Municipal area
Merafong City
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. 28 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
- AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,2%
- DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE21,7%
- ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS16,1%
- AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS3,1%
- VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2,0%
- Others (9)3,8%
2016 Local Government Elections
Held · Official results — not current figures
Proportional representation (PR) ballot
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 28 022 (53,2% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.
- Registered voters
- 99 964
- Votes cast
- 53 676
- Turnout
- 53,7%
- Spoilt ballots
- 984
| Party or contestant | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | 28 022 | 53,2% |
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | 11 425 | 21,7% |
| ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS | 8 509 | 16,1% |
| AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS | 1 653 | 3,1% |
| VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | 1 072 | 2,0% |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | 711 | 1,3% |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | 690 | 1,3% |
| MERAFONG CIVIC ASSOCIATION | 203 | 0,4% |
| CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE | 126 | 0,2% |
| AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION | 74 | 0,1% |
| Others (4 contestants together) | 207 | 0,4% |
Show all 14 contestants
| Party or contestant | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | 28 022 | 53,2% |
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | 11 425 | 21,7% |
| ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS | 8 509 | 16,1% |
| AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS | 1 653 | 3,1% |
| VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | 1 072 | 2,0% |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | 711 | 1,3% |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | 690 | 1,3% |
| MERAFONG CIVIC ASSOCIATION | 203 | 0,4% |
| CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE | 126 | 0,2% |
| AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION | 74 | 0,1% |
| INDEPENDENT RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF SA | 72 | 0,1% |
| AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 71 | 0,1% |
| PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE | 33 | 0,1% |
| INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS | 31 | 0,1% |
Wards of Merafong City
2021 boundaries
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