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Knysna

11 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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  • Knysna, Garden Route
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 46,2%–48,2%
  • 48,2%–53,4%
  • 53,4%–59,0%
  • 59,0%–61,1%
  • 61,1%–64,2%

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 Knysna · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
28 623
Turnout
63,3%
Registered
45 642
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,3%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS27,6%
  3. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE11,7%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,5%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,7%
  6. All others5,2%

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 ALLIANCE36,1%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,9%
  3. KNYSNA INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT7,7%
  4. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE7,4%
  5. PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS4,5%
  6. Others (14)10,3%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 964,2%
  2. Ward 163,9%
  3. Ward 561,1%
  4. Ward 1059,7%
  5. Ward 259,0%
  6. Ward 1158,7%
  7. Ward 853,4%
  8. Ward 452,5%
  9. Ward 348,2%
  10. Ward 648,0%

All 11 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 8 421 (36,1% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
42 790
Votes cast
23 753
Turnout
55,5%
Spoilt ballots
458
How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 23 295 valid votes · totals of 30 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE8 42136,1%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7 88933,9%
KNYSNA INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT1 7977,7%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 7297,4%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS1 0524,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS6102,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4511,9%
GOOD3931,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1880,8%
KNYSNA UNITY CONGRESS1850,8%
Others (9 contestants together)5802,5%
Show all 19 contestants
All 19 contestants19 contestants · 23 295 valid votes · totals of 30 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE8 42136,1%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS7 88933,9%
KNYSNA INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT1 7977,7%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 7297,4%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS1 0524,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS6102,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4511,9%
GOOD3931,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1880,8%
KNYSNA UNITY CONGRESS1850,8%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY1540,7%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT1460,6%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE570,2%
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT540,2%
THE ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT470,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT390,2%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE280,1%
IQELA LENTSANGO - DAGGA PARTY280,1%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA270,1%

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

Knysna 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 ALLIANCE538
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS617
KNYSNA INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT022
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE022
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS011
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS011
Total111021

2021 seat calculation

Seats
21
Quota
2 202
Valid votes counted
46 236

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

Knysna’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

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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 143 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

127 closed · 1 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • T 21 of 2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Render a Complete, Well Equipped and Suitably Qualified Lifesaving Function in the Greater Knysna Area for a period of Thirty-Six months (December & Easter Holiday periods).

    advertised 10 September 2026 · closes 14 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • T 04 of 2026/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Provision of Security Services for a period of Thirty-Six (36) Months. The tender entails two sections, namely: • Section A: Installation, Monitoring, Armed Response and Maintenance of Security Alarms, CCTV, Surveillance Systems, Beams and Related Security Technology on as and when required basis. • Section B: Provision of Physical Security, Access Control, Ad-Hoc Close Protection and Anti-Land Invasion Support Services

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 9 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • T 19 of 2026/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Appointment of Property Developer/s for the Nekkies Dode Development.

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 23 September 2026 · Request for Proposal

  • T 18 of 2026/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply and Delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for a period of 36 months.

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 9 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • T 03 of 2026/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-FIXED TRADING FACILITY/CRAFT MARKET ON A PORTION OF ERF 255, CORNER OF GEORGE REX DRIVE AND VIGILENCE DRIVE, KNYSNA.

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 23 September 2026 · Request for Proposal

Wards of Knysna

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

11 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1LEVAEL VINCENT DAVISDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE63,9%
Ward 2CLEONE VANSTONDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE59,0%
Ward 3Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,2%
Ward 4PINDILE ERNEST PETROSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,5%
Ward 5HILTON ROMEO TASHWELL STROEBELDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE61,1%
Ward 6KAY CELESTÉ ANDREWSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,0%
Ward 7Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,2%
Ward 8Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,4%
Ward 9SHARON THERESA SABBAGHDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE64,2%
Ward 10PETER JOHAN BESTERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE59,7%
Ward 11RUSSEL WARREN ARENDSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,7%

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