DA 52.6%down 12.8 pts from 65.4% 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 ?
Jacobus Johannes NortjeDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 244 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 70752.6%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus46214.2%
ActionSA34610.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2898.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress2888.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party421.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party381.2%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah120.4%- PURPLEPurple Party Ikageng110.3%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement100.3%
ECOFORUMEconomic Emancipation Forum80.2%- LABOURLabour Party of South Africa70.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress60.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement40.1%- TSOGANGTsogang Civic Movement20.1%
- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.1%
- BBSBadiredi Ba Setšhaba20.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement10.0%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation10.0%
COPECongress of the People10.0%- AACUMActive African Christians United Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Jacobus Johannes Nortje (DA) won Ward 18 with 1 707 votes, 19.2% of the ward's 8 875 registered voters. Turnout was 36.2%: 3 215 of 8 875 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Rustenburg, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 23
- Obakeng DipalameActionSA
- Phenyo Joseph MthembuActive African Christians United Movement
- Leonard Mikal MogapiAfrican Economic Freedom
- Mojalefa Mathews MasilelaAfrican National Congress
Aaron John MatlaAfrican People's Convention- Onthatile Sbongiseni Karabo MotswaseleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Cloddeph Baitsing ItumelengAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Yusuf Reeves HaffejeeAl Jama-ah
- Nkosazana SilaneAzanian People's Organisation
- Patrick Matshwenyego TabaneBadiredi Ba Setšhaba
- Lesedi Kate MokopakgosiBophuthatswana Civil Movement
- Suzan Motlalepule NdlovuCongress of the People
- Jacobus Johannes NortjeDemocratic Alliance
- Kerileng Dorah MotlhabaneEconomic Emancipation Forum
- Lesedi NombewuEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Gideon Rainy MpuruLabour Party of South Africa
- Solomon Galeboe TlhagwanePatriotic Alliance
- Florence Kgomotso LeeuwPurple Party Ikageng
- Patrick Karabo PooeService Delivery Party
- Kabelo Lincoln NkosiSouth African Communist Party
- Othabetswe Gladwin MojiTsogang Civic Movement
- Thabiso Marvin NonyukelaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Cathrin Vici KiehmVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 254 · spoilt 10 · special votes 412 · All 2 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 2 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 2 voting districts here (3 215 of 8 875). The IEC publishes 36.7%.
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 32 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 707 vs 5 053; VF PLUS 462 vs 1 349; ActionSA 346 vs 1 041; EFF 289 vs 878; ANC 288 vs 884; SACP 42 vs 128; MKP 38 vs 91; ALJAMA 12 vs 24; PURPLE 11 vs 29; MAYIBUYE 10 vs 25; ECOFORUM 8 vs 9; LABOUR 7 vs 18; AIC 6 vs 12; ATM 4 vs 32; PA 4 vs 20; BBS 2 vs 4; FISA 2 vs 4; TSOGANG 2 vs 7; AZAPO 1 vs 3; COPE 1 vs 4; ACDP 0 vs 11; AET 0 vs 7; CPM 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 6; L.S.M 0 vs 2; Bophuthatswana Civil Movement 0 vs 10; RCF 0 vs 1; RPP 0 vs 7; SAVE SA 0 vs 1; SLK26 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 2; UCDP 0 vs 9. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 51 times in 2 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.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Rustenburg's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 17:42 SAST.