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Ward 79

City of Tshwane (TSH) · IEC ward 79900079

Won by
DA
Francois Bester
Margin
50.4%
6,461 votes
Voting districts in
4/4
Valid ward votes
12,816

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAFrancois Bester8,91369.5%
VF Plus2,45219.1%
ActionSA7505.9%
ANC3432.7%
EFF1481.2%
RISE820.6%
PA250.2%
BOSA250.2%
PAC190.1%
SACP130.1%
UIM50.0%
UDM40.0%
Mayibuye40.0%
AZAPO30.0%
COPE30.0%
OHM30.0%
RC30.0%
AIC20.0%
APC20.0%
ARD20.0%
ICM20.0%
PTA01220.0%
MF10.0%
Al Jama-ah10.0%
BPSA10.0%
Ecoforum10.0%
ARA10.0%
AACUM10.0%
ELF-SA10.0%
SDP10.0%
SPPSA10.0%
Umbrella10.0%
BPCSDT10.0%

Votes needed. VF Plus would have needed 6,462 more votes to win, or 3,231 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
DA66.7%69.3%+2.6
VF Plus16.3%18.5%+2.2
ActionSA8.8%6.3%−2.5
ANC4.5%2.7%−1.8
EFF1.5%1.1%−0.4

Voting districts (4)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32980013DA 71.4%6,088yes
32980024DA 65.1%8,151yes
32980035DA 80.5%6,612yes
32980046DA 58.3%4,738yes