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Ward 16

Dr. A.B. Xuma (EC137) · IEC ward 21307016

Won by
ANC
Nomaciko Christia Lumkwana
Margin
42.8%
760 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
1,775

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCNomaciko Christia Lumkwana1,08160.9%
NYCO32118.1%
ATM20911.8%
EFF422.4%
DA331.9%
AIC311.7%
PAC211.2%
ACT110.6%
SACP90.5%
ACDP50.3%
ActionSA50.3%
Mayibuye50.3%
MKP20.1%

Votes needed. NYCO would have needed 761 more votes to win, or 381 voters switching from ANC.

Turnout is not published per ward in the IEC results files, so it is not shown here.

Change since 2021

Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so this compares the same voting districts in both years: 7 of the 7 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 100% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
Party shares in 2021 and 2026 on matched voting districts
Party20212026Change
ANC82.2%60.8%−21.4
NYCO–18.6%new
ATM5.6%11.7%+6.1
EFF3.4%2.3%−1.2
DA0.5%1.9%+1.4
AIC–1.6%new
UDM6.8%0.0%−6.8

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
11570172ANC 50.4%833yes
11570408ANC 88.6%536yes
11570419ANC 74.1%363yes
11570598ANC 53.9%488yes
11570699NYCO 43.4%521yes
11571162ANC 43.9%435yes
11571319ANC 91.4%374yes