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Hluhluwe/Somkele

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. 13 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. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY52,7%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,6%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,3%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,4%

All contestants and the source

2016 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY received the most PR-ballot votes: 18 125 (52,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
54 748
Votes cast
34 909
Turnout
63,8%
Spoilt ballots
535
How many votes did each contestant receive?4 contestants · 34 374 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY18 12552,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS14 99943,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7752,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4751,4%

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 Hluhluwe/Somkele

2021 boundaries

13 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

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)
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Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2019 National and Provincial Elections.