Municipal by-elections

22 March 2023

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

All by-elections

Ward 2, Swellendam Local Municipality

Swellendam · by-election of 22 March 2023

ISAAC HENRY FERGUSON elected2 453 valid votes · turnout 65,0%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
ISAAC HENRY FERGUSONElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	910	37,1%
BRANDON LOURENS FESTUSPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	766	31,2%
BEATE JOUBERTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	736	30,0%
FERDINAND JACOBUS DU TOITGOOD	GOOD	31	1,3%
WHEEKNUS EFRAIN MICHAELSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	10	0,4%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 49,5%.

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

Ward 8, Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality

Ubuhlebezwe · by-election of 22 March 2023

BUYISIWE PROMISE ZUMA elected2 272 valid votes · turnout 49,6%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
BUYISIWE PROMISE ZUMAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 584	69,7%
NJABULO MUTUNGWAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	455	20,0%
ANGELICA NTSHIKAZANE VEZIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	233	10,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 74,9%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 22 March 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
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IEC by-election candidates, 22 March 2023 (JSON, {"EEID":1289})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1289-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`8943af0491a5c82c…`
IEC by-election results, 22 March 2023: KZN434 - uBuhlebezwe (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4036.json · 7 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`726eb36a46bba250…`
IEC by-election results, 22 March 2023: WC034 - Swellendam (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9919.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`6becb264df7f9ef3…`
IEC by-election councillors, 22 March 2023 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1289})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1289-councillors.json · 2 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`f691d6c53f3658d3…`