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Ward 4

Emfuleni (GT421) · IEC ward 74201004

Won by
DA
Jan Barend Labuschagne
Margin
41.0%
1,876 votes
Voting districts in
3/3
Valid ward votes
4,578

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAJan Barend Labuschagne2,47154.0%
VF Plus59513.0%
EFF4519.9%
ANC3337.3%
ActionSA3197.0%
ACSA1944.2%
ATM591.3%
BOSA390.9%
PAC250.5%
VAAL210.5%
SACP200.4%
PA110.2%
SERA110.2%
Mayibuye90.2%
UDM30.1%
AZAPO30.1%
ELF-SA30.1%
COPE20.0%
AAC20.0%
CMPC20.0%
MOVE20.0%
APC10.0%
TRUTH10.0%
UCO10.0%

Votes needed. VF Plus would have needed 1,877 more votes to win, or 939 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: 3 of the 3 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
DA52.4%54.2%+1.8
VF Plus34.0%13.5%−20.6
EFF4.2%9.4%+5.3
ActionSA–7.4%new
ANC7.3%6.8%−0.5
ACSA–3.1%new
ATM0.1%1.3%+1.1

Voting districts (3)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
32940479DA 72.9%4,422yes
32940895DA 44.2%3,364yes
32940941EFF 28.5%1,454yes