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George

28 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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  • George, Garden Route
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 32,5%–41,8%
  • 41,8%–47,8%
  • 47,8%–55,2%
  • 55,2%–64,2%
  • 64,2%–72,0%

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 George · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
69 786
Turnout
60,7%
Registered
116 028
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,8%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS19,8%
  3. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE14,4%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,0%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3,6%
  6. All others6,3%

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 ALLIANCE46,9%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17,6%
  3. GOOD10,4%
  4. PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS9,9%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS6,4%
  6. Others (15)8,8%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 2672,0%
  2. Ward 1871,7%
  3. Ward 371,6%
  4. Ward 466,0%
  5. Ward 265,2%
  6. Ward 1964,2%
  7. Ward 2758,5%
  8. Ward 2557,3%
  9. Ward 2357,1%
  10. Ward 2256,5%

All 28 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 25 088 (46,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
106 525
Votes cast
54 135
Turnout
50,8%
Spoilt ballots
627
How many votes did each contestant receive?20 contestants · 53 508 valid votes · totals of 59 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE25 08846,9%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS9 43917,6%
GOOD5 56610,4%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS5 2759,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 4516,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 5532,9%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE9131,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8211,5%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA2660,5%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY2650,5%
Others (10 contestants together)8711,6%
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All 20 contestants20 contestants · 53 508 valid votes · totals of 59 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE25 08846,9%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS9 43917,6%
GOOD5 56610,4%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS5 2759,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 4516,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 5532,9%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE9131,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8211,5%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA2660,5%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY2650,5%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS1970,4%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1520,3%
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT1160,2%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT990,2%
THE ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT970,2%
COMPATRIOTS OF SOUTH AFRICA790,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION530,1%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE460,1%
SPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY250,0%
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION70,0%

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

George 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 ALLIANCE161026
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS9110
GOOD336
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS055
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS044
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS022
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE011
Total282755

2021 seat calculation

Seats
55
Quota
1 954
Valid votes counted
107 441

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

George’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 4 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 40 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

475 awarded · 274 closed · 41 cancelled · 5 published tender notices · 14 awards published · all notices

  • GMT013/26-27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Upgrading of Pacaltsdorp Pump Station No. 3: Bulk Earthworks and Related Civils

    advertised 8 October 2026 · closes 10 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GMT062/25-26Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    GMT062/25-26 : Appointment of a service provider for the operation and maintenance of PV Solar Systems and Battery energy storage systems for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of appointment

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 4 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GMT006/26-27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    GMT006/26-27 - Tender for the the Appointment of a Service Provider to Supply Advertising Agency Services for Destination Marketing, Events, and Advertising as and when required, for a period of three (3) years from date of appointment

    advertised 24 September 2026 · closes 28 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GMT007/26-27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    GMT007/26-27: Appointment of a Service Provider for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of Furniture, as and when required, from date of appointment until 30 June 2028.

    advertised 23 September 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GMT001/26-27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    GMT001/26-27 – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Repairs of Outdoor Exercise Equipment, Street Furniture and Playpark Equipment, As and When Required, for a Period of Three Years from Date of Appointment

    advertised 15 September 2026 · closes 26 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Public projects placed in GeorgeNational infrastructure register; total budget as stated, shown once per project
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedHow it is placed hereTotal budget
George Correctional CentreCorrectional ServicesDesignits published coordinates lie here (2021 boundaries)R 750 million

Wards of George

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

28 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1JEAN MARON SAFERSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,7%
Ward 2DANIEL LODEVICUS CRONJÉDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE65,2%
Ward 3ERIKA LUISE BROWNDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE71,6%
Ward 4MARLENE BARNARDTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE66,0%
Ward 5MONIQUE ANYA SIMMERSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,2%
Ward 6JAYZÉ HAMBLEY JANTJIESDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,8%
Ward 7VULINDLELA SOLOMON MRUQHLIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,9%
Ward 8Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,5%
Ward 9THEMBINKOSI ERNEST LENTOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,5%
Ward 10Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,5%
Ward 11SIFISO ZAKARIA NTONDINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,7%
Ward 12ERIC THOBISILE MDAKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,9%
Ward 13SIMPHIWE MOHAMMED TOTOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,9%
Ward 14MELVIN ASHWILL ROELFSEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,8%
Ward 15BONISILE HANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,4%
Ward 16NAELLOWINE CHARMONAY ELSEBÉ ESAUPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 11 February 2026GOOD48,0%
Ward 17RAPHAEL JOHN GOEIEMANPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 21 January 2026DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,4%
Ward 18DONOVAN GULTIGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE71,7%
Ward 19IONA CHRISTINA KRITZINGERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE64,2%
Ward 20CHRISTO ALEXANDERPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 19 July 2023GOOD47,2%
Ward 21SIPHELO MANXELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,3%
Ward 22MARAIS KRUGERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE56,5%
Ward 23BROWEN JOHNSONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE57,1%
Ward 24JUSTIN FRYDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE41,8%
Ward 25Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,3%
Ward 26JACQULIQUE VON BRANDISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE72,0%
Ward 27MARCHELL ELTON FREDERICK KLEYNHANSPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 21 January 2026GOOD58,5%
Ward 28SEAN SNYMANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,6%

“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.