DA 81.3%up 4.0 pts from 77.3% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Ernest Francois SwanepoelDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 7 420 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance6 03581.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus77010.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress2303.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters841.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party640.9%
ActionSA530.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party410.6%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement400.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement250.3%- Mayibuye Civic MovementMayibuye Civic Movement160.2%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party120.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance110.1%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania70.1%
AZAPOAzanian People's Organisation60.1%- DMDemocratic Movement40.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress30.0%
COPECongress of the People30.0%- DOPDefenders of the People30.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.0%
GOOD20.0%- NANational Alliance20.0%
- FISAFreedom in South Africa20.0%
- E.T.MEighteen Twelve Movement20.0%
- AIMAbantu Integrity Movement10.0%
- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation10.0%
Hours off in Ward 52 ?
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Voting districts · 4 ?
Ernest Francois Swanepoel (DA) won Ward 52 with 6 133 votes, 54.8% of the ward's 11 186 registered voters. Turnout was 66.5%: 7 437 of 11 186 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 52, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 30
- Sandile Michael SandaAbantu Integrity Movement
- Sbahle Zenande MtshizanaActionSA
- Amanda Penelope RathboneAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Zola Elvis MpondoAfrican Independent Congress
- Olwethu Bulelani MashicilaAfrican National Congress
Siposethu NtsanganiAfrican People's Convention- Lungisile ZondaniAfrican Transformation Movement
- Vuyisile RulasheAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Reece Mornay MosesAl Jama-ah- Sweatness Thandiswa WilliamsAzanian People's Organisation
- Mpatheli Terrence PikoliCongress of the People
- Ernest Francois SwanepoelDemocratic Alliance
- Bevan Jermaine BrownDemocratic Movement
Sibulele Nontuthuzelo QonaEconomic Emancipation Forum- Fundiswa Portia NkothobeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Julian Brain JulliesEighteen Twelve Movement
- Lawrence TroonGOOD
- Phakamile Christopher HaniLabour Party of South Africa
- Thukela ZumaniMayibuye Civic Movement
- Gary Stanton van NiekerkNational Alliance
Janice Patricia de KlerkOrganic Humanity Movement- Gallad Siyabonga NdabaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Malissa-Lynn MayPatriotic Alliance
- Siyanda MayanaPeople's Power
- Melikaya Enoch XotyeniService Delivery Party
- Lindile CakwebeSouth African Communist Party
- Mzwabantu NgapiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Mzukisi Gisnet NcayoUnited Democratic Movement
- Kenneth KnoetzeUnited Progressive People Alliance
- Robert Ernest GriebenowVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 7 378 · spoilt 21 · special votes 1 784 · All 4 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 4 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 4 voting districts here (7 437 of 11 186). The IEC publishes 65.3%.
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 2021 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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 6 133 vs 12 168; VF PLUS 701 vs 1 471; ANC 234 vs 464; EFF 53 vs 137; ACDP 49 vs 113; SACP 46 vs 87; UDM 40 vs 80; ActionSA 33 vs 86; ATM 14 vs 39; MAYIBUYE 12 vs 15; PA 9 vs 20; AZAPO 7 vs 13; MKP 6 vs 18; PAC 6 vs 13; AIM 4 vs 5; COPE 3 vs 6; NA 3 vs 5; E.T.M 2 vs 4; DM 1 vs 5; ACT 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 3; DOP 0 vs 3; FISA 0 vs 2; GOOD 0 vs 2; Mayibuye Civic Movement 0 vs 16. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 64 times in 4 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:05 SAST.