DA 89.2%down 2.5 pts from 91.7% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Gustav RautenbachDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 9 565 valid votes
- DAGustav Rautenbach8 53189.2%
VF PLUSGraeme Lategan5766.0%
ACDPGeraldine Stander1321.4%
ANCChantel Mondelé Tom1091.1%
EFFNgenisile Elvis Skiti440.5%
ActionSALithule Nyokana420.4%
UDMNovember Samson Brown250.3%
PAXolani Thanks Lord Thabatha230.2%
ATMFezile Nkunjana210.2%
AICAnelisa Matiwane70.1%
ECOFORUMSibulele Nontuthuzelo Qona60.1%
GOODLawrence Troon60.1%
PACAldin Sheldon Bonepaart50.1%
MKPSomikazi Euginia Sentwa50.1%- MAYIBUYEZukiswa Mfilifili50.1%
- SACPKamvalethu Mgentse40.0%
OHMJanice Patricia de Klerk40.0%
ALJAMANaeem Ahmad Rashid Mansoor30.0%- NANational Alliance30.0%
- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.0%
- SDPNomatemba Alla20.0%
- Mayibuye Civic MovementThukela Zumani20.0%
- CKPSiyolo Kenneth Zamumzi Tyika20.0%
AZAPONormari-Jean Nel10.0%
APCLikhona Tshula10.0%
COPEMpatheli Terrence Pikoli10.0%- AIMLonwabo Lumko Ntsinde10.0%
- DMBevan Jermaine Brown10.0%
- P.PSiyanda Mayana10.0%
Also on the ballot: Khanyisa Siwundla (Defenders of the People), Julian Brain Jullies (Eighteen Twelve Movement), Winile Elvis Nywebeni (Labour Party of South Africa), Gary Stanton van Niekerk (National Alliance).
Candidates: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026).
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Gustav Rautenbach (DA) won Ward 8 with 8 531 votes, 64.6% of the ward's 13 214 registered voters. Turnout was 73.1%: 9 653 of 13 214 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 9 658 · spoilt 93 · special votes 1 353 · All 4 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 4 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 4 voting districts here (9 653 of 13 214). The IEC publishes 73.2%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 8 531 vs 17 014; VF PLUS 576 vs 1 156; ACDP 132 vs 288; ANC 109 vs 227; EFF 44 vs 98; ActionSA 42 vs 99; UDM 25 vs 51; PA 23 vs 48; ATM 21 vs 44; AIC 7 vs 11; ECOFORUM 6 vs 7; GOOD 6 vs 13; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 8; MKP 5 vs 12; PAC 5 vs 9; OHM 4 vs 8; SACP 4 vs 9; ALJAMA 3 vs 6; NA 3 vs 8; FISA 2 vs 4; Mayibuye Civic Movement 2 vs 6; SDP 2 vs 3; AIM 1 vs 2; AZAPO 1 vs 2; DM 1 vs 5; P.P 1 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 1; ACT 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 9; SWO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 75 times in 4 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 11 Nov 2026, 02:49 SAST.