DA 45.9%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 6 068 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance2 78745.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress2 45640.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters62410.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus911.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party440.7%
COPECongress of the People370.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania190.3%
DPSADikwankwetla Party of South Africa60.1%
URFUnited Residents Front40.1%
Voting districts · 9 ?
DA won Ward 47 with 2 787 votes, 26.5% of the ward's 10 498 registered voters. Turnout was 58.0%: 6 090 of 10 498 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 47, Mangaung (Bloemfontein), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
- 2011 Ward 17, Mangaung Metropolitan MunicipalityMost of this ward (90%) · 2011: ANC 68.3% · 2014 national: ANC 63.8%
- 2011 Ward 47, Mangaung Metropolitan MunicipalityPart of this ward (5%) · 2011: ANC 56.8% · 2014 national: ANC 52.2%
- 2011 Ward 45, Mangaung Metropolitan MunicipalityPart of this ward (4%) · 2011: ANC 92.1% · 2014 national: ANC 82.7%
This area in the 2026 elections ?
- 2026 Ward 21, MangaungPart of this ward (34%) · candidates and live results
- 2026 Ward 17, MangaungPart of this ward (28%) · candidates and live results
- 2026 Ward 47, MangaungPart of this ward (17%) · candidates and live results
- 2026 Ward 44, MangaungPart of this ward (12%) · candidates and live results
- 2026 Ward 16, MangaungPart of this ward (7%) · candidates and live results
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 6 126 · spoilt 58 · special votes 75 · All 9 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 9 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 9 voting districts here (6 090 of 10 498). The IEC publishes 58.3%.
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, 11:49 SAST.