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Ward 81

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100081

Won by
DA
Franklin William Randel Williams
Margin
48.5%
4,216 votes
Voting districts in
7/7
Valid ward votes
8,699

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAFranklin William Randel Williams4,98857.3%
NCC7728.9%
Al Jama-ah5226.0%
PA4735.4%
CMC3814.4%
ActionSA3403.9%
GOOD2773.2%
VF Plus1932.2%
ACDP1631.9%
ARA1191.4%
ANC1061.2%
EFF810.9%
BOSA540.6%
OLA460.5%
HLD300.3%
Capexit200.2%
A.C.C.150.2%
UIM140.2%
PMC120.1%
TRUTH110.1%
AAC90.1%
D.P.A90.1%
COPE60.1%
K.A.P60.1%
IFP50.1%
USA50.1%
MKP50.1%
Mayibuye50.1%
United Democratic Front Party50.1%
SACP40.0%
SUN40.0%
AZANIA40.0%
UDM30.0%
SDP30.0%
SNP20.0%
OHM20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
Sakkmvp20.0%
AIC10.0%

Votes needed. NCC would have needed 4,217 more votes to win, or 2,109 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
DA62.4%58.0%−4.3
NCC10.7%9.3%−1.4
Al Jama-ah5.0%5.7%+0.7
PA3.0%4.7%+1.7
ActionSA–3.8%new
CMC1.0%3.7%+2.7
GOOD6.0%3.2%−2.8
VF Plus1.2%2.0%+0.9
ACDP3.6%1.9%−1.7
ANC2.4%1.4%−1.0
ARA1.2%1.2%+0.1
EFF0.1%1.1%+0.9
UIM1.3%0.1%−1.2

Voting districts (7)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97090072DA 58.9%1,862yes
97091309DA 66.8%3,433yes
97091376DA 53.9%3,170yes
97091387DA 55.1%2,361yes
97091400DA 56.2%2,468yes
97091466DA 57.3%1,885yes
97091477DA 55.2%2,178yes