DA 30.4%down 2.4 pts from 32.8% in 2021
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Elected ward councillor ?
Carlos Alberto Olim FrancoDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 1 954 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance59430.4%
- LCFLekwa Community Forum39020.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus36718.8%
ANCAfrican National Congress20810.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party1055.4%- ILPIndependent Lekwa Party693.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters613.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party562.9%
- SDPService Delivery Party492.5%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement291.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania100.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance70.4%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party60.3%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress10.1%
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Carlos Alberto Olim Franco (DA) won Ward 8 with 708 votes, 20.2% of the ward's 3 497 registered voters. Turnout was 56.1%: 1 961 of 3 497 registered voters voted. 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 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 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, 23:43 SAST.