ANC 73.4%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 1 820 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress1 33673.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters35419.5%
DADemocratic Alliance764.2%
COPECongress of the People150.8%
APCAfrican People's Convention100.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party90.5%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement80.4%- UPSAUnited People of South Africa50.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.2%
IRASAIndependent Ratepayers Association of SA20.1%- AFSAfrican Freedom Salvation20.1%
Voting districts · 4 ?
ANC won Ward 1 with 1 336 votes, 35.8% of the ward's 3 732 registered voters. Turnout was 49.3%: 1 841 of 3 732 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 1, Ba-Phalaborwa, 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 1 848 · spoilt 28 · special votes 18 · 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 (1 841 of 3 732). The IEC publishes 49.5%.
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: Ba-Phalaborwa's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 13:50 SAST.