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City of Cape Town

A municipal area of the delimitation used from 3 August 2016 to 1 November 2021. It is not a 2021 municipality and is not drawn on today’s map. 116 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2016 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

Boundaries of this earlier delimitation are not in the record.

Its results are below, by election.

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2016 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE66,8%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS24,5%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3,1%
  4. AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1,1%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS0,8%
  6. Others (31)3,7%

All contestants and the source

2016 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 832 624 (66,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
1 977 690
Votes cast
1 265 299
Turnout
64,0%
Spoilt ballots
17 954
How many votes did each contestant receive?36 contestants · 1 247 345 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE832 62466,8%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS305 90224,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS38 8713,1%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY14 1041,1%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS9 5150,8%
AL JAMA-AH6 8920,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4 9190,4%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT4 1390,3%
DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT PARTY3 4720,3%
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS3 3860,3%
Others (26 contestants together)23 5211,9%
Show all 36 contestants
All 36 contestants36 contestants · 1 247 345 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE832 62466,8%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS305 90224,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS38 8713,1%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY14 1041,1%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS9 5150,8%
AL JAMA-AH6 8920,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4 9190,4%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT4 1390,3%
DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT PARTY3 4720,3%
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS3 3860,3%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE3 0150,2%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2 9380,2%
NATIONAL PARTY SOUTH AFRICA2 2960,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE2 0160,2%
CAPE PARTY/ KAAPSE PARTY1 7600,1%
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY1 5710,1%
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0970,1%
LOCAL PEOPLE'S PARTY1 0560,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION9060,1%
AL SHURA PARTY6850,1%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA6730,1%
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA6220,0%
KHOISAN KINGDOM AND ALL PEOPLE5270,0%
UBUNTU PARTY4900,0%
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY4490,0%
KHOISAN REVOLUTION4440,0%
SOUTH AFRICA PEOPLE'S PARTY4430,0%
COLOURED VOICE4420,0%
THE GREENS4330,0%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3780,0%
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION3570,0%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION2830,0%
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2360,0%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE FOR EQUALITY1710,0%
INDEPENDENT SPORT PARTY1220,0%
PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA1110,0%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2016 Municipal Elections — complete voting-district-level results data (zipped CSV) · retrieved

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Source
IEC 2016 Municipal Elections — complete voting-district-level results data (zipped CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2016 Local Government Elections.

The IEC’s published result for this area. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Wards of City of Cape Town

2021 boundaries

116 wards2021 boundaries
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Municipal area record and boundaries: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2019 National Election — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) · retrieved

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Source
IEC 2019 National Election — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved
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8d3e8a3c408297327b375b0f5d3ae3b5ddb99b8db1d9bb10a0c4058afbb843f0SHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load
Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on .
Terms
IEC copyright notice (elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice, read 2026-10-07): material may be reproduced in unaltered form only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation; commercial use is a breach; all other rights reserved; reuse requests to the IEC Manager Legal Services. No separate terms for results data.
Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2019 National and Provincial Elections.