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Newcastle [Newcastle]

A municipal area of the delimitation used from 1 March 2006 to 18 May 2011. It is not a 2021 municipality and is not drawn on today’s map. 31 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2006 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 · 2006 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,9%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY31,9%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE9,5%
  4. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION5,6%
  5. ROYAL LOYAL PROGRESS2,3%
  6. Others (6)5,9%

All contestants and the source

2006 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 25 511 (44,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
126 693
Votes cast
58 260
Turnout
46,0%
Spoilt ballots
1 448
How many votes did each contestant receive?11 contestants · 56 812 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS25 51144,9%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY18 10731,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE5 3779,5%
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION3 1705,6%
ROYAL LOYAL PROGRESS1 2892,3%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY9971,8%
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS5771,0%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION5170,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5080,9%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5060,9%
MINORITY FRONT2530,4%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2006 Local Government Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) · retrieved

Details
Source
IEC 2006 Local Government Elections — full results down to voting-district level (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 — 2006 Local Government Elections.

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

Wards of Newcastle [Newcastle]

2021 boundaries

31 wards2021 boundaries
NameType
Ward 1Ward
Ward 2Ward
Ward 3Ward
Ward 4Ward
Ward 5Ward
Ward 6Ward
Ward 7Ward
Ward 8Ward
Ward 9Ward
Ward 10Ward
Ward 11Ward
Ward 12Ward
Ward 13Ward
Ward 14Ward
Ward 15Ward
Ward 16Ward
Ward 17Ward
Ward 18Ward
Ward 19Ward
Ward 20Ward
Ward 21Ward
Ward 22Ward
Ward 23Ward
Ward 24Ward
Ward 25Ward
Ward 26Ward
Ward 27Ward
Ward 28Ward
Ward 29Ward
Ward 30Ward
Ward 31Ward

Municipal area record and boundaries: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2006 Local Government Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) · retrieved

Details
Source
IEC 2006 Local Government Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved
Fingerprint
42785a46247f1bad9acaf9dff068c69e03f961d1d3051b93b4b5463a20514528SHA-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 — 2006 Local Government Elections.