Skip to content
Count Room2026 local elections
Updates every minute

Ward 5

Kouga (EC108) · IEC ward 21008005

Won by
DA
Melanie Frederika Nicholls
Margin
43.9%
953 votes
Voting districts in
2/2
Valid ward votes
2,170

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAMelanie Frederika Nicholls1,39164.1%
ANC43820.2%
PA23110.6%
PMC703.2%
EFF140.6%
VF Plus120.6%
KSR40.2%
MKP40.2%
ACDP20.1%
SACP20.1%
OHM10.0%
Mayibuye10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 954 more votes to win, or 477 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: 2 of the 2 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 100% 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
DA51.3%63.5%+12.2
ANC43.9%20.0%−23.9
PA3.4%11.0%+7.6
PMC–3.8%new

Voting districts (2)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
10120015DA 67.3%2,828yes
10120060DA 56.3%1,509yes