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Ward 31

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100031

Won by
DA
Theresa Bereniece Thompson
Margin
37.4%
3,425 votes
Voting districts in
9/9
Valid ward votes
9,168

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DATheresa Bereniece Thompson4,91353.6%
PA1,48816.2%
ANC5636.1%
NCC4014.4%
Al Jama-ah2933.2%
H.O.I.2142.3%
ActionSA2052.2%
EFF1521.7%
GOOD1431.6%
ACDP1241.4%
VF Plus1211.3%
ARA971.1%
PMC640.7%
BOSA590.6%
PAC460.5%
A.C.C.330.4%
CMC300.3%
ATM220.2%
AIC210.2%
SACP190.2%
MKP180.2%
Sakkmvp180.2%
OLA160.2%
D.P.A140.2%
UDM110.1%
COPE110.1%
IFP90.1%
Capexit90.1%
TRUTH90.1%
LABOUR80.1%
ABGF80.1%
SUN70.1%
OHM50.1%
United Democratic Front Party50.1%
SNP30.0%
K.A.P30.0%
Mayibuye30.0%
UIM20.0%
AAC10.0%

Votes needed. PA would have needed 3,426 more votes to win, or 1,713 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: 9 of the 9 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
DA65.4%54.5%−10.9
PA2.9%15.6%+12.7
ANC9.1%6.2%−2.9
NCC3.1%4.4%+1.3
Al Jama-ah1.6%3.0%+1.4
ActionSA–2.3%new
H.O.I.–2.2%new
EFF1.3%1.7%+0.4
GOOD7.4%1.5%−5.8
VF Plus1.0%1.5%+0.5
ACDP3.5%1.2%−2.3
ARA0.8%1.0%+0.2

Voting districts (9)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97140281DA 59.6%3,858yes
97140326DA 55.9%2,307yes
97140337DA 52.5%1,374yes
97140359DA 43.0%1,452yes
97140360DA 45.5%2,331yes
97140472DA 65.3%1,994yes
97140483DA 57.3%2,053yes
97141899DA 47.4%1,813yes
97142553DA 57.5%1,122yes