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Ward 8

Makana (EC104) · IEC ward 21004008

Won by
DA
Carolynn Clark
Margin
40.6%
806 votes
Voting districts in
2/2
Valid ward votes
1,985

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DACarolynn Clark1,08154.5%
MUCM27513.9%
EFF25913.0%
ANC1206.0%
ActionSA753.8%
MAKANA633.2%
ATM412.1%
PA251.3%
VF Plus241.2%
SACP180.9%
Mayibuye30.2%
OHM10.1%

Votes needed. MUCM would have needed 807 more votes to win, or 404 voters switching from DA.

Turnout is not published per ward in the IEC results files, so it is not shown here.

Change since 2021

Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so this compares the same voting districts in both years: 1 of the 2 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 51% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
Party shares in 2021 and 2026 on matched voting districts
Party20212026Change
DA46.0%42.2%−3.8
EFF2.7%16.8%+14.1
MUCM–16.3%new
ANC12.6%8.2%−4.4
ActionSA–6.3%new
ATM0.8%3.1%+2.4
MAKANA28.2%2.8%−25.4
PA0.1%1.7%+1.6
VF Plus1.9%1.2%−0.7
MIND7.3%0.0%−7.3

Voting districts (2)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
10100125DA 42.2%2,004yes
10100271DA 67.4%1,913new