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Ward 68

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100068

Won by
DA
Marita Johanna Petersen
Margin
48.1%
4,343 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
9,023

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAMarita Johanna Petersen5,49460.9%
ARA1,15112.8%
PA5135.7%
NCC4805.3%
Al Jama-ah2132.4%
ActionSA1992.2%
ACDP1822.0%
ANC1491.7%
VF Plus1291.4%
GOOD1041.2%
EFF951.1%
CMC490.5%
BOSA410.5%
United Democratic Front Party360.4%
PMC220.2%
OLA190.2%
SUN180.2%
D.P.A150.2%
Capexit130.1%
UIM130.1%
A.C.C.130.1%
UDM110.1%
AZANIA100.1%
TRUTH70.1%
PAC60.1%
AAC60.1%
COPE50.1%
SDP50.1%
K.A.P40.0%
SACP30.0%
Mayibuye30.0%
IFP20.0%
OHM20.0%
MKP20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
Sakkmvp20.0%
ANOSA20.0%
MF10.0%
AIC10.0%
ABGF10.0%

Votes needed. ARA would have needed 4,344 more votes to win, or 2,172 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: 7 of the 7 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
DA56.8%61.6%+4.8
ARA20.3%11.2%−9.1
PA1.4%5.5%+4.1
NCC5.1%5.2%+0.1
Al Jama-ah1.5%2.6%+1.1
ActionSA–2.3%new
ACDP4.1%2.0%−2.1
VF Plus0.6%1.7%+1.1
ANC2.1%1.7%−0.4
GOOD4.1%1.4%−2.7

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97130189DA 61.9%3,521yes
97130639DA 56.0%1,801yes
97130673DA 65.0%2,868yes
97130695DA 58.8%1,836yes
97130718DA 57.7%2,112yes
97130729DA 63.2%2,481yes
97130730DA 64.2%3,610yes