DA 58.0%down 4.9 pts from 62.9% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Albertus Pieter MeiringDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 631 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 52558.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus33512.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party30011.4%- NDRFNewcastle and District Residents Forum2218.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress823.1%
ActionSA722.7%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party421.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters180.7%- AAMAmandla Awethu Movement80.3%
- MPMMajuba Progressive Movement80.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party60.2%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah50.2%
KZNIKzn Independence40.2%
NFPNational Freedom Party30.1%- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 4 ?
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Voting districts · 3 ?
Albertus Pieter Meiring (DA) won Ward 4 with 1 525 votes, 33.2% of the ward's 4 597 registered voters. Turnout was 57.4%: 2 638 of 4 597 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 4, Newcastle, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Belinda Anne EllorActionSA
Ahmed Mahomed SeedatActive Citizens Coalition- Ziphezinhle Mthokozisi MazibukoAfrican Economic Freedom
- Thembi HlatshwayoAfrican National Congress
- Prudence Ntombizodwa ShabalalaAfrican Restoration Movement
- Sbusiso Emmanuel MasukuAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Khumbulani Sicelo KuneneAl Jama-ah
- Shedrack Musanwenkosi ThwalaAmandla Awethu Movement
- Malibongwe NdlovuBumbana Mzansi
Siyabonga Delmore MsibiCommunity Freedom Party- Albertus Pieter MeiringDemocratic Alliance
- Martin Themba MhlongoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Mlamuli Praise-God NdwandweInkatha Freedom Party
Thabo France NtombelaJustice and Employment Party- Simphiwe Alfred ButheleziKzn Independence
- Headman Vusimuzi NyawoseLabour Party of South Africa
- Den Martin Bongani SithebeMajuba Progressive Movement
- Sandile Christopherson Peter NgcoboNational Freedom Party
- Shawn VermaakNewcastle and District Residents Forum
- Xolani Praiseworth ThwalaService Delivery Party
- Lizwe SikhakhaneSouth African Communist Party
- Andile Sanele MasondoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Gideon Jacobus LindeVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
- Nomusa Princess DubeWomen and Youth Organisation
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 645 · spoilt 14 · special votes 81 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 638 of 4 597). The IEC publishes 57.5%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 525 vs 4 433; VF PLUS 335 vs 1 028; MKP 300 vs 914; NDRF 221 vs 608; ANC 82 vs 299; ActionSA 72 vs 218; IFP 42 vs 159; EFF 18 vs 53; AAM 8 vs 30; MPM 8 vs 21; SACP 6 vs 14; ALJAMA 5 vs 9; KZNI 4 vs 6; NFP 3 vs 9; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 10; ACDP 0 vs 17; ATM 0 vs 15; AUP 0 vs 5; CFP 0 vs 1; IA 0 vs 4; IRC 0 vs 12; ISP 0 vs 1; JEP 0 vs 1; LABOUR 0 vs 1; SSM 0 vs 1; WAYO 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 58 times in 3 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.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Newcastle's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 01:35 SAST.