DA 84.5%up 17.3 pts from 67.2% in 2021
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Elected ward councillor ?
Peter Johan BesterDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 3 432 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 89984.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus2748.0%- CCXChoose Cx1043.0%
KIMKnysna Independent Movement451.3%
ANCAfrican National Congress280.8%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party160.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters130.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance120.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party100.3%
- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance60.2%
- KFKnysna First60.2%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party40.1%
PBIPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners40.1%
GOOD30.1%- CCCNational Coloured Congress30.1%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement20.1%- IPMIkhwezi Political Movement10.0%
- OLAOne Love Alliance10.0%
- KCAKnysna Civic Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 10 ?
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Voting districts · 2 ?
Peter Johan Bester (DA) won Ward 10 with 2 872 votes, 57.6% of the ward's 4 989 registered voters. Turnout was 68.9%: 3 439 of 4 989 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 10, Knysna, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 17
- Valentia Nompumelelo PakoAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Stephen de VriesAfrican National Congress
- Busiswa SitoleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Gina HallCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Andrew Russell StuartChoose Cx
- Peter Johan BesterDemocratic Alliance
- Rochè Jamantha MeyerEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Andile NkulanaGOOD
- Charles Ricardo HenniesKnysna First
- Mark Sydney WillemseKnysna Independent Movement
- Antoinette Michelle WitbooiNational Coloured Congress
- Jolene PretoriusOrganic Humanity Movement
- Lungelwa Beauty CharliePatriotic Alliance
Alberto Riccardo MarbiPeople's Movement for Change- Daniel JantjiesPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Jerome Branton WilliamsUnited Progressive People Alliance
- Michelle Louise WassermanVryheidsfront 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 · 12 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 439 · spoilt 12 · special votes 374 · 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 (3 439 of 4 989). The IEC publishes 69.2%.
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 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 872 vs 8 853; VF PLUS 273 vs 850; CCX 125 vs 229; KIM 66 vs 111; ANC 32 vs 91; ACDP 10 vs 49; EFF 9 vs 36; PA 8 vs 37; CAPEXIT 7 vs 14; UPPA 6 vs 12; KF 5 vs 20; CCC 3 vs 9; OHM 3 vs 5; PBI 2 vs 8; PMC 2 vs 3; GOOD 1 vs 6; ATM 0 vs 1; BOSA 0 vs 2; ICOSA 0 vs 1; IPM 0 vs 1; IRASA 0 vs 3; KCA 0 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 1; Kannaland Independent Party 0 vs 1; OLA 0 vs 2; SACP 0 vs 25; TRUTH 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 44 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: Knysna's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 20:04 SAST.