DA 64.8%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ruth Belldine ArnoldsDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 045 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 32664.8%
PAPatriotic Alliance36217.7%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change753.7%
ANCAfrican National Congress713.5%
GOOD582.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus391.9%- AWEH!Aboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!271.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party170.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters160.8%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah140.7%
PDMPeople's Democratic Movement120.6%- CCCNational Coloured Congress90.4%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania70.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party40.2%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party30.1%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance30.1%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Ruth Belldine Arnolds (DA) won Ward 7 with 1 326 votes, 33.8% of the ward's 3 921 registered voters. Turnout was 52.6%: 2 061 of 3 921 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Shementhea SeptemberAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Sergio Frederick PetersenAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Patrick Edwin CornelissenAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Ronel Elizabeth EngledoeAfrican National Congress
- Pealy HoosainAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Kareema BesterAl Jama-ah
- Louis Jacobus KrugerCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Ruth Belldine ArnoldsDemocratic Alliance
- Monique McbeanEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Elrico Edgar HendricksGOOD
- Amiena DulvieNational Coloured Congress
Rosaline Sharon van der MerweOrganic Humanity Movement- Roslyn Anine MentoorPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Carmen Justine AlexanderPatriotic Alliance
- Ricardo Anthony LewisPeople's Democratic Movement
- Ayanda Mzoleli RinganeService Delivery Party
- Caroline Bernadine BeukesSouth African Communist Party
- Faizel Irwin DampiesVryheidsfront 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 074 · spoilt 29 · special votes 353 · 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 (2 061 of 3 921). The IEC publishes 53.0%.
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 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 326 vs 3 989; PA 362 vs 1 052; PMC 75 vs 233; ANC 71 vs 206; GOOD 58 vs 181; VF PLUS 39 vs 142; AWEH! 27 vs 69; ACDP 17 vs 50; EFF 16 vs 44; ALJAMA 14 vs 24; PDM 12 vs 38; CCC 9 vs 42; PAC 7 vs 18; SACP 4 vs 9; ARA 3 vs 7; CAPEXIT 3 vs 7; SDP 1 vs 3; A.C.C. 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 5; BO 0 vs 1; ICOSA 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 3; TRUTH 0 vs 8. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 41 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, 00:55 SAST.