DA 73.0%down 4.1 pts from 77.1% in 2016
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Johanna Catharina SchweidlerDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 552 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 86473.0%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus31512.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance1064.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress823.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters562.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party271.1%- CCCNational Coloured Congress261.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah180.7%- AWEH!Aboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!120.5%
GOOD90.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party80.3%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party80.3%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change70.3%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance60.2%- SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
ICOSAIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 18 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Johanna Catharina Schweidler (DA) won Ward 18 with 1 864 votes, 40.8% of the ward's 4 566 registered voters. Turnout was 56.2%: 2 567 of 4 566 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 18, Drakenstein, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Rodney Heinreich NellAboriginal Warriors 4 Economic Hope!
- Brigham RixAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Patrick Edwin CornelissenAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Susanna BeukesAfrican National Congress
- Joanne DanielsAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Katriena AprilAl Jama-ah
- Louis Jacobus KrugerCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Johanna Catharina SchweidlerDemocratic Alliance
- Thunyiswa Jessica NqayiganaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Najmäh KafaarGOOD
- Julene Rina FransmanIndependent Civic Organisation of South Africa
- Mariska Heslin Antionette van HeerdenNational Coloured Congress
- Rosaline Sharon van der MerweOrganic Humanity Movement
- Klaas Nicky MorkelPatriotic Alliance
- Ayanda Mzoleli RinganeService Delivery Party
- Palesa GagaSouth African Communist Party
- Eugéne StapelbergVryheidsfront 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 571 · spoilt 19 · special votes 312 · 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 (2 567 of 4 566). The IEC publishes 56.4%.
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 2016 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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 864 vs 5 654; VF PLUS 315 vs 896; PA 106 vs 311; ANC 82 vs 245; EFF 56 vs 148; ACDP 27 vs 80; CCC 26 vs 81; ALJAMA 18 vs 30; AWEH! 12 vs 32; GOOD 9 vs 26; CAPEXIT 8 vs 21; SACP 8 vs 18; PMC 7 vs 27; ARA 6 vs 7; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 6; SDP 3 vs 4; ICOSA 1 vs 3; OHM 1 vs 3; A.C.C. 0 vs 1; ATM 0 vs 12; BO 0 vs 3; MKP 0 vs 13; PAC 0 vs 18; PDM 0 vs 5; TRUTH 0 vs 3; WP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 42 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: Drakenstein's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 18:36 SAST.