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Ward 1

George (WC044) · IEC ward 10404001

Won by
DA
Jean Maron Safers
Margin
14.9%
354 votes
Voting districts in
1/1
Valid ward votes
2,370

IEC report

Ward ballot

Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
Ward ballot results
Party · candidateVotesShare
DAJean Maron Safers1,24152.4%
PA88737.4%
VF Plus1014.3%
ANC552.3%
PBI190.8%
GOOD170.7%
ACDP140.6%
PMC140.6%
EFF70.3%
Capexit40.2%
NCC30.1%
SACP20.1%
OHM20.1%
PAC10.0%
IRASA10.0%
ARA10.0%
IPM10.0%

Votes needed. PA would have needed 355 more votes to win, or 178 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: 1 of the 1 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
DA51.4%52.9%+1.5
PA1.1%37.2%+36.1
VF Plus3.1%4.1%+1.0
ANC5.2%2.4%−2.8
PBI30.0%0.8%−29.3
ACDP1.5%0.6%−0.9
GOOD6.0%0.6%−5.5

Voting districts (1)

Results by voting district
DistrictLeadingValid votesIn 2021
97200019DA 52.9%4,732yes