ANC 72.4%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 5 310 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress3 84672.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters67912.8%
DADemocratic Alliance4438.3%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement1262.4%
COPECongress of the People881.7%
UFECUnited Front of the Eastern Cape621.2%- IndependentIndependent candidates440.8%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation110.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.1%
CDPChristian Democratic Party40.1%
UBUNTUUbuntu Party10.0%
Voting districts · 3 ?
ANC won Ward 59 with 3 846 votes, 42.6% of the ward's 9 027 registered voters. Turnout was 59.5%: 5 368 of 9 027 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 59, 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 5 345 · spoilt 35 · special votes 164 · 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 (5 368 of 9 027). The IEC publishes 59.2%.
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.