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Ward 18

City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800018

Won by
DA
Fazel Jaffer
Margin
3.6%
421 votes
Voting districts in
9/9
Valid ward votes
11,797

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAFazel Jaffer4,93041.8%
PA4,50938.2%
ActionSA4283.6%
ANC4043.4%
Al Jama-ah3022.6%
PMC2562.2%
CFM1691.4%
VF Plus1501.3%
ACDP1271.1%
AIC960.8%
EFF750.6%
Independents470.4%
ARM420.4%
RISE340.3%
TRUTH210.2%
ARRC.210.2%
MKP200.2%
ACP170.1%
PAC120.1%
BOSA120.1%
IFP100.1%
NCC100.1%
Mayibuye90.1%
APC80.1%
IMS80.1%
COPE70.1%
SACP60.1%
ATM60.1%
UDM50.0%
SHOSH50.0%
ARA50.0%
VSA50.0%
MAWUSA50.0%
Umbrella40.0%
MF30.0%
AUC30.0%
MOVE30.0%
OHM20.0%
UIM20.0%
ELF-SA20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
AGF20.0%
Umphakathi Warona20.0%
AZAPO10.0%
AZANIA10.0%
Ecoforum10.0%
ARU10.0%
AHC10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
ACT10.0%
FISA10.0%
SDP10.0%
MRP10.0%
IN10.0%

Votes needed. PA would have needed 422 more votes to win, or 211 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: 9 of the 9 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
DA18.8%44.6%+25.8
PA63.0%33.5%−29.6
ActionSA4.7%4.3%−0.4
ANC6.8%3.9%−2.9
Al Jama-ah0.7%2.6%+1.9
VF Plus0.3%2.1%+1.8
PMC–2.0%new
CFM–1.4%new
ACDP1.1%1.2%+0.2
EFF1.2%0.8%−0.4
GOOD1.0%0.0%−1.0

Voting districts (9)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32860391DA 51.0%3,544yes
32860403DA 42.1%1,057yes
32860470DA 44.9%3,038yes
32860481DA 44.2%3,695yes
32860492DA 42.6%2,343yes
32860504DA 35.0%1,874yes
32860526DA 41.5%3,264yes
32860537DA 49.7%3,464yes
32863248DA 41.2%1,424yes