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South African Municipal Elections 2016

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 COUNCIL SEATS
PARTY LEAD CONTROL SEATS SUPPORT
ANC 176 161 5,163 53.91%
DA 24 19 1,781 26.89%
IFP 7 6 432 4.25%
ICOSA 1 0 11 0.1%
EFF 0 0 761 8.2%
VF PLUS 0 0 67 0.77%
UDM 0 0 59 0.56%
AIC 0 0 55 0.78%
COPE 0 0 45 0.44%
F4SD 0 0 27 0.19%
ACDP 0 0 22 0.42%
OTHER 0 0 195 2.23%
IND 0 0 27 1.14%

 METRO RESULTS
 Buffalo City (ANC majority)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
ANC 58.74% 60
DA 23.4% 24
EFF 7.97% 8
AIC 3.42% 4
PAC, UDM, COPE, ACDP Less Than 1% 1

 City of Cape Town (DA majority)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
DA 66.61% 154
ANC 24.36% 57
EFF 3.17% 7
ACDP 1.21% 3
Aljama 0.66% 2
AIC, FFPlus, DI, UDM,
CMC, PAC, COPE, PA
Less Than 1% 1

 City of Johannesburg (Hung Council)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
ANC 44.55% 121
DA 38.37% 104
EFF 11.09% 30
IFP 1.72% 5
AIC 1.5% 4
FFPlus, ACDP, Aljama,
UDM, COPE, PA
Less Than 1% 1

 City of Tshwane (Hung Council)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
DA 43.11% 93
ANC 41.22% 89
EFF 11.7% 25
FFPlus 1.99% 4
ACDP, COPE, PAC Less Than 1% 1

 Ekurhuleni (Hung Council)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
ANC 48.64% 109
DA 34.15% 77
EFF 11.23% 25
AIC 1.64% 4
IFP 1.02% 2
FFPlus, ACDP, PAC
PA, COPE, IRASA
Less Than 1% 1

 eThekwini (ANC majority)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
ANC 56.01% 126
DA 26.92% 61
IFP 4.2% 10
EFF 3.44% 8
AIC 1.37% 3
ACDP, MF, DLC, TA
MOSA, APC, Aljama
Less Than 1% 1

 Mangaung (ANC majority)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
ANC 56.52% 58
DA 25.96% 27
EFF 8.66% 9
FFPlus 1.92% 2
AIC 1.69% 2
ANA, COPE Less Than 1% 1

 Nelson Mandela Bay (Hung Council)
PARTY PERCENTAGE SEATS
DA 46.71% 57
ANC 40.92% 50
EFF 5.12% 6
UDM 1.91% 2
AIC, UFEC, COPE
ACDP, PA
Less Than 1% 1

 VOTER TURNOUT
PROVINCE REG VOTERS MEC7 TURNOUT % TURNOUT
Eastern Cape 3,337,532 9,349 1,888,500 56.43%
Free State 1,470,999 3,735 829,349 56.24%
Gauteng 6,234,822 13,467 3,624,106 58.00%
KwaZulu-Natal 5,411,237 10,750 3,333,298 61.48%
Limpopo 2,556,128 2,664 1,287,713 50.33%
Mpumalanga 1,919,216 7,671 1,082,665 56.19%
North West 1,715,460 2,951 921,505 53.63%
Northern Cape 621,310 1,005 380,718 61.18%
Western Cape 3,066,649 4,302 1,948,892 63.46%
TOTALS 26,333,353 55,894 15,296,746 57.97%

 REGISTERED VOTERS (TOTAL: 26,333,353)
AGE GROUP MALE FEMALE
18 - 19 247,344 300,190
20 - 29 2,681,965 3,153,490
30 - 39 3,054,878 3,360,931
40 - 49 2,455,569 2,791,617
50 - 59 1,772,437 2,236,097
60 - 69 1,042,113 1,416,220
70 - 79 442,938 762,576
80 + 170,213 444,775
TOTALS 11,867,457 14,465,896