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Municipality

Here’s how the election went in 2016

Rod AmnerBy Rod AmnerNovember 1, 2021Updated:November 1, 2021No Comments3 Mins Read
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The Ward 12 voting station at the Steven Bantu Biko Building at Rhodes University. Photo: Makwena Manaka

By ROD AMNER

The IEC reported that by 5 pm this evening, just 8 million of the registered 26.2 million voters had cast their ballots, around 30.5%.

Voting stations closed at 9 pm, but anyone still in a voting queue was allowed to vote.

On top of the low turn-out in 2021, over 13 million eligible adults failed to register for this election.

By contrast, voter turn-out in the 2016 municipal elections was relatively high.

Below is a breakdown of the voter turn-out and party performance in each ward in the 2016 elections in Makana. We will compare the data with this year’s voter turn-out as soon as it becomes available from the IEC.

Ward 1

  • ANC 67.41%
  • DA 30.54%
  • EFF 1.97%
  • AZAPO 0.08%

Total registered voters: 2 129

Voter turn-out %: 61.72%

Voter turn-out: 1 314

Councillor Ntombekhaya Pieters, ANC

Ward 2

  • ANC: 83.62%
  • EFF: 6.80%
  • AZAPO: 4.89%
  • DA: 4.38%
  • UDM: 0.31%

Total registered voters: 3 042

Voter turn-out %: 48.95%

Voter turn-out: 1 489

Councillor Rumsell Mpumzi Xonxa, ANC

Ward 3

  • ANC 61.78%
  • DA 28.25%
  • IND 5.39%
  • EFF 3.63%
  • AZAPO 0.49%
  • UDM 0.46%

Total registered voters: 3 979

Voter turn-out %: 51.27%

Voter turn-out: 2 040

Currently vacant (was ANC)

Ward 4

  • DA 82.92%
  • ANC 12.64%
  • IND 2.33%
  • EFF 1.61%
  • UDM 0.45%
  • AZAPO 0.05%

Total registered voters: 4 900

Voter turn-out %: 59.71%

Voter turn-out: 2 926

Councillor Brian Fargher, DA (Leader)

Ward 5

  • ANC: 87.01%
  • DA: 7.93%
  • EFF: 4.31%
  • AZAPO: 0.48%
  • UDM: 0.27%

Total registered voters: 3 780

Voter turn-out %: 50.63%

Voter turn-out: 1 914

Councillor Luyanda Nase, ANC

Ward 6

  • ANC: 75.99%
  • IND: 10.72%
  • EFF: 7.84%
  • DA: 3.83%
  • AZAPO: 0.92%
  • UDM: 0.70%

Total registered voters: 2 841

Voter turn-out %: 59.17%

Voter turn-out: 1 681

Councillor Thembisa Guashe, ANC

Ward 7

  • ANC: 85.81%
  • DA: 9.62%
  • EFF: 3.02%
  • AZAPO: 1.37%
  • UDM: 0.17%

Total registered voters: 3 465

Voter turn-out %: 43.17%

Voter turn-out: 1 496

Councillor Malibongwe Khubalo, ANC

Ward 8

  • DA 73.27%
  • ANC 15.89%
  • IND 7.15%
  • EFF 2.90%
  • UDM 0.71%
  • AZAPO 0.07%

Total registered voters: 2 554

Voter turn-out %: 55.56%

Voter turn-out: 1 419

Councillor Brian Jackson, DA

Ward 9

  • ANC 84.61%
  • EFF 8.71%
  • DA 5.45%
  • AZAPO 0.86%
  • UDM 0.36%

Total registered voters: 2 757

Voter turn-out %: 52.01%

Voter turn-out: 1 434

Councillor Mfundo Moya, ANC

Ward 10

  • ANC: 84.89%
  • EFF: 7.30%
  • DA: 5.98%
  • AZAPO: 1.23%
  • UDM: 0.60%

Total registered voters: 3 428

Voter turn-out %: 51.66%

Voter turn-out: 1 771

Councillor Luyanda Sakata, ANC

Ward 11

  • ANC 84.11%
  • EFF 8.20%
  • DA 7.22%
  • UDM 0.33%
  • AZAPO 0.15%

Total registered voters: 3 325

Voter turn-out %: 51.64%

Voter turn-out: 1 717

Councillor M. Gojela, ANC

Ward 12

  • DA 67.68%
  • ANC 21.22%
  • EFF 10.06%
  • UDM 0.83%
  • AZAPO 0.21%

Total registered voters: 4 139

Voter turn-out %: 39.84%

Voter turn-out: 1 649

Councillor Mzobanzi Nkwentsha, ANC (by-election victory over the DA)

Ward 13

  • ANC 73.55%
  • DA 18.13%
  • EFF 7.32%
  • UDM 0.50%
  • AZAPO 0.50%

Total registered voters: 3 079

Voter turn-out %: 59.89%

Voter turn-out: 1 844

Councillor Thembakazi Seyisi, ANC

Ward 14

  • ANC 63.68%
  • DA 32.61%
  • EFF 3.68%
  • UDM 0.03%

Total registered voters: 2 980

Voter turn-out %: 58.59%

Voter turn-out: 1 746

Councillor E. Louw, ANC

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