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Ward 81

City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800081

Won by
DA
Daniel Craig Kalyan
Margin
14.9%
1,807 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
12,134

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DADaniel Craig Kalyan4,13534.1%
ANC2,32819.2%
ActionSA2,28418.8%
EFF8096.7%
Independents7926.5%
MKP4613.8%
RISE4453.7%
ATM1341.1%
VF Plus1311.1%
IFP850.7%
Mayibuye580.5%
BOSA490.4%
PA480.4%
SACP440.4%
ACDP410.3%
AZANIA380.3%
UDM370.3%
COPE340.3%
MAWUSA270.2%
SAPCO210.2%
APC150.1%
AACUM150.1%
AIC130.1%
AZAPO100.1%
LABOUR70.1%
MOVE70.1%
AUC60.0%
TRUTH60.0%
MF50.0%
AEF50.0%
NCC40.0%
Al Jama-ah30.0%
PMC30.0%
ARA30.0%
AHC30.0%
SDP30.0%
POJ30.0%
ANOSA30.0%
Umbrella30.0%
BPSA20.0%
ICM20.0%
FISA20.0%
KYP20.0%
Umphakathi Warona20.0%
UIM10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
ELF-SA10.0%
AGF10.0%
VSA10.0%
CMPC10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 1,808 more votes to win, or 904 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: 7 of the 7 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
DA33.0%33.9%+0.9
ActionSA19.8%21.0%+1.2
ANC28.1%19.5%−8.6
EFF10.7%6.9%−3.8
MKP–4.4%new
Independents1.8%3.3%+1.5
RISE–3.0%new
ATM0.3%1.2%+0.9
IFP0.5%1.2%+0.7
VF Plus0.8%1.1%+0.3
ACDP1.1%0.3%−0.8
AIC1.1%0.1%−1.0

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32850064DA 42.1%2,749yes
32850097DA 41.3%4,213yes
32850165ANC 24.9%5,769yes
32850491DA 89.6%1,331yes
32851043ANC 41.6%4,236yes
32851155DA 42.8%3,373yes
32851335DA 50.5%2,533yes