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Ward 27

Matjhabeng (FS184) · IEC ward 41804027

Won by
DA
Gerhard Paul Botha
Margin
37.7%
1,073 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
2,849

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAGerhard Paul Botha1,60456.3%
ANC53118.6%
VF Plus2027.1%
ActionSA1344.7%
EFF1043.7%
VFC632.2%
ACT421.5%
SACP351.2%
MKP351.2%
URF260.9%
ATM180.6%
ACDP170.6%
Mayibuye90.3%
PA80.3%
LABOUR60.2%
PAC40.1%
AIC20.1%
COPE20.1%
Ecoforum20.1%
ALM20.1%
IFP10.0%
APC10.0%
FISA10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 1,074 more votes to win, or 537 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: 5 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 88% 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
DA42.1%53.0%+11.0
ANC37.2%20.4%−16.8
VF Plus8.0%7.2%−0.8
ActionSA–5.1%new
EFF7.2%4.0%−3.3
VFC–2.7%new
ACT–1.6%new
SACP–1.3%new
ACDP1.4%0.6%−0.8
ADEC2.6%0.0%−2.6

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
22600088DA 58.6%2,057yes
22600572ANC 54.6%227yes
22600752DA 59.2%1,352yes
22600842DA 58.9%802yes
22600886ANC 36.7%607yes
22600965DA 71.4%661new