DA 85.4%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Theunis Gerhardus BesterDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 327 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 84085.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus3309.9%
PAPatriotic Alliance551.7%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party270.8%
ANCAfrican National Congress180.5%
GOOD180.5%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party100.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters100.3%- CCCNational Coloured Congress90.3%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance30.1%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 19 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Theunis Gerhardus Bester (DA) won Ward 19 with 2 840 votes, 61.7% of the ward's 4 604 registered voters. Turnout was 72.4%: 3 332 of 4 604 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 19, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Rodney Heinreich NellAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Brigham RixAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Kevin Jacobus MichaelsAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Rasheeda BaronAfrican National Congress
- Joanne DanielsAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Achmat PatelAl Jama-ah
- Jacquiline Desere MeyerCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Theunis Gerhardus BesterDemocratic Alliance
- Duveen JacobsEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Margaret Magdalena CarolissenGOOD
- Sylvia van TonderJoya Web3 Community Movement
- Jean-Pierre MeloyerNational Coloured Congress
Rosaline Sharon van der MerweOrganic Humanity Movement- Vernon Ronald SamuelsPatriotic Alliance
- Ayanda Mzoleli RinganeService Delivery Party
- Ntombethemba TwalaSouth African Communist Party
- Jacob Mynhardt LoubserVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 331 · spoilt 4 · special votes 357 · 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 (3 332 of 4 604). The IEC publishes 72.4%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 20 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 840 vs 8 458; VF PLUS 330 vs 1 015; PA 55 vs 169; ACDP 27 vs 85; ANC 18 vs 46; GOOD 18 vs 53; CAPEXIT 10 vs 36; EFF 10 vs 33; CCC 9 vs 27; ALJAMA 4 vs 10; ARA 3 vs 5; PMC 2 vs 9; A.C.C. 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 5; AWEH! 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 2; OHM 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 2; PDM 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 29 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: Drakenstein's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:35 SAST.