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Ward 29

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100029

Won by
DA
Allister Gerome Lightburn
Margin
53.8%
5,235 votes
Voting districts in
11/11
Valid ward votes
9,730

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAAllister Gerome Lightburn6,11162.8%
PA8769.0%
ANC7597.8%
NCC6716.9%
OHM3083.2%
VF Plus1631.7%
GOOD1561.6%
ActionSA1541.6%
ARA1161.2%
EFF600.6%
LABOUR600.6%
ACDP570.6%
PMC360.4%
BOSA290.3%
Al Jama-ah270.3%
TRUTH220.2%
OLA150.2%
Capexit130.1%
AAC100.1%
AIC80.1%
SACP80.1%
A.C.C.80.1%
COPE70.1%
D.P.A70.1%
CMC50.1%
SNP50.1%
MKP50.1%
Sakkmvp50.1%
United Democratic Front Party50.1%
SUN40.0%
K.A.P40.0%
UDM30.0%
UIM30.0%
Mayibuye30.0%
MF20.0%
IFP10.0%
AZANIA10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
SDP10.0%
ANOSA10.0%

Votes needed. PA would have needed 5,236 more votes to win, or 2,618 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: 11 of the 11 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
DA55.4%63.5%+8.1
PA3.7%9.5%+5.8
ANC17.4%7.1%−10.3
NCC13.3%6.7%−6.5
OHM0.0%2.2%+2.2
VF Plus0.5%1.9%+1.4
ActionSA–1.8%new
GOOD3.5%1.5%−2.0
ARA0.7%1.2%+0.5
ACDP1.2%0.6%−0.5

Voting districts (11)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97120188DA 63.8%1,915yes
97120212DA 68.3%1,129yes
97120256DA 68.3%2,257yes
97120267DA 65.8%1,796yes
97120289DA 63.0%1,190yes
97120290DA 59.0%1,657yes
97120335DA 65.6%2,173yes
97120346DA 64.1%2,588yes
97120436DA 55.6%1,182yes
97120447DA 57.4%2,308yes
97120559DA 67.3%1,187yes