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Ward 7

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100007

Won by
DA
Gabriel Grant Twigg
Margin
24.7%
3,120 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
12,639

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAGabriel Grant Twigg6,78253.7%
PA3,66229.0%
VF Plus3943.1%
ActionSA2982.4%
GOOD2942.3%
ANC2592.0%
EFF2011.6%
ACDP1631.3%
NCC1611.3%
UDM520.4%
ATM460.4%
BOSA380.3%
Al Jama-ah330.3%
SACP320.3%
AIC310.2%
PMC240.2%
PAC210.2%
Capexit210.2%
MKP210.2%
COPE120.1%
A.C.C.120.1%
CMC100.1%
ARA100.1%
AZANIA70.1%
OLA70.1%
SDP60.0%
TRUTH50.0%
IFP40.0%
AAC40.0%
D.P.A40.0%
UIM40.0%
Mayibuye40.0%
K.A.P30.0%
DLP20.0%
SNP20.0%
OHM20.0%
AVR20.0%
SUN10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
LABOUR10.0%
Sakkmvp10.0%
United Democratic Front Party10.0%
ANOSA10.0%

Votes needed. PA would have needed 3,121 more votes to win, or 1,561 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
DA72.8%57.7%−15.2
PA6.6%24.4%+17.8
VF Plus1.6%3.0%+1.4
ActionSA–2.6%new
ANC4.7%2.3%−2.4
GOOD3.8%2.0%−1.8
EFF1.9%1.7%−0.2
NCC2.0%1.4%−0.6
ACDP3.6%1.2%−2.3

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97100041DA 57.0%2,919yes
97100209DA 60.3%5,673yes
97100221PA 50.9%3,576yes
97100232DA 46.4%2,638yes
97100243DA 78.3%3,020yes
97100265DA 49.0%4,829yes
97100805DA 78.7%2,321yes