DA 85.7%down 0.1 pts from 85.8% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Lodewyk Wilfred NiehausDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 329 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 85385.7%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus36110.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party361.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance220.7%
GOOD170.5%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party150.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress120.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters70.2%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change30.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
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Voting districts · 1 ?
Lodewyk Wilfred Niehaus (DA) won Ward 15 with 2 853 votes, 62.4% of the ward's 4 569 registered voters. Turnout was 73.1%: 3 339 of 4 569 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 15, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Rodney Heinreich NellAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
Sergio Frederick PetersenAfrica Restoration Alliance- Jerome Alex SeptemberAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Buelah Terricia JacobsAfrican National Congress
- Abongwe ZweniAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Doris FransmanAl Jama-ah
- Jacquiline Desere MeyerCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Lodewyk Wilfred NiehausDemocratic Alliance
- Jevone Lewisa MeyersEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Frederick Peter DanielsGOOD
- Magrieta SmithNational Coloured Congress
- Rosaline Sharon van der MerweOrganic Humanity Movement
Ayanda Godfrey FondilePan Africanist Congress of Azania- Hendrihette van der BergPatriotic Alliance
- Ayanda Mzoleli RinganeService Delivery Party
- Ntombethemba TwalaSouth African Communist Party
- Mark Robert van EyssenVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 9 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 335 · spoilt 6 · special votes 244 · All 1 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 1 voting district; 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 1 voting district here (3 339 of 4 569). The IEC publishes 73.1%.
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 14 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 853 vs 8 605; VF PLUS 361 vs 1 039; ACDP 36 vs 120; PA 22 vs 73; GOOD 17 vs 46; CAPEXIT 15 vs 48; ANC 12 vs 36; EFF 7 vs 16; PMC 3 vs 9; ALJAMA 1 vs 2; SACP 1 vs 3; ATM 0 vs 2; PAC 0 vs 1; PDM 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 14 times in 1 voting district. 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: Drakenstein's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:53 SAST.