DA 81.4%up 3.1 pts from 78.3% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Marelna GultigDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 310 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 69581.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus45113.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party812.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance351.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party140.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress110.3%
IRASAIndependent Ratepayers Association of SA60.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters50.2%
GOOD40.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- CCCNational Coloured Congress20.1%
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Voting districts · 1 ?
Marelna Gultig (DA) won Ward 26 with 2 695 votes, 62.0% of the ward's 4 346 registered voters. Turnout was 76.1%: 3 306 of 4 346 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 26, George, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 15
Jeremy LotteringAfrica Restoration Alliance- Kevin Beverley PetersonAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Tobeka TeyisiAfrican National Congress
- Sithembele GalaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Wilken MaraisCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Marelna GultigDemocratic Alliance
- Leeaandre Siphosethu KunjwaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Roxaan Ethal VorsterGOOD
- Pieter Jacobus RaathIndependent Ratepayers Association of SA
- Virginia Georginia WilliamsNational Coloured Congress
- Douglas Bruce SinclairOrganic Humanity Movement
- Zane Jaquin ArendsPatriotic Alliance
Shiela Babalwa MangalisoPeople's Movement for Change- Langa Kholisile LangaSouth African Communist Party
- Megan Deadré NiehausVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 315 · spoilt 5 · special votes 644 · All 1 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 1 voting district; 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 1 voting district here (3 306 of 4 346). The IEC publishes 76.3%.
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 19 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 695 vs 8 132; VF PLUS 451 vs 1 338; ACDP 81 vs 228; PA 35 vs 97; CAPEXIT 14 vs 42; ANC 11 vs 32; IRASA 6 vs 7; EFF 5 vs 12; GOOD 4 vs 11; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 5; OHM 3 vs 4; CCC 2 vs 7; ARA 0 vs 16; ATM 0 vs 1; BOSA 0 vs 2; MKP 0 vs 2; PBI 0 vs 1; PMC 0 vs 1; SACP 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 16 times in 1 voting district. 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: George's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:29 SAST.