DA 36.3%up 2.9 pts from 33.4% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Carlos Alberto Olim FrancoDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 1 949 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance70836.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus37719.3%- LCFLekwa Community Forum28514.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress21411.0%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party985.0%- ILPIndependent Lekwa Party693.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party633.2%
- SDPService Delivery Party613.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters522.7%- LLMLekwa Liberation Movement100.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania80.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Ward 8, Lekwa's 2026 election results: Carlos Alberto Olim Franco elected; DA 36.3% on the ward ballot; turnout 56.1%. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Lekwa, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 14
- Nontsapho Eunice MqambeliAfrican Independent Congress
- Nokusiza Phiwokuhle BhenguAfrican National Congress
- Elizabeth Lindile MashininiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Carlos Alberto Olim FrancoDemocratic Alliance
- Lucky Philemon MashininiEconomic Freedom Fighters
Thembi Mirriam TsotetsiEconomic Liberators Forum South Africa- Shaune William BishopIndependent Lekwa Party
- Tshepiso Tallies MolefeLekwa Community Forum
- Seeraj Ramlahl KalooLekwa Liberation Movement
- Rerani Ronnie MabathaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Prettyboy Pebello SelepeService Delivery Party
- Frederick Musa MotaungSouth African Communist Party
- Noluthando Rhoda Emmansepate MadonselaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Vihanda SteylVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 957 · spoilt 8 · special votes 96 · All 2 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 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 (1 961 of 3 497). The IEC publishes 56.1%.
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 20 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 708 vs 1 926; VF PLUS 377 vs 1 109; LCF 285 vs 965; ANC 214 vs 661; MKP 98 vs 333; ILP 69 vs 196; SACP 63 vs 169; SDP 61 vs 141; EFF 52 vs 185; PAC 8 vs 28; AIC 2 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 4; ActionSA 0 vs 32; AIMSA 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 58; IFP 0 vs 12; MPF 0 vs 2; PA 0 vs 10; UAT 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 37 times in 2 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: Lekwa's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 13:25 SAST.