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NC073 · Local council · 15 seats

Hung
Voting districts in
100%
28 of 28
Wards declared
8
of 8
Majority line
8
of 15 seats
Registered voters
24,737

IEC report

Seats (declared)

As of
The IEC has declared this council. These are the final seat numbers.
ANC: 6 seatsANC: 6 seatsANC: 6 seatsANC: 6 seatsANC: 6 seatsANC: 6 seatsDA: 4 seatsDA: 4 seatsDA: 4 seatsDA: 4 seatsPA: 3 seatsPA: 3 seatsPA: 3 seatsSACP: 1 seatsEFF: 1 seats158 for majority
Seats by party
PartyVotesWardsSeats
ANC41.7%66
DA24.1%24
PA21.8%03
SACP4.9%01
EFF4.8%01

Coalition calculator

As of

Tap parties to add their seats together. This is seat arithmetic only: it shows which combinations hold enough seats between them, not whether those parties would agree to govern together.

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Minimal winning combinations

Every set of up to four of the ten largest parties that reaches the majority line, where dropping any one member would fall short. Independents are left out because each votes individually. Seats are final.

Ward map

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Solid: ward declared. Pale: leading while counting. Grey: no votes yet. Tap a ward for details.

Change since 2021

As of
Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so we compare the same voting districts in both years: the 28 districts counted so far that also existed in 2021 (100% of the votes counted). Shares are of all valid votes, ward and PR ballots together.
Party shares on matched voting districts, 2021 and 2026
Party20212026Change
ANC60.3%41.7%−18.6
DA26.6%24.1%−2.5
PA4.4%21.8%+17.4
SACP–4.9%new
EFF4.6%4.7%+0.2
VF Plus2.5%2.0%−0.5
Independents1.7%0.1%−1.6

Biggest ward swings

  1. Ward 3ANC91.7% → 57.2%−34.6
  2. Ward 1ANC55.1% → 30.6%−24.5
  3. Ward 1PA9.0% → 32.9%+23.9
  4. Ward 7PA11.0% → 34.1%+23.1
  5. Ward 5PA2.6% → 25.7%+23.1
  6. Ward 3SACP0.0% → 23.0%+23.0
  7. Ward 4ANC70.4% → 51.3%−19.1
  8. Ward 6PA0.5% → 18.7%+18.2

2021 council result: ANC 9, DA 4, EFF 1, PA 1 of 15 seats.

Closest wards

As of
Wards decided or led by less than 5 points on the ward ballot, and how many more votes the runner-up needed.
  1. Ward 1DA won, ahead of PAby 2 (0.1%) · needed 3

Wards (8)

As of
Ward-ballot results. Margin is the gap between the first two candidates as a share of valid ward votes.
Wards declared
100%
Ward ballot results by ward
WardWinner or leaderMarginVotesVDs in
1DARoweda Hildegard Adams-Beukeswon0.1%1,8242/2
2ANCMagdelena Irene Absolomwon19.2%1,7852/2
3ANCAlizwa Phukelawon34.9%1,5183/3
4ANCTheo Jacobus Brandtwon30.6%1,3873/3
5DAGerhardus Koen Engelbrechtwon21.3%1,6822/2
6ANCAsisipho Jokawon26.3%1,8566/6
7ANCMorné Garth Theobold Makayawon11.6%2,1244/4
8ANCCornelius Booi Ngudlewon19.7%1,4416/6