DA 92.0%up 12.5 pts from 79.5% in 2011
Most party (PR) votes
PR ballot ? · 2 899 valid votes
DADemocratic Alliance2 66692.0%
ANCAfrican National Congress622.1%
ICOSAIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa421.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus381.3%
SAPCOSouth African Progressive Civic Organisation230.8%
ADFAlliance for Democratic Freedom170.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters150.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party130.4%
COPECongress of the People80.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance60.2%
PALPeoples Alliance20.1%
KSRKhoisan Revolution20.1%
PDMPeople's Democratic Movement10.0%- CICivic Independent10.0%
S.AH.P.PSouth Africa People's Party10.0%- F.DFederation of Democrats10.0%
- CPCommunity Party10.0%
Voting districts · 2 ?
DA won Ward 17 with 2 673 votes, 68.0% of the ward's 3 930 registered voters. Turnout was 74.1%: 2 911 of 3 930 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 17, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 2 914 · spoilt 8 · special votes 46 · All 2 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 2 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 2 voting districts here (2 911 of 3 930). The IEC publishes 74.1%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2011 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Drakenstein's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 27 Oct 2026, 11:27 SAST.