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Ward 53

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100053

Won by
DA
Bryan Ivor James Banfield
Margin
64.7%
7,257 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
11,218

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DABryan Ivor James Banfield7,91870.6%
GOOD6615.9%
Al Jama-ah4193.7%
EFF3753.3%
ActionSA3603.2%
ANC3513.1%
PA3353.0%
VF Plus2452.2%
ACDP1271.1%
CMC680.6%
NCC620.6%
UDM440.4%
ATM300.3%
Capexit230.2%
MKP230.2%
PAC220.2%
SACP200.2%
ARA200.2%
SUN140.1%
LABOUR130.1%
AIC110.1%
COPE110.1%
TRUTH100.1%
D.P.A90.1%
IFP70.1%
OHM60.1%
Mayibuye60.1%
AAC40.0%
AZANIA40.0%
United Democratic Front Party40.0%
OLA30.0%
MF20.0%
SNP20.0%
Ekhethu20.0%
A.C.C.20.0%
UIM10.0%
K.A.P10.0%
Sakkmvp10.0%
ABGF10.0%
ANOSA10.0%

Votes needed. GOOD would have needed 7,258 more votes to win, or 3,629 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 94% 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
DA77.4%71.2%−6.2
GOOD5.1%5.9%+0.8
Al Jama-ah1.2%4.0%+2.8
ANC3.7%3.1%−0.6
PA0.9%2.8%+1.9
EFF1.2%2.7%+1.4
ActionSA–2.6%new
VF Plus1.0%2.4%+1.4
ACDP4.2%1.2%−3.0

Voting districts (6)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97090555DA 78.2%3,767yes
97090656DA 75.8%4,779yes
97090667DA 63.3%5,553yes
97090678DA 78.7%5,311yes
97092096DA 49.0%1,959yes
97093569DA 42.2%1,315new