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DA 82.3%

Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot

Turnout44.4%

Voters on the roll12 638

Ward ballot ? · 5 462 valid votes

DADemocratic Alliance4 49582.3%
ANCAfrican National Congress2684.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2204.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party1973.6%
AIMAbantu Integrity Movement961.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus911.7%
UIMUnited Independent Movement190.3%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement140.3%
DOPDefenders of the People120.2%
GOOD100.2%
NANational Alliance90.2%
COPECongress of the People70.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance70.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement60.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation30.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania20.0%
SNPSpectrum National Party10.0%
ABCAbantu Batho Congress10.0%

Voting districts · 3 ?

DA won Ward 1 with 4 495 votes, 35.6% of the ward's 12 638 registered voters. Turnout was 44.4%: 5 617 of 12 638 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2021 local government elections in Ward 1, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.

Ward councillor, 2021–26 ?

André van der WesthuizenDemocratic Alliance

Call the municipality (041 506 3209)

This ward in earlier elections ?

Boundaries changed after 2016: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.

2016 Ward 1, Nelson Mandela BayAll of this ward · 2016: DA 85.7% · 2019 national: DA 68.4%

This area in the 2026 elections ?

About these figures

Official IEC figures: how we add them up

Votes cast 5 505 · spoilt 43 · special votes 799 · All 3 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete

PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 3 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 3 voting districts here (5 617 of 12 638). The IEC publishes 44.4%.

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.

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 26 Oct 2026, 17:49 SAST.

Ward 1 2021 election results