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ANC has an outright majority

Results

2006

Council seats

ANC62 seats
DA4 seats
ACDP2 seats
ID2 seats
PAC1 seat
Other2 seats
UDM1 seat
XIMOKO PARTY1 seat

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
83.6%168 844 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
5.7%11 607 votes
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
2.9%5 866 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties7.8%15 746 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
2.1%4 254 votes
INDEPENDENTS
1.5%2 936 votes
XIMOKO PARTY
1.3%2 551 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
1.0%2 101 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.8%1 638 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS
0.5%1 016 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
0.4%825 votes
LEADERSHIP FORUM
0.2%425 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2006Vote %vs 2000
ANC83.6%
DA5.7%
ACDP2.1%
ID2.9%
XIMOKO PARTY1.3%
Other4.4%
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 Makhado

37 wards

Ward 1
ANC94.6%
DA2.1%
Lead: 5 524 votes
Ward 2
ANC90.7%
XIMOKO PARTY2.5%
Lead: 5 384 votes
Ward 3
ANC89.4%
DA3.6%
Lead: 5 389 votes
Ward 4
ANC93.2%
DA3.8%
Lead: 4 891 votes
Ward 5
ANC68.7%
INDEPENDENTS16.4%
Lead: 3 165 votes
Ward 6
ANC76.2%
ACDP10.9%
Lead: 3 293 votes
Ward 7
ANC91.5%
XIMOKO PARTY2.8%
Lead: 4 026 votes
Ward 8
ANC84.0%
ACDP4.4%
Lead: 3 491 votes
Ward 9
ANC95.1%
DA1.7%
Lead: 6 611 votes
Ward 10
ANC75.7%
XIMOKO PARTY12.0%
Lead: 2 614 votes
Ward 11
ANC94.1%
ACDP1.5%
Lead: 4 761 votes
Ward 12
ANC83.8%
DA6.6%
Lead: 4 032 votes
Ward 13
ANC80.7%
XIMOKO PARTY8.2%
Lead: 3 006 votes
Ward 14
ANC91.6%
XIMOKO PARTY2.2%
Lead: 4 637 votes
Ward 15
ID47.8%
ANC43.8%
Lead: 274 votes
Ward 16
ANC87.8%
ID3.5%
Lead: 4 210 votes
Ward 17
ANC74.7%
ID10.9%
Lead: 3 314 votes
Ward 18
ANC73.9%
INDEPENDENTS15.0%
Lead: 3 180 votes
Ward 19
ANC83.1%
INDEPENDENTS8.3%
Lead: 4 182 votes
Ward 20
ANC66.9%
DA27.1%
Lead: 1 852 votes
Ward 21
ANC55.0%
DA34.8%
Lead: 920 votes
Ward 22
ANC93.7%
DA2.9%
Lead: 5 204 votes
Ward 23
ANC83.2%
DA9.4%
Lead: 3 599 votes
Ward 24
ANC91.2%
DA5.8%
Lead: 5 456 votes
Ward 25
ANC94.0%
DA3.7%
Lead: 5 543 votes
Ward 26
ANC76.1%
UDM13.5%
Lead: 3 559 votes
Ward 27
ANC90.2%
DA7.3%
Lead: 4 393 votes
Ward 28
ANC81.9%
DA8.6%
Lead: 3 754 votes
Ward 29
ANC71.3%
DA21.2%
Lead: 2 970 votes
Ward 30
ANC85.9%
DA10.6%
Lead: 4 675 votes
Ward 31
ANC93.8%
DA3.0%
Lead: 5 641 votes
Ward 32
ANC91.1%
DA3.6%
Lead: 4 476 votes
Ward 33
ANC91.2%
DA3.1%
Lead: 4 431 votes
Ward 34
ANC86.9%
PAC8.6%
Lead: 4 211 votes
Ward 35
ANC88.7%
DA5.9%
Lead: 4 241 votes
Ward 36
ANC79.5%
DA17.6%
Lead: 3 994 votes
Ward 37
ANC93.9%
PAC1.9%
Lead: 5 052 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 Makhado. Ward results include areas outside Siloam.

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. 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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