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Ward 49

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100049

Won by
DA
Rashid Adams
Margin
52.4%
4,975 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
9,489

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DARashid Adams5,95762.8%
Al Jama-ah98210.3%
NCC7287.7%
GOOD4224.4%
PA3643.8%
ActionSA1831.9%
ANC1501.6%
ACDP1391.5%
CMC1041.1%
VF Plus1011.1%
EFF941.0%
D.P.A530.6%
ARA520.5%
A.C.C.220.2%
SDP170.2%
BOSA160.2%
USA150.2%
Capexit100.1%
PAC90.1%
LABOUR90.1%
OHM70.1%
SUN60.1%
OLA60.1%
AZANIA50.1%
AIC40.0%
AAC40.0%
United Democratic Front Party40.0%
UDM30.0%
MF30.0%
UIM30.0%
K.A.P30.0%
Sakkmvp30.0%
ABGF30.0%
IFP20.0%
SACP20.0%
Ekhethu20.0%
ANOSA20.0%

Votes needed. Al Jama-ah would have needed 4,976 more votes to win, or 2,488 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: 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
DA69.6%62.7%−7.0
Al Jama-ah4.5%9.7%+5.2
NCC4.5%8.2%+3.7
GOOD6.0%4.2%−1.8
PA0.5%3.4%+2.9
ActionSA–2.1%new
ANC2.4%1.8%−0.6
ACDP3.6%1.5%−2.1
EFF0.4%1.1%+0.8
VF Plus0.3%1.1%+0.7
CMC1.4%1.1%−0.4
D.P.A2.8%0.5%−2.3

Voting districts (8)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97090757DA 62.3%2,451yes
97090768DA 65.1%2,473yes
97090779DA 69.0%2,002yes
97090780DA 57.8%2,456yes
97090791DA 61.2%3,402yes
97090803DA 56.7%2,545yes
97090814DA 64.8%2,101yes
97092164DA 69.4%1,456yes