Ward 8 2026 election results

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Voting district 65000023: DA 79.9%Voting district 65000269: DA 46.8%Upington Municipal Swimming Pool Hall (VD 65000023)Upington Fire Brigade (VD 65000269)
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DA 64.7%up 6.4 pts from 58.3% in 2021

Most party (PR) votes

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

This wardAll 2 voting districts in
Turnout58.3%
Voters on the roll4 407
South Africa · Counting23 693 of 23 696 voting districts in (99.9%)
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Elected ward councillor ?

Adrian Jacques BeukesDemocratic Alliance

PR ballot ? · 2 506 valid votes

Hours off in Ward 8 ?

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Water7hours off1 outage
Internet0hours offNo outages
May · Water: 7 hours offMay: 7 hours off7MayJun · Power: 6 hours offJun: 6 hours off6JunJul: 0 hours off0JulAug: 0 hours off0AugSep: 0 hours off0SepOct · Power: 14 hours offOct: 14 hours off14Oct

Voting districts · 2 ?

Adrian Jacques Beukes (DA) won Ward 8 with 1 669 votes, 37.9% of the ward's 4 407 registered voters. Turnout was 58.3%: 2 568 of 4 407 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 8, Dawid Kruiper, voting district by voting district.

Candidates · 12

  • Anna MooiAfrican National Congress
  • Siyabonga Edward LouwAfrican Transformation Movement
  • Nthabiseng NtseaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
  • Sandra Elisabeth PalmerCongress of the People
  • Adrian Jacques BeukesDemocratic Alliance
  • Refilwe IkutlwengEconomic Freedom Fighters
  • William Rodrick Stanley PetersonKhoisan Revolution
  • Leon Benjamin BosmanPatriotic Alliance
  • Angelinah van StadenPeople's Movement for Change
  • Sara BezuidenhoutRestoration SA
  • Eugene NompondwanaSouth African Communist Party
  • Hendrik Paulus RouxVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus

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 · 5 ?

About these figures

Notes on the IEC's figures for this page

Votes cast 2 644 · spoilt 70 · special votes 218 · 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 (2 568 of 4 407). The IEC publishes 60.0%.

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 13 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 669 vs 4 924; ANC 524 vs 1 576; VF PLUS 197 vs 594; PA 85 vs 236; EFF 57 vs 170; PMC 23 vs 56; RESTORSA 10 vs 22; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 10; ATM 2 vs 10; COPE 1 vs 5; SACP 1 vs 4; HFTF 0 vs 3; KSR 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.

Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 22 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: Dawid Kruiper's DC 40% result.

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

IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 00:00 SAST.

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