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Ward 8

Rand West City (GT485) · IEC ward 74805008

Won by
DA
Fortia Johanna Bergman
Margin
10.8%
219 votes
Voting districts in
5/5
Valid ward votes
2,022

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAFortia Johanna Bergman59329.3%
ANC37418.5%
PA27113.4%
EFF26112.9%
ActionSA26112.9%
VF Plus1376.8%
RWPP422.1%
ACDP190.9%
SACP170.8%
Mayibuye130.6%
AIC120.6%
BOSA60.3%
UDM50.2%
AZAPO40.2%
UCDP30.1%
PAC20.1%
Al Jama-ah10.0%
AAAM10.0%

Votes needed. ANC would have needed 220 more votes to win, or 110 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 5 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 77% 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
DA39.5%32.7%−6.8
ANC31.3%17.3%−14.0
ActionSA–16.3%new
EFF13.9%15.1%+1.2
VF Plus6.4%8.7%+2.3
RWPP1.1%2.2%+1.1
PA4.4%1.6%−2.8
MKP–1.5%new
ACDP1.2%0.9%−0.3

Voting districts (5)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
33260239EFF 43.3%561yes
33260307DA 49.9%814yes
33260352DA 37.9%920yes
33260442ActionSA 36.3%842yes
33260475PA 51.6%916new