DA 36.5%down 0.3 pts from 36.8% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Gwen Judith FranseDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 1 496 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance54636.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress51134.2%- CCCNational Coloured Congress1077.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1016.8%
PAPatriotic Alliance624.1%
DAWIDemocratic Association of Witzenberg Independence382.5%- WPWitzenberg Party291.9%
ICOSAIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa241.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters231.5%- WAWitzenberg Aksie120.8%
GOOD110.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party60.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party50.3%- WIDWitzenberg Onafhanklike Demokratiese Party50.3%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change40.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.2%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance20.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party20.1%- AWEH!Aboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!20.1%
PDMPeople's Democratic Movement10.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party10.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.1%
Hours off in Ward 8 ?
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Voting districts · 5 ?
Gwen Judith Franse (DA) won Ward 8 with 546 votes, 14.0% of the ward's 3 911 registered voters. Turnout was 39.2%: 1 535 of 3 911 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Witzenberg, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 23
- Petrus HeradienAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Mark Anthony MentorAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Cupido Andreas SwartzAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Andelene Chriszelda MarsAfrican National Congress
- Ragel SmitAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Chrizelda Alfrieda CoetzeeCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Gwen Judith FranseDemocratic Alliance
- Charlton PienaarDemocratic Association of Witzenberg Independence
- Mbuyiselo MiselaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Susanna Magrieta SchippersGOOD
- Ruben WillemseIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa
- Karel Jakobus van der MerweNational Coloured Congress
Nella SourisOrganic Humanity Movement- Olifant Albert BantamPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Isak IsaksPatriotic Alliance
- Paulina BassonPeople's Democratic Movement
- Ali NassonPeople's Movement for Change
- Zamubuntu MabalaSouth African Communist Party
- Ntombikayise Eunice MbalaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Jan Johannes AbrahamsVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
- Anthia Ronell GalantWitzenberg Aksie
- Ashlon Alexzandro HammanWitzenberg Onafhanklike Demokratiese Party
- Jan Johannes DouriesWitzenberg Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 535 · spoilt 39 · special votes 148 · All 5 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 5 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 5 voting districts here (1 535 of 3 911). The IEC publishes 39.3%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 546 vs 1 679; ANC 511 vs 1 513; CCC 107 vs 309; VF PLUS 101 vs 281; PA 62 vs 194; DAWI 38 vs 121; WP 29 vs 91; ICOSA 24 vs 72; EFF 23 vs 79; WA 12 vs 25; GOOD 11 vs 33; SACP 6 vs 16; ACDP 5 vs 17; WID 5 vs 15; PMC 4 vs 10; PAC 3 vs 11; ARA 2 vs 9; AWEH! 2 vs 6; MKP 2 vs 9; CAPEXIT 1 vs 3; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 2; PDM 1 vs 2; A.C.C. 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 3; DNCA 0 vs 1; OHM 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 76 times in 5 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, 23:37 SAST.