DA 69.2%up 8.3 pts from 60.9% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Calvin KroutzDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 200 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 52269.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress2049.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance1557.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1054.8%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change994.5%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance221.0%- CCCNational Coloured Congress190.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters170.8%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania140.6%
GOOD130.6%- AWEH!Aboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!70.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.3%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah50.2%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party40.2%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement40.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Calvin Kroutz (DA) won Ward 1 with 1 522 votes, 32.7% of the ward's 4 648 registered voters. Turnout was 47.8%: 2 223 of 4 648 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Rodney Heinreich NellAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Sergio Frederick PetersenAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Jerome Alex SeptemberAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Let HendricksAfrican National Congress
- Charlene DavidsAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Achmat PatelAl Jama-ah
- Letricia ScheepersCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Calvin KroutzDemocratic Alliance
- Mary Rosalene WillemseEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Nireen Velensia Junith FosterGOOD
- Raymond KoopmanNational Coloured Congress
- Rosaline Sharon van der MerweOrganic Humanity Movement
- Sheila AbsolomPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Amber Claudia PetersenPatriotic Alliance
- Ayanda Mzoleli RinganeService Delivery Party
- Grazelda Daleen PietersenSouth African Communist Party
- Henrico PretoriusTruth and Solidarity Movement
- Philippus Albertus Myburgh StreicherVryheidsfront 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 · 1 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 223 · spoilt 23 · special votes 191 · All 3 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 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 (2 223 of 4 648). The IEC publishes 47.8%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 522 vs 4 534; ANC 204 vs 620; PA 155 vs 483; VF PLUS 105 vs 338; PMC 99 vs 287; ARA 22 vs 74; CCC 19 vs 50; EFF 17 vs 59; PAC 14 vs 28; GOOD 13 vs 34; AWEH! 7 vs 15; ACDP 6 vs 26; ALJAMA 5 vs 9; CAPEXIT 4 vs 18; OHM 4 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 9; SACP 1 vs 4; 4TH GEN 0 vs 1; A.C.C. 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 1; DAWI 0 vs 1; JOYA 0 vs 1; L1 0 vs 1; LIP 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 3; PDM 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1; WP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 55 times in 3 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: Drakenstein's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:24 SAST.