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Drakenstein

33 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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  • Drakenstein, Cape Winelands
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 34,8%–44,7%
  • 44,7%–47,1%
  • 47,1%–51,0%
  • 51,0%–58,2%
  • 58,2%–71,5%

Votes cast ÷ registered voters, per ward. Classes split the wards shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Drakenstein · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
85 032
Turnout
62,1%
Registered
138 200
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,1%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS19,4%
  3. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE9,6%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2,7%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2,6%
  6. All others7,6%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,9%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS19,8%
  3. GOOD6,0%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4,6%
  5. CONCERNED DRAKENSTEIN RESIDENTS4,1%
  6. Others (14)9,7%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 271,5%
  2. Ward 467,5%
  3. Ward 1766,0%
  4. Ward 1565,6%
  5. Ward 1964,8%
  6. Ward 2361,8%
  7. Ward 3358,2%
  8. Ward 2957,9%
  9. Ward 3153,9%
  10. Ward 1153,1%

All 33 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 37 194 (55,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
131 182
Votes cast
67 138
Turnout
51,2%
Spoilt ballots
598
How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 66 540 valid votes · totals of 74 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37 19455,9%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS13 14319,8%
GOOD3 9916,0%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 0364,6%
CONCERNED DRAKENSTEIN RESIDENTS2 7174,1%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 3292,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 2941,9%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE8451,3%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA7381,1%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5620,8%
Others (9 contestants together)1 6912,5%
Show all 19 contestants
All 19 contestants19 contestants · 66 540 valid votes · totals of 74 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37 19455,9%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS13 14319,8%
GOOD3 9916,0%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 0364,6%
CONCERNED DRAKENSTEIN RESIDENTS2 7174,1%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 3292,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 2941,9%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE8451,3%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA7381,1%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5620,8%
AL JAMA-AH3790,6%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY2820,4%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY2440,4%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE2150,3%
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1950,3%
TRANSFORMING DRAKENSTEIN COMMUNITY FORUM1590,2%
SPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY960,1%
AFRICAN COVENANT610,1%
COMMUNITY PARTY600,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Western Cape (CSV) · retrieved

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Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Drakenstein Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
PartyWardPRSeats
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE261036
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7613
GOOD044
CONCERNED DRAKENSTEIN RESIDENTS033
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS033
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
AL JAMA-AH011
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS011
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA011
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA011
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE011
Total333265

2021 seat calculation

Seats
65
Quota
2 038
Valid votes counted
132 432

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

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

Drakenstein’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.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 0 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · retrieved

Details
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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Western Cape (30 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.
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IEC — List of current ward councillors, Western Cape (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.elections.org.za.

Public money

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

Budgets, spending and audits
Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published
Irregular expenditure, reportedR 172 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

297 closed · 12 published · 12 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • BAFR 1/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Rendering of Banking Services for a period up to 30 June 2032

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 26 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • PROC 5/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STEEL GALVANISED STREETLIGHT POLES AND GALVANISED TRANSMISSION POLES FOR A PERIOD UP TO 30 JUNE 2030

    advertised 17 September 2026 · closes 29 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • PROC 12/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Suppliers offering to supply and deliver new building materials for a period up to 30 June 2030

    advertised 17 September 2026 · closes 20 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • TSPM 07/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    The establishment of a Professional Services Consultant list for various projects in the Drakenstein Municipal area for a period up to 30 June 2030

    advertised 17 September 2026 · closes 27 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • ED 4/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    THE MANUFACTURE, SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF HIGH SECURITY PERIMETER FENCING, STEEL ACCESS GATES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS FOR UTILITY SERVICES REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERIOD UP TO 30 JUNE 2030

    advertised 17 September 2026 · closes 29 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Drakenstein

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

33 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1CALVIN KROUTZDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,1%
Ward 2NICOLAAS DANIËL SAUERMANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE71,5%
Ward 3ANNELIZE COMBRINKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,5%
Ward 4JOHAN MILLERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE67,5%
Ward 5THOBANI PATRICK MOOIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,3%
Ward 6NOTHULA NONGOGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,3%
Ward 7RUTH BELLDINE ARNOLDSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,3%
Ward 8NTOMBOVUYO GODONGWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,2%
Ward 9LUVUYO ESPIN BOLANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,7%
Ward 10CHRISTEPHINE KEARNSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,0%
Ward 11AIDAN CHARLES STOWMANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE53,1%
Ward 12LUDIA SINDISWA MAGOJOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,3%
Ward 13SOUDAH ROSSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,9%
Ward 14BRENDA VAN WILLINGHDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,8%
Ward 15STEPHANUS JOHANNES LIEBENBERGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE65,6%
Ward 16ZAWKHAYA XHEGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,8%
Ward 17Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE66,0%
Ward 18ELIZABETH BARONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,8%
Ward 19THEUNIS GERHARDUS BESTERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE64,8%
Ward 20PATRICIA BEVERLEY ANN CUPIDODEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,7%
Ward 21EVA GOUWSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,1%
Ward 22FELIX PATRIC CUPIDODEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,1%
Ward 23ELIZABETH ALETTA SOLOMONSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE61,8%
Ward 24MIRIAM MARIA ADRIAANSEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE41,9%
Ward 25LAURICHIA TYLIAL VAN NIEKERKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,7%
Ward 26JOAN VERONICA ANDERSONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,6%
Ward 27Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,4%
Ward 28REINHARDT HEINRICH VAN NIEUWENHUYZENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE52,2%
Ward 29AVRON MARCHIUS BERES APPOLLISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE57,9%
Ward 30JOHANNES SMITDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,5%
Ward 31CATHERINE MARIA JACOBSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE53,9%
Ward 32SANGOLOMZI GANANDANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,8%
Ward 33LORENZO CLIVE ARENDSEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,2%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

Municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.