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Rustenburg

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. 45 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. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,3%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS26,4%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE15,9%
  4. FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY3,8%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2,0%
  6. Others (8)3,6%

All contestants and the source

2016 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 69 868 (48,3% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
297 219
Votes cast
147 912
Turnout
49,8%
Spoilt ballots
3 171
How many votes did each contestant receive?13 contestants · 144 741 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS69 86848,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS38 27326,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE23 01315,9%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY5 4673,8%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2 9192,0%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1 8521,3%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT9740,7%
BOTHO COMMUNITY MOVEMENT5650,4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY5050,3%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4190,3%
Others (3 contestants together)8860,6%
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All 13 contestants13 contestants · 144 741 valid votes · official result for this area · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS69 86848,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS38 27326,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE23 01315,9%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY5 4673,8%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2 9192,0%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1 8521,3%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT9740,7%
BOTHO COMMUNITY MOVEMENT5650,4%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY5050,3%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4190,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION4150,3%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE4040,3%
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA670,0%

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 Rustenburg

2021 boundaries

45 wards2021 boundaries
NameType
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Ward 2Ward
Ward 3Ward
Ward 4Ward
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Ward 6Ward
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Ward 8Ward
Ward 9Ward
Ward 10Ward
Ward 11Ward
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Ward 14Ward
Ward 15Ward
Ward 16Ward
Ward 17Ward
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Ward 23Ward
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Ward 25Ward
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Ward 45Ward

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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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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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.