Ward 23 2026 election results

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Voting district 76090114: DA 29.4%Voting district 76090204: DA 44.2%Voting district 76090282: DA 36.9%Voting district 76090428: ANC 59.3%Laerskool Piet Hugo (VD 76090114)Thatch Palace (VD 76090204)Full Gospel Church - Bet Shalom (VD 76090282)New Covenant Worship Centre (VD 76090428)
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DA 31.4%down 4.6 pts from 36.0% 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
Turnout50.3%
Voters on the roll11 099
South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)
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Elected ward councillor ?

Francois Jacques JoubertDemocratic Alliance

PR ballot ? · 5 553 valid votes

Hours off in Ward 23 ?

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Power355hours off43 outages
Water119hours off12 outages
Internet0hours offNo outages
May · Power: 87 hours offMay · Water: 33 hours offMay: 120 hours off120MayJun · Power: 90 hours offJun · Water: 15 hours offJun: 105 hours off105JunJul · Power: 38 hours offJul · Water: 33 hours offJul: 71 hours off71JulAug · Power: 21 hours offAug · Water: 14 hours offAug: 35 hours off35AugSep · Power: 17 hours offSep · Water: 24 hours offSep: 41 hours off41SepOct · Power: 103 hours offOct: 103 hours off103Oct

Voting districts · 4 ?

Francois Jacques Joubert (DA) won Ward 23 with 1 886 votes, 17.0% of the ward's 11 099 registered voters. Turnout was 50.3%: 5 585 of 11 099 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Polokwane, 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 · 12 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 5 567 · spoilt 33 · special votes 689 · 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 (5 585 of 11 099). The IEC publishes 50.3%.

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 39 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 886 vs 5 328; ANC 1 505 vs 4 583; EFF 759 vs 2 219; VF PLUS 753 vs 2 365; ActionSA 390 vs 1 318; SACP 46 vs 149; ACDP 39 vs 133; MAYIBUYE 38 vs 119; MKP 36 vs 112; RISE 26 vs 55; BOSA 14 vs 38; PA 10 vs 21; COPE 6 vs 13; MAGAENG 6 vs 11; PAC 5 vs 13; BTW 3 vs 13; BVP 3 vs 8; A.S 2 vs 8; MTL 2 vs 8; ECOFORUM 1 vs 6; MOSHABI 1 vs 7; ACP 0 vs 1; AIC 0 vs 13; ALJAMA 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 26; AZAPO 0 vs 15; BP 0 vs 2; BPSA 0 vs 2; DOP 0 vs 5; IFP 0 vs 2; KCDP 0 vs 1; MIV 0 vs 6; MSM 0 vs 3; People's Choice 0 vs 2; NRP 0 vs 2; RUA 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 2; UAT 0 vs 25; UPPA 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 95 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.

The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Polokwane's DC 40% result.

Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.

IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 02:09 SAST.

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