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Stellenbosch

23 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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  • Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 33,3%–37,3%
  • 37,3%–42,9%
  • 42,9%–48,2%
  • 48,2%–55,2%
  • 55,2%–83,9%

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 Stellenbosch · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
60 664
Turnout
60,7%
Registered
100 845
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE61,0%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17,2%
  3. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5,5%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,1%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2,1%
  6. All others9,1%

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 ALLIANCE62,1%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS16,6%
  3. GOOD6,4%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,2%
  5. AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY2,4%
  6. Others (16)8,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 2383,9%
  2. Ward 2267,2%
  3. Ward 2166,8%
  4. Ward 1755,8%
  5. Ward 455,2%
  6. Ward 753,2%
  7. Ward 2051,1%
  8. Ward 1151,0%
  9. Ward 549,4%
  10. Ward 1948,2%

All 23 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 26 736 (62,1% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
94 591
Votes cast
43 515
Turnout
46,0%
Spoilt ballots
481
How many votes did each contestant receive?21 contestants · 43 034 valid votes · totals of 48 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE26 73662,1%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7 12316,6%
GOOD2 7396,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 7984,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0392,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS9222,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE4971,2%
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3820,9%
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION2950,7%
CAPE COLOURED CONGRESS2880,7%
Others (11 contestants together)1 2152,8%
Show all 21 contestants
All 21 contestants21 contestants · 43 034 valid votes · totals of 48 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE26 73662,1%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7 12316,6%
GOOD2 7396,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 7984,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0392,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS9222,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE4971,2%
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3820,9%
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION2950,7%
CAPE COLOURED CONGRESS2880,7%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT2330,5%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1870,4%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY1780,4%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1740,4%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE900,2%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE800,2%
SPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY730,2%
AL JAMA-AH710,2%
ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM490,1%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA440,1%
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION360,1%

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

Stellenbosch 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 ALLIANCE19928
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS448
GOOD033
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS022
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE011
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT011
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS011
Total232245

2021 seat calculation

Seats
45
Quota
1 888
Valid votes counted
84 946

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

Stellenbosch’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 3 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

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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 12 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

522 awarded · 123 cancelled · 39 closed · 7 published tender notices · 67 awards published · all notices

  • BSM 19/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT OF THE STELLENBOSCH, WEMMERSHOEK AND PNIEL WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNTIL 30 JUNE 2029

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BSM 17/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION INSTALLATION AT CALCUTTA CEMETERY & MEMORIAL PARK ON REMAINED FARM NO. 29

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BSM 20/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    ELECTRICAL LABOUR TENDER AND AD HOC PROVISION OF A PRIVATE ARMED SECURITY SERVICE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE GREATER WCO24 FOR A CONTRACT PERIOD, ENDING 30 JUNE 2029

    advertised 19 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BSM 09/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    INSTALLATION OF UNIQUE UNIFORM STRUCTURE NUMBER PLATES FOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS WITHIN THE WC024 MUNICPAL AREA FOR A PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE 2029

    advertised 19 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BSM 15/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF K9 ADULT MAINTENANCE DOG FOOD (CATEGORY A), K9 HANDLING, TRAINING AND WELFARE EQUIPMENT (CATEGORY B), AND PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES (CATEGORY C) FOR THE STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT K9 UNIT FOR A PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE 2029.

    advertised 16 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Stellenbosch

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

23 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1REGINALD OLIVER PHEIFFERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,1%
Ward 2WILHELMINA CHRISTINA PETERSENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE44,9%
Ward 3CHARLES MANUELDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,5%
Ward 4RALPHTON ANTONY ADAMSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,2%
Ward 5ROY BENJAMIN VAN ROOYENDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,4%
Ward 6NATESHIA ELEANOR MC OMBRINGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,1%
Ward 7ANNEMARIE FERNSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE53,2%
Ward 8Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE33,3%
Ward 9ISABELLE DE TAILLEFERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 14 May 2025DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,4%
Ward 10ROZETTE DU TOITDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE35,5%
Ward 11JOHANNA PETRONELLA SERDYNDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,0%
Ward 12AYANDA TOMOSEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,3%
Ward 13MARY NKOPANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,1%
Ward 14MAXWELL MASOMELELE DANANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,3%
Ward 15ELLIOT PHAKAMISA MASIMINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,6%
Ward 16ELSABE VERMEULENPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 29 April 2026DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE42,9%
Ward 17Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,8%
Ward 18JOHN CORNELIUS ANTHONYDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,7%
Ward 19JAMES WILLIAMSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,2%
Ward 20JOSEPH JOONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,1%
Ward 21MYNARD JACOBUS SLABBERTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 8 March 2023DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE66,8%
Ward 22ESTHER GROENEWALDDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE67,2%
Ward 23LWANDO NKAMISADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE83,9%

“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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