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Ward 18

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100018

Won by
ANC
Patrick Phindile George
Margin
34.8%
2,352 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
6,757

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCPatrick Phindile George3,34649.5%
SACP99414.7%
EFF67910.0%
DA6409.5%
UDM2553.8%
ActionSA1822.7%
ATM1311.9%
MKP1141.7%
BOSA911.3%
PAC741.1%
AIC560.8%
VF Plus510.8%
Mayibuye440.7%
GOOD210.3%
IFP110.2%
ACDP110.2%
PA100.1%
CMC60.1%
A.C.C.50.1%
MF30.0%
Al Jama-ah30.0%
AZANIA30.0%
SNP30.0%
ANOSA30.0%
COPE20.0%
NFP20.0%
TRUTH20.0%
SDP20.0%
United Democratic Front Party20.0%
CKP20.0%
Capexit10.0%
AAC10.0%
NCC10.0%
ARA10.0%
UIM10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
AAAC10.0%
ELF-SA10.0%
OLA10.0%

Votes needed. SACP would have needed 2,353 more votes to win, or 1,177 voters switching from ANC.

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: 8 of the 8 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
ANC60.0%50.3%−9.7
SACP–11.1%new
DA4.7%10.4%+5.7
EFF16.0%10.2%−5.8
UDM1.2%4.0%+2.8
ActionSA–3.2%new
ATM0.5%2.4%+1.8
MKP–1.7%new
BOSA–1.2%new
PAC3.3%1.2%−2.2
AIC1.1%0.7%−0.4
PA6.9%0.1%−6.7
Independents3.7%0.0%−3.7

Voting districts (8)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97141619ANC 48.2%1,582yes
97141620ANC 64.7%1,840yes
97141631ANC 47.1%2,254yes
97141642ANC 47.1%814yes
97141653ANC 54.2%2,430yes
97142014ANC 39.3%863yes
97142025ANC 50.5%1,860yes
97142351ANC 42.5%1,804yes