DA 47.9%down 16.6 pts from 64.5% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Gerhardus Koen EngelbrechtDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 1 682 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance80547.9%
PAPatriotic Alliance44726.6%
ANCAfrican National Congress25215.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus734.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party523.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters503.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Gerhardus Koen Engelbrecht (DA) won Ward 5 with 805 votes, 25.8% of the ward's 3 117 registered voters. Turnout was 54.2%: 1 689 of 3 117 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, EMTHANJENI, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 7
- Surmen Natin LouwAfrican National Congress
- Roenel Lorinda AdamsAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Gerhardus Koen EngelbrechtDemocratic Alliance
- Anam Amenda NtsaduEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Jaco BlomPatriotic Alliance
- Victor Jacobus van ReenenSouth African Communist Party
- Daniël Albertus BothaVryheidsfront 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 1 690 · spoilt 8 · special votes 126 · 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 (1 689 of 3 117). The IEC publishes 54.3%.
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 12 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 805 vs 2 458; PA 447 vs 1 271; ANC 252 vs 757; VF PLUS 73 vs 236; SACP 52 vs 156; EFF 50 vs 153; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 5; ACDP 0 vs 8; IFP 0 vs 2; NCCM 0 vs 3; SGB 0 vs 1; SIF 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 20 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: EMTHANJENI's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:45 SAST.