DA 66.0%down 0.9 pts from 66.9% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Hendrik Johannes SmitDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 355 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 55466.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance1787.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress1586.7%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1365.8%- WPWitzenberg Party592.5%
ICOSAIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa552.3%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change391.7%- AWEH!Aboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!371.6%
GOOD331.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party241.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters140.6%- CCCNational Coloured Congress140.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania130.6%- WAWitzenberg Aksie100.4%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance70.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party50.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.2%
- WIDWitzenberg Onafhanklike Demokratiese Party40.2%
PDMPeople's Democratic Movement30.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement30.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Hendrik Johannes Smit (DA) won Ward 5 with 1 554 votes, 37.4% of the ward's 4 156 registered voters. Turnout was 56.8%: 2 360 of 4 156 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Witzenberg, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
- Pieter Jonathan FredericksAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Mark Anthony MentorAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Cupido Andreas SwartzAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Desmond Danile DavidsAfrican National Congress
- Dennis JonkerAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Chrizelda Alfrieda CoetzeeCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Hendrik Johannes SmitDemocratic Alliance
- Sonia Johanna DamonEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Manie PooleGOOD
- Barend MeyersIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa
- Renfrew Jacques OnrustNational Coloured Congress
- Nella SourisOrganic Humanity Movement
- Elzaan Anastasia MauritiusPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Jacobus BarendsPatriotic Alliance
- Paulina BassonPeople's Democratic Movement
- Katrina SymPeople's Movement for Change
- Zamubuntu MabalaSouth African Communist Party
- Ntomboxolo Cynthia JohnnyUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Lucinda Sharon LevendalVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
- Kammies Jakobus HammanWitzenberg Aksie
- Edvin Clive SegelsWitzenberg Onafhanklike Demokratiese Party
- Joslyn Stephen TheysWitzenberg Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 374 · spoilt 19 · special votes 90 · 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 (2 360 of 4 156). The IEC publishes 57.1%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 554 vs 4 705; PA 178 vs 520; ANC 158 vs 506; VF PLUS 136 vs 410; WP 59 vs 139; ICOSA 55 vs 158; PMC 39 vs 129; AWEH! 37 vs 96; GOOD 33 vs 81; ACDP 24 vs 69; CCC 14 vs 40; EFF 14 vs 44; PAC 13 vs 41; WA 10 vs 26; ARA 7 vs 19; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 12; MKP 5 vs 7; WID 4 vs 7; OHM 3 vs 5; PDM 3 vs 7; SACP 3 vs 7; CAPEXIT 1 vs 3; 4TH GEN 0 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 5; BO 0 vs 3; DAWI 0 vs 5; LIP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 63 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: Witzenberg's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:31 SAST.