Municipal by-elections

23 July 2025

3 ward by-elections in Bergrivier, Emfuleni, Sol Plaatje, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 6, Bergrivier Local Municipality

Bergrivier · by-election of 23 July 2025

RHIME LOUIS LAUBSCHER elected3 410 valid votes · turnout 62,7%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
RHIME LOUIS LAUBSCHERElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 529	44,8%
REGINALD HEINRICH DANIEL CAROLUSPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1 321	38,7%
BAHLE SIKHUNIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	460	13,5%
FELECIA DIANNE LOTTERINGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	100	2,9%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 39,8%.

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

Ward 35, Emfuleni Local Municipality

Emfuleni · by-election of 23 July 2025

CHAKANE PETRUS MOHLAMME elected2 283 valid votes · turnout 37,0%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
CHAKANE PETRUS MOHLAMMEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	861	37,7%
SAJINI DAVID TSHABALALAUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	481	21,1%
KHOROMMBI PETER MMBOYIDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	281	12,3%
THABISO SIMON LENKAPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	266	11,7%
LILLY 'MONE SEBESOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	189	8,3%
PULE SIMON MOFOKENGTAU DIA RORA CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL LEKGOTLA	TAU DIA RORA CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL LEKGOTLA	128	5,6%
MBUYISELO DANIEL KANTSOPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	45	2,0%
IMAM HAROEN SOETSANGARISE AFRIKA ARISE INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	ARISE AFRIKA ARISE INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	10	0,4%
TLADI ZACHARIA MOKOATSILABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	9	0,4%
ALOICIDUS THAPELO MTHEMBUSOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL KINGDOMS ORGANIZATION	SOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL KINGDOMS ORGANIZATION	7	0,3%
AYANDA MOSHESOCIALIST ECONOMIC FREEDOM MOVEMENT	SOCIALIST ECONOMIC FREEDOM MOVEMENT	6	0,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 54,1%.

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

Ward 1, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality

Sol Plaatje · by-election of 23 July 2025

ROSIE ANNIE LUDICK elected3 301 valid votes · turnout 56,3%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
ROSIE ANNIE LUDICKElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 414	42,8%
RUFARO VAN DER ROSSPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1 279	38,7%
GLADWIN GLENVILLE FRANCISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	532	16,1%
TITO PONDEUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	51	1,5%
HENDRICO GYSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	25	0,8%

Previous result in this ward: Municipal by-elections, 11 October 2023 — JOHAN LOFF (PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE) was elected, 53,3% of valid votes.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 23 July 2025: 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, 23 July 2025 (JSON, {"EEID":1720})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1720-candidates.json · 5 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`385408e658a36d30…`
IEC by-election results, 23 July 2025: GT421 - Emfuleni (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-3302.json · 21 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`d8bc41dbae308694…`
IEC by-election results, 23 July 2025: NC091 - Sol Plaatje (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6046.json · 9 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`45078e9b88cb9d1e…`
IEC by-election results, 23 July 2025: WC013 - Bergrivier (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9904.json · 8 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`d9fb35c044c60081…`
IEC by-election councillors, 23 July 2025 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1720})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1720-councillors.json · 3 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`082c66ce069d2ffa…`