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Ward 117

City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800117

Won by
DA
Eleanor Anne Huggett
Margin
72.5%
7,169 votes
Voting districts in
4/4
Valid ward votes
9,886

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAEleanor Anne Huggett7,76978.6%
RISE6006.1%
ActionSA4824.9%
ANC3944.0%
EFF2262.3%
VF Plus1211.2%
Al Jama-ah530.5%
MKP510.5%
BOSA430.4%
ATM270.3%
SACP240.2%
PMC190.2%
Mayibuye140.1%
UDM130.1%
PA130.1%
COPE50.1%
TRUTH50.1%
PAC40.0%
AIC30.0%
AUC30.0%
LABOUR20.0%
SDP20.0%
MOVE20.0%
AZAPO10.0%
MF10.0%
NADECO10.0%
APC10.0%
BPSA10.0%
NCC10.0%
AHC10.0%
AEF10.0%
POJ10.0%
KYP10.0%
CMPC10.0%

Votes needed. RISE would have needed 7,170 more votes to win, or 3,585 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: 4 of the 4 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
DA68.2%77.6%+9.4
RISE–5.7%new
ActionSA16.9%5.4%−11.6
ANC7.0%4.2%−2.8
EFF2.2%2.7%+0.4
VF Plus1.4%1.3%−0.1

Voting districts (4)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32840153DA 76.6%4,288yes
32850019DA 82.6%5,751yes
32850020DA 76.6%4,991yes
32851368DA 73.7%4,718yes