IFP 44.0%
Inkatha Freedom Party · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 3 202 valid votes
IFPInkatha Freedom Party1 40944.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 16636.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1956.1%
TSSATeam Sugar South Africa1584.9%- IndependentIndependent candidates1574.9%
NFPNational Freedom Party210.7%
RLPRoyal Loyal Progress180.6%
ActionSA130.4%
APEMOAfrican People's Movement130.4%
DADemocratic Alliance120.4%
PRMPeople's Revolutionary Movement120.4%
KZNIKzn Independence70.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.2%
COPECongress of the People40.1%
ABCAbantu Batho Congress40.1%
ACAfrican Mantungwa Community20.1%
AFRAfrican Freedom Revolution20.1%
CFPCommunity Freedom Party20.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
APCAfrican People's Convention10.0%
Voting districts · 5 ?
IFP won Ward 18 with 1 409 votes, 23.4% of the ward's 6 025 registered voters. Turnout was 53.6%: 3 228 of 6 025 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2021 local government elections in Ward 18, Newcastle, voting district by voting district.
Ward councillor, 2021–26 ?
David Xolani DubeInkatha Freedom PartyCall the municipality (034 328 7600)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2016: 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 3 271 · spoilt 69 · special votes 285 · 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 (3 228 of 6 025). The IEC publishes 54.5%.
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: Newcastle's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 26 Oct 2026, 18:05 SAST.