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Nelson Mandela Bay

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. 60 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 ALLIANCE46,7%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,5%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,0%
  4. UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1,8%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS1,6%
  6. Others (14)3,4%

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: 177 551 (46,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
609 217
Votes cast
387 058
Turnout
63,5%
Spoilt ballots
6 569
How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 380 489 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE177 55146,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS157 92041,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS19 1325,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT6 9691,8%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6 1441,6%
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE3 0480,8%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE2 6580,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 3130,3%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 1100,3%
ALTERNATIVE DEMOCRATS9420,2%
Others (9 contestants together)3 7021,0%
Show all 19 contestants
All 19 contestants19 contestants · 380 489 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE177 55146,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS157 92041,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS19 1325,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT6 9691,8%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6 1441,6%
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE3 0480,8%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE2 6580,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 3130,3%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 1100,3%
ALTERNATIVE DEMOCRATS9420,2%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS9410,2%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA8620,2%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION5910,2%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA4670,1%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION3580,1%
UBUNTU PARTY1430,0%
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1330,0%
BUILDING A COHESIVE SOCIETY1110,0%
AFRICAN POWER MOVEMENT960,0%

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

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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 Nelson Mandela Bay

2021 boundaries

60 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)
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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.