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Ward 85

City of Johannesburg (JHB) · IEC ward 79800085

Won by
DA
Zoné Hughes
Margin
62.1%
5,925 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
9,543

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAZoné Hughes6,85571.8%
ActionSA9309.7%
VF Plus6386.7%
ANC3894.1%
EFF2482.6%
RISE1671.7%
ACDP640.7%
BOSA500.5%
PA490.5%
ATM320.3%
Al Jama-ah280.3%
PMC170.2%
SACP110.1%
PAC60.1%
OHM60.1%
UIM60.1%
UDM50.1%
AZANIA50.1%
AIC40.0%
AHC40.0%
Mayibuye40.0%
AZAPO30.0%
COPE30.0%
LABOUR30.0%
APC20.0%
ANOSA20.0%
MOVE20.0%
MF10.0%
NADECO10.0%
AUC10.0%
Ecoforum10.0%
AACUM10.0%
AEF10.0%
TRUTH10.0%
VSA10.0%
POJ10.0%
KYP10.0%

Votes needed. ActionSA would have needed 5,926 more votes to win, or 2,963 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 90% 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
DA66.9%70.2%+3.3
ActionSA13.4%10.4%−3.0
VF Plus8.8%6.7%−2.1
ANC5.3%4.4%−0.9
EFF1.8%2.7%+0.9
RISE–1.6%new
ACDP1.7%0.7%−1.1

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32870112DA 71.9%4,058yes
32870167DA 73.4%2,280yes
32870303DA 77.7%1,761yes
32871023DA 74.5%6,746yes
32871551DA 45.3%2,265yes
32871629DA 67.0%1,992new