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City of Cape Town

116 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

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Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

2024 National and Provincial Elections

Valid votes
1 285 512
Turnout
61,7%
Registered
2 100 405
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE53,1%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS21,9%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS7,3%
  4. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE4,1%
  5. NATIONAL COLOURED CONGRESS2,6%
  6. All others11,1%

Share of valid votes

  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,7%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS18,7%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,2%
  4. GOOD3,7%
  5. CAPE COLOURED CONGRESS2,8%
  6. Others (45)11,9%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 1568,4%
  2. Ward 10367,9%
  3. Ward 2166,7%
  4. Ward 7065,8%
  5. Ward 11265,2%
  6. Ward 164,8%
  7. Ward 8364,5%
  8. Ward 362,7%
  9. Ward 6662,5%
  10. Ward 562,0%

All 116 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 536 571 (58,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
1 973 708
Votes cast
924 109
Turnout
46,8%
Spoilt ballots
10 665
How many votes did each contestant receive?
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE536 57158,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS170 91118,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS37 9134,2%
GOOD33 6563,7%
CAPE COLOURED CONGRESS25 8542,8%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY20 8862,3%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS14 0251,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE13 1021,4%
AL JAMA-AH10 8301,2%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE5 8560,6%
Others (40 contestants together)43 8404,8%
Show all 50 contestants
All 50 contestants
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE536 57158,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS170 91118,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS37 9134,2%
GOOD33 6563,7%
CAPE COLOURED CONGRESS25 8542,8%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY20 8862,3%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS14 0251,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE13 1021,4%
AL JAMA-AH10 8301,2%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE5 8560,6%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY5 6970,6%
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT5 1160,6%
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS3 3550,4%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3 1050,3%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2 7290,3%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2 5960,3%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 8110,2%
DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT PARTY1 6530,2%
CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE 1ST MOVEMENT1 2650,1%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1 2240,1%
ONE MOVEMENT FOR CAPE TOWN1 1860,1%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY9780,1%
THE ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT9460,1%
IQELA LENTSANGO - DAGGA PARTY8280,1%
DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY8090,1%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY8020,1%
AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT7910,1%
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S ALTERNATIVE7320,1%
GOD SAVE AFRICA6890,1%
THE GREENS6740,1%
AFRICAN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT5920,1%
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT5660,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION5580,1%
UNITED SOUTH AFRICA5570,1%
UNITED PROGRESSIVE PARTY SOUTH AFRICA5540,1%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA5330,1%
SPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY4660,1%
SIZWE UMMAH NATION4520,0%
LAND PARTY3840,0%
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3030,0%
OUR NATION2990,0%
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST2440,0%
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION2410,0%
ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM2040,0%
INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION1840,0%
COMPATRIOTS OF SOUTH AFRICA1770,0%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1730,0%
INTERNATIONAL PARTY1580,0%
FREE DEMOCRATS1110,0%
EASTERN CAPE MOVEMENT980,0%

Council

City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

2021 seat calculation

Seats
231
Quota
7 849
Valid votes counted
1 812 989

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

City of Cape Town’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

The ward seats today differ from the 2021 calculation: a ward can change hands at a by-election, and a ward with no listed councillor and no by-election in the record is left out of the count.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Total revenue, audited actual—
Irregular expenditure, reportedR 634 million
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings
Public projects placed in City of Cape Town
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedHow it is placed hereTotal budget
Refurbishment and additions to 2 Mil Hosp Cape TownDefenceFinal CompletionR 1,0 billion
Goodwood magistrate’s officeJustice and Constitutional DevelopmentPre - FeasibilityR 452 million

Wards of City of Cape Town

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

116 wards
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1CHERYL LINSEY VISSERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE64,8%
Ward 2ROGER WILLIAM CANNONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,9%
Ward 3ANNELIZE VAN ZYLDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE62,7%
Ward 4ANTHONY MAXIMILIAN BENADIEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,3%
Ward 5MIQUETTE TEMLETTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE62,0%
Ward 6SIVIWE NODLIWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,4%
Ward 7GABRIEL GRANT TWIGGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,2%
Ward 8JOHANN LOOTSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE59,6%
Ward 9MERCIA ELMARIE KLEINSMITHDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,7%
Ward 10JACOLINE VISSERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,0%
Ward 11PIETER WOUTER DE VOSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE54,5%
Ward 12WILLIE DESMOND JAFTHADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,7%
Ward 13MICHELLE ADONISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37,6%
Ward 14KARIENA MARÉDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,1%
Ward 15GREGORY CHARLES PECKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE68,4%
Ward 16URSULA MARY BARENDSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,3%
Ward 17FRANS ANTHONY SAULSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,1%
Ward 18NTOMBOXOLO FLORENCE KOPMANAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,4%
Ward 19EBRAHIM SAWANTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE39,9%
Ward 20DINEO ZANDILE NJOKWENI-MASIUDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE35,5%
Ward 21HENDRI PETRUS TERBLANCHEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE66,7%
Ward 22JOHANNA MARTLOWDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,7%
Ward 23PAUL STEPHANUS SWARTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE61,6%
Ward 24PHUMLA PATRICIA TAUSEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31,8%
Ward 25BEVERLEY VAN REENENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,2%
Ward 26FRANCHESCA CRECENCIA WALKERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,3%
Ward 27CECILE JANSE VAN RENSBURGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,8%
Ward 28CHRISTOPHER JORDAANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,1%
Ward 29ALLISTER GEROME LIGHTBURNDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,7%
Ward 30DEIDRÉE CAROL DE VOSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE43,7%
Ward 31THERESA BERENIECE THOMPSONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,3%
Ward 32MOOSA HENDRIK RAISEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE39,4%
Ward 33LUNGISA SOMDAKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS30,2%
Ward 34MELIKHAYA GADENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,6%
Ward 35MBONISWA NELSON CHITHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS27,6%
Ward 36NCEBA AUGUSTINE NTSHWEZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,0%
Ward 37LIONEL MARTINAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,3%
Ward 38SUZANNE ZUMANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,5%
Ward 39THEMBINKOSI MATHEW MJUZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,5%
Ward 40BONGANI NGCOMBOLOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,4%
Ward 41LINDILE PARTMOS SONYOKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,1%
Ward 42CHARLES JOHANNES ESAUDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,8%
Ward 43ELTON-ENRIQUE JANSENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,0%
Ward 44ANTHONY CHARLES MOSESDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,3%
Ward 45MANDY JOYCE MARRDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE41,7%
Ward 46MOGAMAT ASLAM CASSIEMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,1%
Ward 47ANTONIO ALFRED VAN DER RHEEDEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,3%
Ward 48ZAHID AHMED BADROODIENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE52,9%
Ward 49RASHID ADAMSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,8%
Ward 50ANGUS PATRICK MCKENZIEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,4%
Ward 51LWAZI PHAKADEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,5%
Ward 52THEMBELANI NYAMAKAZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS30,6%
Ward 53RIAD DAVIDSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE61,5%
Ward 54NICOLA JOWELLDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,1%
Ward 55FABIAN KEVIN AH-SINGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE54,3%
Ward 56CHESLYN JEROME STEENBERGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,9%
Ward 57YUSUF MOHAMEDDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37,9%
Ward 58RICHARD CHARLES HILLDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE57,9%
Ward 59MIKHAIL MANUELDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,2%
Ward 60MARK REGINALD HERMAN KLEINSCHMIDTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE56,4%
Ward 61SIMON PATRICK LIELL COCKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,3%
Ward 62EMILE LANGENHOVENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,0%
Ward 63CARMEN CECILIA SIEBRITZDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,3%
Ward 64IZABEL SHERRYDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,0%
Ward 65DONOVAN NELSONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,9%
Ward 66WILLIAM JOHN AKIMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE62,5%
Ward 67GERALDINE ETHEL GORDONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,3%
Ward 68MARITA JOHANNA PETERSENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE52,0%
Ward 69PATRICIA FRANCKEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,1%
Ward 70RONÈL VILJOENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE65,8%
Ward 71CAROLYNNE VICTORIA FRANKLINDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,2%
Ward 72KEVIN GRAHAM SOUTHGATEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE60,8%
Ward 73EDWIN PETER ANDREWSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE60,8%
Ward 74ROBERTO MIGUEL QUINTASDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,5%
Ward 75JOAN WOODMANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,9%
Ward 76AVRON PLAATJIESDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,3%
Ward 77FRANCINE HIGHAMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE52,9%
Ward 78GOAWA TIMMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE52,5%
Ward 79DANIEL JOHN CHRISTIANSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,4%
Ward 80BENNET LINDIKAYA PAYIYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,8%
Ward 81ASHLEY JOHN POTTSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE54,3%
Ward 82WASHIELA HARRISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,2%
Ward 83CARL BERNARD PUNTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE64,5%
Ward 84NORMAN WILFRED MCFARLANEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE56,1%
Ward 85CHANTAL SHIREEN CERFONTEINDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE41,9%
Ward 86XOLANI DIVINE DINISOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,1%
Ward 87KHAYALETHU KAMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,3%
Ward 88ZUKISANI WELCOME SOPHAZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,5%
Ward 89KAYALETHU WISEMAN GXASHEKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,0%
Ward 90LUKHANYO SIMANGWENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,6%
Ward 91THANDO MPENGEZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,2%
Ward 92NORMAN ROBERT ADONISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE41,7%
Ward 93THANDO INNOCENT PIMPIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,9%
Ward 94XOLISA GLORIA PETERAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,4%
Ward 95AYANDA TETANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,0%
Ward 96LUCKY NHLANHLA MBIZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,2%
Ward 97MTHWALO ALFRED MKUTSWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,9%
Ward 98ANELE GABUZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,0%
Ward 99LONWABO MLULEKI MQINAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,6%
Ward 100SEAN LENNON STACEYDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE42,8%
Ward 101SIYABONGA SOLLY DUKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,5%
Ward 102RHYNHARDT BRESLERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE60,4%
Ward 103GERHARD DAWID FOURIEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE67,9%
Ward 104BULELWA MAYENDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31,3%
Ward 105FRANCOIS BERRYDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,9%
Ward 106NOBANATHI LUTHANGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,2%
Ward 107JONATHAN SCOTT MILLSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE54,9%
Ward 108NKOSIPHENDULE LOMBIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,1%
Ward 109PETER GEORGE HELFRICHDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE43,9%
Ward 110SHANEN JOYCE ROSSOUWDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,9%
Ward 111BRENDA HANSENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,6%
Ward 112THERESA AUDRY UYSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE65,2%
Ward 113SUSAN IRIS VAN DER LINDEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE57,4%
Ward 114ERNEST MONGEZI MADIKANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,6%
Ward 115IAN PATRICK MC MAHONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,7%
Ward 116SOLOMON PHILANDERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,9%