Municipal area2021 boundaries

RICHTERSVELD

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. 4 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

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,1%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,0%

All contestants and the source

2016 Local Government Elections

Held 3 August 2016 · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 2 317 (52,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 7 374
Votes cast: 4 427
Turnout: 60,0%
Spoilt ballots: 47

How many votes did each contestant receive?3 contestants · 4 380 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	2 317	52,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 021	46,1%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	42	1,0%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2016 Municipal Elections — complete voting-district-level results data (zipped CSV) · retrieved 8 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2016 Municipal Elections — complete voting-district-level results data (zipped CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 8 October 2026, 16:00 SAST
Fingerprint: 9ec0c4054e8e26530d83bd48b50874fd5a8d013d9fb490599f27ee9ce3e09dd8SHA-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 19 October 2026.
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 — 2016 Local Government Elections.

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

Wards of RICHTERSVELD

2021 boundaries

4 wards2021 boundaries
Name	Type
Ward 1	Ward
Ward 2	Ward
Ward 3	Ward
Ward 4	Ward

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 8 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2019 National Election — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 8 October 2026, 15:59 SAST
Fingerprint: 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 19 October 2026.
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.