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Ward 5

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100005

Won by
DA
Miquette Temlett
Margin
79.6%
10,966 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
13,773

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAMiquette Temlett11,79385.6%
VF Plus8276.0%
GOOD1931.4%
ACDP1581.1%
ActionSA1521.1%
ANC1110.8%
EFF990.7%
Al Jama-ah780.6%
Capexit700.5%
PA540.4%
BOSA460.3%
UDM280.2%
NCC260.2%
ATM210.2%
OLA140.1%
CMC130.1%
OHM130.1%
PMC100.1%
D.P.A80.1%
MKP80.1%
SACP70.1%
PAC60.0%
MF50.0%
COPE50.0%
IFP40.0%
ARA40.0%
LABOUR40.0%
UIM30.0%
A.C.C.20.0%
TRUTH20.0%
SDP20.0%
ANOSA20.0%
AIC10.0%
SUN10.0%
AZANIA10.0%
SNP10.0%
K.A.P10.0%

Votes needed. VF Plus would have needed 10,967 more votes to win, or 5,484 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: 5 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 93% 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
DA88.5%85.7%−2.8
VF Plus2.5%5.9%+3.4
GOOD1.3%1.5%+0.2
ActionSA–1.2%new
ACDP2.9%1.0%−1.9
Capexit1.1%0.4%−0.7
UIM1.1%0.0%−1.1

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97140023DA 84.2%4,602yes
97140034DA 80.5%5,439yes
97140045DA 88.4%5,221yes
97140056DA 89.1%4,555yes
97140067DA 86.8%5,670yes
97142744DA 82.9%2,021new