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Ward 59

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100059

Won by
DA
Mikhail Manuel
Margin
74.8%
7,267 votes
Voting districts in
5/5
Valid ward votes
9,721

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAMikhail Manuel7,88681.1%
GOOD6196.4%
EFF2842.9%
ActionSA1801.9%
VF Plus1681.7%
ANC1601.6%
BOSA1281.3%
Al Jama-ah920.9%
ACDP320.3%
Capexit290.3%
SACP230.2%
CMC190.2%
UDM170.2%
PA120.1%
MF70.1%
D.P.A70.1%
SUN60.1%
TRUTH60.1%
NCC50.1%
Mayibuye50.1%
IFP40.0%
ARA40.0%
SDP40.0%
COPE30.0%
OHM30.0%
OLA30.0%
AAC20.0%
AZANIA20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
K.A.P20.0%
United Democratic Front Party20.0%
ANOSA20.0%
AIC10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
A.C.C.10.0%

Votes needed. GOOD would have needed 7,268 more votes to win, or 3,634 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 5 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
DA85.3%80.3%−5.0
GOOD4.9%6.7%+1.9
EFF1.5%3.0%+1.5
ActionSA–1.9%new
VF Plus0.9%1.9%+1.0
ANC2.6%1.8%−0.8
BOSA–1.3%new
ACDP1.3%0.3%−1.0

Voting districts (5)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97090397DA 81.1%8,859yes
97090409DA 84.3%2,479yes
97092119DA 76.6%2,266yes
97092120DA 77.6%3,665yes
97093413DA 80.7%2,155yes