Municipal by-elections

4 December 2019

3 ward by-elections in Knysna, Ndlambe, Umzumbe, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 11, Knysna (2016 wards)

Knysna · by-election of 4 December 2019

LORRAINE VALERIE OPPERMAN elected1 315 valid votes · turnout 46,7%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
LORRAINE VALERIE OPPERMANElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	547	41,6%
RUSSEL WARREN ARENDSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	378	28,7%
NEIL GLEN LOUWECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	178	13,5%
JOHANNES WAGENAARPLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	93	7,1%
NEVILLE PATRICK KORKEEINDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	73	5,6%
ALLAN LESLEY KOCKIndependent	Independent	46	3,5%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 43,6%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 9, Ndlambe (2016 wards)

Ndlambe · by-election of 4 December 2019

SIYABULELA IRVAN MELANI elected1 159 valid votes · turnout 23,9%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SIYABULELA IRVAN MELANIElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 121	96,7%
NANDIPHA MOIRA VETOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	38	3,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 65,1%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 5, Umzumbe (2016 wards)

Umzumbe · by-election of 4 December 2019

STHEMBISO COMBRADE NGCOBO elected2 351 valid votes · turnout 51,2%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
STHEMBISO COMBRADE NGCOBOElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 412	60,1%
SIMPHIWE SHIBEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	850	36,2%
MTHOBISI PROFFESOR QWABEECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	49	2,1%
CYNTHIA BATHABILE GUMEDENATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	33	1,4%
PHUMZILE ROSEMARY MVUNAAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	7	0,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 74,1%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 4 December 2019: 3 wards, each candidate by name and party with their votes. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published per municipality, so they — and the ward's registered voters and turnout with them — are shown only where a municipality held one by-election that day.

How it was read and checked

The winner is the candidate the IEC's results award the seat. Why each seat fell vacant is not published with these results and is not stated here.

Sources

The IEC files this day's record was loaded from

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
Document	Role	Retrieved	SHA-256
IEC by-election candidates, 4 December 2019 (JSON, {"EEID":914})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 914-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`83e117cf5f997c1d…`
IEC by-election results, 4 December 2019: EC105 - Ndlambe (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1106.json · 4 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`b52c2ca93f359277…`
IEC by-election results, 4 December 2019: KZN213 - uMzumbe (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4404.json · 13 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`b69857c54cca0a1f…`
IEC by-election results, 4 December 2019: WC048 - Knysna (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9928.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`0f07e21de66ebc61…`
IEC by-election councillors, 4 December 2019 (JSON, {"parmEEID":914})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 914-councillors.json · 2 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`f814b1cd6c9cff13…`