Ward 8 2026 election results

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Voting district 10250110: DA 87.6%Voting district 10250121: DA 87.9%Voting district 10251683: DA 91.1%Voting district 10251919: DA 88.1%P.e Riding Horse Club (VD 10250110)Lorraine Methodist Church of Africa (VD 10250121)Lorraine Primary School (VD 10251683)Emmanuelle Church (VD 10251919)
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DA 88.4%down 1.8 pts from 90.2% in 2021

Most party (PR) votes

Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.

This wardAll 4 voting districts in
Turnout73.1%
Voters on the roll13 214
South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)
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Elected ward councillor ?

Gustav RautenbachDemocratic Alliance

PR ballot ? · 9 592 valid votes

Hours off in Ward 8 ?

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Voting districts · 4 ?

Gustav Rautenbach (DA) won Ward 8 with 8 531 votes, 64.6% of the ward's 13 214 registered voters. Turnout was 73.1%: 9 653 of 13 214 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha), voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 31

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 · 7 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 9 658 · spoilt 93 · special votes 1 353 · 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 (9 653 of 13 214). The IEC publishes 73.2%.

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 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 8 531 vs 17 014; VF PLUS 576 vs 1 156; ACDP 132 vs 288; ANC 109 vs 227; EFF 44 vs 98; ActionSA 42 vs 99; UDM 25 vs 51; PA 23 vs 48; ATM 21 vs 44; AIC 7 vs 11; ECOFORUM 6 vs 7; GOOD 6 vs 13; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 8; MKP 5 vs 12; PAC 5 vs 9; OHM 4 vs 8; SACP 4 vs 9; ALJAMA 3 vs 6; NA 3 vs 8; FISA 2 vs 4; Mayibuye Civic Movement 2 vs 6; SDP 2 vs 3; AIM 1 vs 2; AZAPO 1 vs 2; DM 1 vs 5; P.P 1 vs 2; ACP 0 vs 1; ACT 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 9; SWO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 75 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 10 Nov 2026, 00:55 SAST.

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