DA 68.7%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 6 914 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance4 74768.7%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 85826.9%
COPECongress of the People791.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance620.9%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party400.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters370.5%- IndependentIndependent candidates280.4%
ICOSAIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa250.4%
UFECUnited Front of the Eastern Cape160.2%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement110.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus40.1%
BACSBuilding A Cohesive Society30.0%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.0%
UBUNTUUbuntu Party20.0%
Voting districts · 4 ?
DA won Ward 37 with 4 747 votes, 44.1% of the ward's 10 763 registered voters. Turnout was 65.0%: 6 993 of 10 763 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 37, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), 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 7 005 · spoilt 91 · special votes 69 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (6 993 of 10 763). The IEC publishes 65.1%.
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.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 11:45 SAST.