Municipal by-elections

8 February 2023

2 ward by-elections in City of Cape Town, Dikgatlong, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 56, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality

City of Cape Town · by-election of 8 February 2023

CHESLYN JEROME STEENBERG elected3 246 valid votes · turnout 20,5%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
CHESLYN JEROME STEENBERGElectedPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1 321	40,7%
KEVIN WILLIAM INGLISGOOD	GOOD	773	23,8%
DEIDRÉE CAROL DE VOSAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	436	13,4%
MARK ANTHONY ARENDSEAFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	363	11,2%
MOGAMMAT MAGODIEN SAMODIENAL JAMA-AH	AL JAMA-AH	176	5,4%
CAMERON KENDALL PETERSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	156	4,8%
SHAHEEMA LANGEVELDTPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	21	0,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 48,7%.

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

Ward 6, Dikgatlong Local Municipality

Dikgatlong · by-election of 8 February 2023

RICHARD TSHEPO SPRINGBOK elected1 403 valid votes · turnout 47,3%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
RICHARD TSHEPO SPRINGBOKElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	943	67,2%
BARBARA ELAINE BOTESPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	279	19,9%
CAROLINE KAARSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	181	12,9%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 44,2%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 8 February 2023: 2 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, 8 February 2023 (JSON, {"EEID":1257})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1257-candidates.json · 2 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`8350a6f444043642…`
IEC by-election results, 8 February 2023: CPT - City of Cape Town (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9006.json · 18 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`2505e2267f4f307e…`
IEC by-election results, 8 February 2023: NC092 - Dikgatlong (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6047.json · 10 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`644de432a41c45d9…`
IEC by-election councillors, 8 February 2023 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1257})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1257-councillors.json · 1 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`bfad78ff0399b0ad…`