DA 70.2%down 3.1 pts from 73.3% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Melanie BrautesethDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 11 646 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance8 17570.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1 1449.8%
ANCAfrican National Congress5304.6%
ActionSA4884.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus2862.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2692.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party2071.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party1851.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement800.7%- ERPMEthekwini Ratepayers Political Movement710.6%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah290.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance230.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party130.1%
ACCActive Citizens Coalition130.1%- 1860NICC1860nic Congress120.1%
MFMinority Front100.1%- B.M.Bumbana Mzansi90.1%
DLCDemocratic Liberal Congress80.1%
ABCAbantu Batho Congress80.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania70.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement70.1%- NGGNext Generation Government70.1%
NFPNational Freedom Party40.0%- IPPIndependent People's Party40.0%
ARUAfrican Renaissance Unity40.0%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance40.0%- INDIANCPIndian Congress Party40.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.0%
TATruly Alliance30.0%
KZNIKzn Independence30.0%
ADECAfrican Democratic Change30.0%- TRUTHTruth and Solidarity Movement30.0%
UCDPUnited Christian Democratic Party20.0%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress20.0%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress20.0%
- PEOPLESAPeople's Progressive Party20.0%
- A.B.C.D.Abantu Bezwelethu Congress Democracy20.0%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation10.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress10.0%
PRMPeople's Revolutionary Movement10.0%
NPANational Peoples Ambassadors10.0%
AACAfrican Alliance Congress10.0%
MOSAMinorities of South Africa10.0%
JEPJustice and Employment Party10.0%
SAPMSouth African Peoples Movement10.0%
PFPPeople's Freedom Party10.0%
APFAfrican People First10.0%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress10.0%- AFNAAfro Natives10.0%
- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation10.0%
- MA AFRIKAAfrika Unite Congress10.0%
- UWOUmkhumbi Wesizwe Organisation10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- MAWUSAMawusa Movement Party10.0%
- ANOSAAll Natives of South Africa10.0%
- IYMInkululeko Yabantu Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
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Voting districts · 6 ?
Melanie Brauteseth (DA) won Ward 18 with 8 770 votes, 41.8% of the ward's 20 995 registered voters. Turnout was 55.9%: 11 740 of 20 995 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, eThekwini (Durban), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 21 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 11 764 · spoilt 102 · special votes 308 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (11 740 of 20 995). The IEC publishes 56.4%.
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.
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 56 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 8 770 vs 16 945; MKP 962 vs 2 106; ANC 424 vs 954; ActionSA 339 vs 827; EFF 253 vs 522; VF PLUS 235 vs 521; IFP 147 vs 354; ERPM 129 vs 200; ACDP 120 vs 305; ATM 72 vs 152; ALJAMA 30 vs 59; UCDP 18 vs 20; SACP 16 vs 29; OHM 13 vs 20; 1860NICC 12 vs 24; MF 10 vs 20; ACC 8 vs 21; AUC 6 vs 8; ADEC 5 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 9; NGG 5 vs 12; PAC 5 vs 12; INDIANCP 4 vs 8; KZNI 4 vs 7; PEOPLESA 4 vs 6; SDP 4 vs 5; AHC 3 vs 4; AIC 3 vs 4; ARA 3 vs 7; B.M. 3 vs 12; MOSA 3 vs 4; NFP 3 vs 7; TRUTH 3 vs 6; AAC 2 vs 3; ANOSA 2 vs 3; APF 2 vs 3; ARU 2 vs 6; AZAPO 2 vs 3; DLC 2 vs 10; TA 2 vs 5; AFNA 1 vs 2; AMC.ROY. 1 vs 3; IPP 1 vs 5; JEP 1 vs 2; NPA 1 vs 2; PRM 1 vs 2; A.B.C.D. 0 vs 2; ABC 0 vs 8; ACT 0 vs 1; IYM 0 vs 1; MA AFRIKA 0 vs 1; MAWUSA 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 23; PFP 0 vs 1; SAPM 0 vs 1; UWO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 164 times in 6 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, 10:34 SAST.