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Edayimani

ANC has an outright majority

50of 68 seats

2016 results

2016

Council seats

ANC50 seats73.8% of votes
DA9 seats13.1% of votes
EFF6 seats7.9% of votes
Other3 seats4.1% of votes
COPE1 seat1.1% of votes
UDM1 seat1.3% of votes
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE1 seat1.7% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
73.8%96 231 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
13.1%17 109 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
7.9%10 261 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties5.2%6 776 votes
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE
1.7%2 196 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
1.3%1 658 votes
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
1.1%1 470 votes
INDEPENDENT RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF SA
0.4%571 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
0.4%488 votes
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS
0.2%282 votes
INDEPENDENTS
0.1%111 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2016Vote %
ANC73.8%—
DA13.1%—
EFF7.9%—
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE1.7%—
UDM1.3%—
Other2.2%—
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 year selector in the results section to explore its 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

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Browse wards

Wards in Enoch Mgijima

34 wards

What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats
Ward 1
ANC81.8%Leading candidate: ZOLEKA SYLVIA TUTWANA
EFF10.6%
Lead: 2 669 votes
Ward 2
ANC81.6%Leading candidate: MZWANDILE JOSEPH THOLE
EFF7.6%
Lead: 2 623 votes
Ward 3
ANC90.5%Leading candidate: ZAMUXOLO STANFORD NGONDO
EFF5.8%
Lead: 2 914 votes
Ward 4
ANC85.3%Leading candidate: MZIKABAWO NGESI
EFF6.9%
Lead: 2 718 votes
Ward 5
ANC73.2%Leading candidate: ANDILE BATYI
EFF13.2%
Lead: 1 749 votes
Ward 6
ANC76.4%Leading candidate: SIZA CEASER GWAMPI
EFF11.6%
Lead: 2 419 votes
Ward 7
ANC76.7%Leading candidate: LONWABO NONDYOLA
EFF10.7%
Lead: 2 182 votes
Ward 8
ANC77.9%Leading candidate: DUMISANI DAVID NJOZELA
EFF12.8%
Lead: 2 342 votes
Ward 9
DA42.3%Leading candidate: PRINCE-PHILLIP ZUKO MANDILE
ANC39.4%
Lead: 90 votes
Ward 10
DA60.6%Leading candidate: JOHANNES CHRISTOFFEL DE WET
ANC29.3%
Lead: 1 649 votes
Ward 11
ANC64.6%Leading candidate: XOLISWA PIA MBASANA
DA24.8%
Lead: 1 123 votes
Ward 12
ANC65.4%Leading candidate: BULELANI MAKAVELI MGOQI
DA27.7%
Lead: 1 058 votes
Ward 13
ANC51.6%Leading candidate: ONGAMA ADONISI
DA31.5%
Lead: 822 votes
Ward 14
ANC80.6%Leading candidate: ANELE SEYISI
EFF10.0%
Lead: 2 923 votes
Ward 15
ANC74.5%Leading candidate: LUVUYO LENNOX NGCULU
EFF14.4%
Lead: 2 087 votes
Ward 16
ANC75.7%Leading candidate: BULELWA GLORIA RANI
DA11.0%
Lead: 2 334 votes
Ward 17
ANC74.8%Leading candidate: MNCEDISI MICHAEL MBENGO
DA10.6%
Lead: 2 309 votes
Ward 18
ANC84.4%Leading candidate: UNATHI CARLOS MLINDAZWE
EFF6.8%
Lead: 3 783 votes
Ward 19
ANC86.4%Leading candidate: MONELWA XIPU-MGEDEZI
EFF7.6%
Lead: 4 002 votes
Ward 20
ANC85.0%Leading candidate: AYANDA TIWANA
EFF9.5%
Lead: 2 747 votes
Ward 21
ANC74.4%Leading candidate: NOMATHAMSANQA JOYCE QOMOYI
DA18.9%
Lead: 2 374 votes
Ward 22
ANC87.6%Leading candidate: VICTOR MBONGENI VELAPI
DA5.3%
Lead: 3 603 votes
Ward 23
ANC67.8%Leading candidate: LUBABALO ANDREW KEPEYI
EFF27.6%
Lead: 1 369 votes
Ward 24
ANC82.8%Leading candidate: ARCHIBALD VUKILE BOKUVA
EFF6.8%
Lead: 2 569 votes
Ward 25
ANC71.7%Leading candidate: LULAMA CYNTHIA RASIMOSI
DA10.1%
Lead: 2 263 votes
Ward 26
ANC86.3%Leading candidate: PAPAMA MADUBEDUBE
EFF6.4%
Lead: 3 147 votes
Ward 27
ANC56.1%Leading candidate: LINDILE MARTIN LUTHER KOLTANA
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE27.8%
Lead: 1 489 votes
Ward 28
ANC66.8%Leading candidate: GLADYS XOLISWA MKHUBUKELI-LUFELE
DA25.6%
Lead: 1 642 votes
Ward 29
ANC77.7%Leading candidate: GILBERT THEMBINKOSI YEKANI
DA12.5%
Lead: 2 168 votes
Ward 30
ANC90.3%Leading candidate: MHLANGABEZI MANGCOTYWA
EFF4.4%
Lead: 3 728 votes
Ward 31
ANC87.5%Leading candidate: TEKO MICHAEL BALENG
DA6.4%
Lead: 2 964 votes
Ward 32
ANC87.0%Leading candidate: NKULULEKO NGCEFE
EFF7.6%
Lead: 3 372 votes
Ward 33
ANC71.0%Leading candidate: BONILE NGESI
DA15.5%
Lead: 2 229 votes
Ward 34
ANC56.0%Leading candidate: NKWENKWE WILSON DUNA
DA40.7%
Lead: 659 votes
Local, district or metro?

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Your town and nearby areas

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Several local municipalities

Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.

One council for a large city

Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.

A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.

CoGTA guide to local government
Sources & result details

IEC: 06 Apr 2017, 11:46 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:40 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 68 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: 06 Apr 2017, 11:46 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.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Enoch Mgijima. Ward results include areas outside Edayimani.

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 2016.

Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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