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS—196 21586,6242
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE—7 3333,2373
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA—5 5322,4422
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY—5 4942,4255
XIMOKO PARTY—3 4241,5116
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS—2 4401,0772
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT—2 0930,924
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY—1 3090,5779
LEADERSHIP FORUM—1 2380,5465
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION—7630,3368
INDEPENDENTS—6720,2967

226513 valid votes. Shares use this ballot’s party totals. All published entries are included.

IEC source

ANC above the majority

27seats
ANC66

66 of 76 council seats

ANC gains

+9.4pp
200077.2%
200686.6%

Closest covering ward

1 958votes apart
ANC61.9%
PAC32.3%

Ward 18 · Ward + municipal PR

How the vote changed

Other

Council seats by election

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2000Seats

Seats unavailable for this election.

2006Seats
ANC66—
DA3—
LEADERSHIP FORUM0—
ACDP2—
PAC2—

39 for a majority · 76 seats

NP343 - Thulamela · Council seats by election
ElectionParty / entrySeatsCouncil totalMajority needed
2 000Seat allocation unavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS667639
2 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37639
2 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY27639
2 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA27639
2 006INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS17639
2 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT17639
2 006XIMOKO PARTY17639
2 006AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION07639
2 006BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY07639
2 006INDEPENDENTS07639
2 006LEADERSHIP FORUM07639

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 %
ANC77.2%—
DA6.1%—
LEADERSHIP FORUM4.0%—
ACDP3.1%—
PAC2.5%—
Other7.1%—
2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC86.6%
DA3.2%
LEADERSHIP FORUM0.5%
ACDP2.4%
PAC2.4%
Other4.7%
NP343 - Thulamela · Ward + municipal PR votes by election
ElectionPartyVotesVote share (%)Valid ballot totalAvailability
2 000AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS121 10777,1756156 924Reported
2 000DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE9 5296,0724156 924Reported
2 000LEADERSHIP FORUM6 3044,0172156 924Reported
2 000AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4 8423,0856156 924Reported
2 000PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA3 9392,5101156 924Reported
2 000XIMOKO PARTY3 8972,4834156 924Reported
2 000UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3 8382,4458156 924Reported
2 000AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION3 4682,21156 924Reported
2 000INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS00156 924No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY00156 924No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS196 21586,6242226 513Reported
2 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7 3333,2373226 513Reported
2 006LEADERSHIP FORUM1 2380,5465226 513Reported
2 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY5 4942,4255226 513Reported
2 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5 5322,4422226 513Reported
2 006XIMOKO PARTY3 4241,5116226 513Reported
2 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2 0930,924226 513Reported
2 006AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION7630,3368226 513Reported
2 006INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS2 4401,0772226 513Reported
2 006BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY1 3090,5779226 513Reported

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

Browse wards

Wards in Thulamela

38 wards

Ward 1
ANC88.8%
XIMOKO PARTY4.5%
Lead: 5 011 votesWard 2
ANC88.6%
DA9.5%
Lead: 5 613 votesWard 3
ANC88.7%
ACDP5.9%
Lead: 6 556 votesWard 4
ANC94.5%
ACDP2.3%
Lead: 5 391 votesWard 5
ANC70.9%
ACDP24.5%
Lead: 2 645 votesWard 6
ANC89.3%
XIMOKO PARTY4.2%
Lead: 5 162 votesWard 7
ANC92.7%
XIMOKO PARTY2.9%
Lead: 5 892 votesWard 8
ANC89.7%
XIMOKO PARTY5.7%
Lead: 5 065 votesWard 9
ANC94.8%
XIMOKO PARTY1.4%
Lead: 5 120 votesWard 10
ANC93.3%
XIMOKO PARTY2.6%
Lead: 5 335 votesWard 11
ANC77.0%
XIMOKO PARTY16.6%
Lead: 2 912 votesWard 12
ANC85.9%
ACDP6.2%
Lead: 4 511 votesWard 13
ANC88.8%
XIMOKO PARTY5.8%
Lead: 4 853 votesWard 14
ANC89.4%
XIMOKO PARTY5.0%
Lead: 5 030 votesWard 15
ANC93.7%
XIMOKO PARTY1.8%
Lead: 5 703 votesWard 16
ANC94.3%
ACDP1.3%
Lead: 6 534 votesWard 17
ANC80.4%
DA11.6%
Lead: 4 191 votesWard 18
ANC61.9%
PAC32.3%
Lead: 1 958 votesWard 19
ANC86.3%
DA5.2%
Lead: 5 349 votesWard 20
ANC78.1%
INDEPENDENTS12.1%
Lead: 3 663 votesWard 21
ANC92.3%
DA4.9%
Lead: 5 475 votesWard 22
ANC84.0%
ACDP6.9%
Lead: 4 849 votesWard 23
ANC83.6%
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY5.4%
Lead: 4 795 votesWard 24
ANC86.4%
DA3.9%
Lead: 3 693 votesWard 25
ANC84.8%
DA7.9%
Lead: 2 747 votesWard 26
ANC88.7%
PAC4.2%
Lead: 4 086 votesWard 27
ANC92.3%
DA5.0%
Lead: 5 404 votesWard 28
ANC78.2%
PAC12.1%
Lead: 4 063 votesWard 29
ANC80.8%
ID12.6%
Lead: 4 456 votesWard 30
ANC87.8%
UDM4.4%
Lead: 4 824 votesWard 31
ANC92.6%
DA2.2%
Lead: 5 598 votesWard 32
ANC82.7%
UDM11.3%
Lead: 3 935 votesWard 33
ANC92.2%
PAC3.1%
Lead: 4 566 votesWard 34
ANC92.9%
UDM2.1%
Lead: 5 095 votesWard 35
ANC81.6%
DA15.8%
Lead: 3 640 votesWard 36
ANC89.1%
PAC3.6%
Lead: 5 221 votesWard 37
ANC82.4%
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY9.0%
Lead: 5 392 votesWard 38
ANC91.1%
DA3.9%
Lead: 5 185 votes
Wards in Thulamela ·
WardElectionParty / entryVotesVote share (%)
Ward 12 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 28188,816
Ward 12 006XIMOKO PARTY2704,5409
Ward 22 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 28688,6351
Ward 22 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE6739,4896
Ward 32 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7 02588,6659
Ward 32 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4695,9195
Ward 42 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 52394,5234
Ward 42 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1322,2591
Ward 52 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 03770,949
Ward 52 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 39224,464
Ward 62 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 41889,3175
Ward 62 006XIMOKO PARTY2564,2202
Ward 72 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 08292,6569
Ward 72 006XIMOKO PARTY1902,8946
Ward 82 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 40689,6964
Ward 82 006XIMOKO PARTY3415,6579
Ward 92 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 19794,8012
Ward 92 006XIMOKO PARTY771,4046
Ward 102 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 48593,2823
Ward 102 006XIMOKO PARTY1502,551
Ward 112 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 71276,9965
Ward 112 006XIMOKO PARTY80016,5941
Ward 122 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 86385,9036
Ward 122 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3526,218
Ward 132 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 19488,756
Ward 132 006XIMOKO PARTY3415,8271
Ward 142 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 32989,3828
Ward 142 006XIMOKO PARTY2995,0151
Ward 152 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 81693,6856
Ward 152 006XIMOKO PARTY1131,8202
Ward 162 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 62794,254
Ward 162 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY931,3227
Ward 172 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 89980,3774
Ward 172 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE70811,6161
Ward 182 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 09861,9407
Ward 182 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2 14032,3458
Ward 192 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 68986,2623
Ward 192 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3405,1554
Ward 202 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 33578,0659
Ward 202 006INDEPENDENTS67212,1016
Ward 212 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 78592,2795
Ward 212 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3104,945
Ward 222 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 28384,0038
Ward 222 006AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4346,9009
Ward 232 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 12983,5614
Ward 232 006BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY3345,4415
Ward 242 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 86686,3718
Ward 242 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1733,8651
Ward 252 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3 02984,7747
Ward 252 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2827,8925
Ward 262 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 28788,666
Ward 262 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2014,1572
Ward 272 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 71392,2642
Ward 272 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3094,9903
Ward 282 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 80678,2227
Ward 282 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA74312,0931
Ward 292 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 28280,7645
Ward 292 006INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS82612,63
Ward 302 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 08187,8458
Ward 302 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2574,4433
Ward 312 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 73292,6309
Ward 312 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1342,1655
Ward 322 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 55682,701
Ward 322 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT62111,2725
Ward 332 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 72392,1741
Ward 332 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1573,064
Ward 342 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 21492,8584
Ward 342 006UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1192,1193
Ward 352 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS4 51581,6013
Ward 352 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE87515,8142
Ward 362 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 44089,1365
Ward 362 006PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2193,5884
Ward 372 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS6 05482,3898
Ward 372 006BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY6629,0093
Ward 382 006AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 41891,1201
Ward 382 006DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2333,9186

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, 09:33 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 76 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 Thulamela. Ward results include areas outside Mvelaphanda.

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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