ANC 61.2%up 11.6 pts from 49.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ryno Denver ThomasAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 708 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress43361.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance21129.8%
DADemocratic Alliance557.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus50.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.3%
NEFNational Economic Fighters20.3%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
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Voting districts · 3 ?
Ryno Denver Thomas (ANC) won Ward 1 with 442 votes, 38.3% of the ward's 1 153 registered voters. Turnout was 61.7%: 711 of 1 153 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, RICHTERSVELD, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 7
- Ryno Denver ThomasAfrican National Congress
- Sarel FortuinDemocratic Alliance
Naomi Bernadette ArnoldsEconomic Freedom Fighters- Nicolus Siyabonga MahlombeNational Economic Fighters
- Cathrina Gertruida CloetePatriotic Alliance
- Sheilla MayauSouth African Communist Party
- James Francis Murray OttoVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 711 · spoilt 4 · special votes 8 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (711 of 1 153). The IEC publishes 61.7%.
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 7 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 442 vs 1 310; PA 206 vs 627; DA 53 vs 164; VF PLUS 5 vs 12; SACP 1 vs 5; COPE 0 vs 1; NEF 0 vs 3. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 16 times in 3 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: RICHTERSVELD's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:55 SAST.