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Ward 85

City of Cape Town (CPT) · IEC ward 19100085

Won by
ANC
Sitembile Sydney Mfecane
Margin
2.7%
280 votes
Voting districts in
8/8
Valid ward votes
10,565

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
ANCSitembile Sydney Mfecane3,92937.2%
DA3,64934.5%
VF Plus5405.1%
EFF3453.3%
Al Jama-ah3383.2%
UDM2702.6%
PA2692.5%
ActionSA2242.1%
MKP1961.9%
NCC1761.7%
ATM1341.3%
AIC810.8%
ACDP760.7%
Mayibuye720.7%
GOOD700.7%
IFP470.4%
COPE200.2%
SACP180.2%
A.C.C.180.2%
AAC160.2%
MF140.1%
Capexit130.1%
PAC100.1%
CMC100.1%
PMC100.1%
BOSA60.1%
UIM30.0%
TRUTH20.0%
LABOUR20.0%
AZANIA10.0%
OHM10.0%
D.P.A10.0%
Ekhethu10.0%
United Democratic Front Party10.0%
OLA10.0%
ANOSA10.0%

Votes needed. DA would have needed 281 more votes to win, or 141 voters switching from ANC.

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: 8 of the 8 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
ANC34.2%36.8%+2.6
DA42.2%34.3%−7.9
VF Plus1.8%5.1%+3.3
EFF4.9%3.4%−1.5
Al Jama-ah2.5%2.8%+0.3
UDM0.7%2.6%+1.9
PA0.6%2.6%+2.0
ActionSA–2.4%new
MKP–1.9%new
NCC4.1%1.7%−2.4
ATM0.2%1.3%+1.1
GOOD1.9%0.8%−1.1
ACDP2.3%0.7%−1.6
UIM1.5%0.4%−1.2

Voting districts (8)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97110110DA 57.4%2,530yes
97110334DA 57.2%2,776yes
97110378ANC 76.0%3,939yes
97110389DA 56.5%3,273yes
97110435ANC 69.6%2,579yes
97110468DA 81.7%2,172yes
97110479ANC 66.0%2,280yes
97110480ANC 64.9%1,856yes