ANC 87.3%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 1 508 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 31687.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters785.2%
DADemocratic Alliance583.8%
COPECongress of the People362.4%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania110.7%
URFUnited Residents Front50.3%
PAMPan Africanist Movement40.3%
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 1 with 1 316 votes, 41.1% of the ward's 3 199 registered voters. Turnout was 47.7%: 1 526 of 3 199 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 1, Amahlathi, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 1 525 · spoilt 17 · special votes 66 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (1 526 of 3 199). The IEC publishes 47.7%.
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.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Amahlathi's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 11:37 SAST.