ANC 96.2%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 4 368 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress4 20496.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania641.5%
DADemocratic Alliance501.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation280.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party90.2%
UIFUnited Independent Front90.2%- LIBLiberal Party30.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus10.0%
Voting districts · 3 ?
ANC won Ward 56 with 4 204 votes, 56.1% of the ward's 7 500 registered voters. Turnout was 59.1%: 4 436 of 7 500 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2006 local government elections in Ward 56, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2000: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 446 · spoilt 78 · special votes 0 · All 3 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 3 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 3 voting districts here (4 436 of 7 500). The IEC publishes 118.4%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
Note: the IEC's published turnout for this ward is 118.43%; its own counts give 59.15% (PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters in its voting districts); we show the calculated figure.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 20:28 SAST.