DA 69.9%up 5.4 pts from 64.5% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Stefan Nico BothaDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 461 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 41869.9%
PAPatriotic Alliance45313.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus39711.5%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party531.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress341.0%
GOOD331.0%
PBIPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners180.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters180.5%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party130.4%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement80.2%- CCCNational Coloured Congress70.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania30.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party20.1%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change20.1%
IRASAIndependent Ratepayers Association of SA10.0%
ARAAfrica Restoration Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Stefan Nico Botha (DA) won Ward 23 with 2 418 votes, 43.1% of the ward's 5 610 registered voters. Turnout was 63.3%: 3 553 of 5 610 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, George, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Jeremy LotteringAfrica Restoration Alliance
- Sedric James SmartAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Qhamani NogqalaAfrican National Congress
- Thembisa NgxekeshaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Heinrich Theunissen TerblancheCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Stefan Nico BothaDemocratic Alliance
- Mxolisi NkomoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Anceleen Margarita CrowleyGOOD
- Pieter Jacobus RaathIndependent Ratepayers Association of SA
- Reginald John KrugerNational Coloured Congress
- Martha Magdalena LombardOrganic Humanity Movement
- Pumza Patricia KumaloPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Jessnique Lee-Andri du PreezPatriotic Alliance
- Hallé PrincePeople's Movement for Change
- Frampton-Floyd Jameson Martino GerickePlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Langa Kholisile LangaSouth African Communist Party
- Pieter Nico LouwVryheidsfront 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 3 546 · spoilt 85 · special votes 318 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (3 553 of 5 610). The IEC publishes 63.4%.
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 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 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 418 vs 7 214; PA 453 vs 1 335; VF PLUS 397 vs 1 262; ACDP 53 vs 160; ANC 34 vs 124; GOOD 33 vs 69; EFF 18 vs 37; PBI 18 vs 44; CAPEXIT 13 vs 29; OHM 8 vs 21; CCC 7 vs 15; PAC 3 vs 5; PMC 2 vs 10; SACP 2 vs 5; IRASA 1 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 8; BOSA 0 vs 3; EUPP 0 vs 12; ICOSA 0 vs 1; IPM 0 vs 1; MAYIBUYE 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 3; OLA 0 vs 1; TRUTH 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 61 times in 4 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: George's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 18:47 SAST.