DA 49.2%up 4.0 pts from 45.2% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Vuyisile PauliDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 235 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 59249.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress72822.5%
PAPatriotic Alliance38011.7%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus3009.3%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change722.2%- CCXChoose Cx451.4%
- KFKnysna First280.9%
PBIPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners250.8%
KIMKnysna Independent Movement230.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters130.4%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement70.2%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement50.2%- IPMIkhwezi Political Movement50.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party30.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party20.1%
GOOD20.1%- CCCNational Coloured Congress10.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Vuyisile Pauli (DA) won Ward 1 with 1 592 votes, 31.8% of the ward's 5 014 registered voters. Turnout was 64.5%: 3 236 of 5 014 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Knysna, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 18
- Phaphama SkitiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Ntombizonke NkosintshaAfrican National Congress
- Busiswa SitoleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- David Nigel GorfinkelCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Melissa DamonsChoose Cx
- Vuyisile PauliDemocratic Alliance
- Johnson Thembinkosi DyanEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Andile NkulanaGOOD
- Enoch Luyolo GxagxaIkhwezi Political Movement
- Thersius Jody JonesKnysna First
- Margaretha Susan CampbellKnysna Independent Movement
- Ruben Benjamin KiewietsNational Coloured Congress
- Jolene PretoriusOrganic Humanity Movement
- Morris Avela PersentPatriotic Alliance
- Esmarelda BakerPeople's Movement for Change
- Zelda Maureen SpeelmanPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Siyabulela Richard MingoSouth African Communist Party
- Stéfanus BrinkVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 269 · spoilt 34 · special votes 43 · 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 (3 236 of 5 014). The IEC publishes 65.2%.
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 21 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 592 vs 4 999; ANC 728 vs 2 089; PA 380 vs 1 109; VF PLUS 300 vs 804; PMC 72 vs 185; CCX 45 vs 96; KF 28 vs 258; PBI 25 vs 81; KIM 23 vs 30; EFF 13 vs 55; OHM 7 vs 14; IPM 5 vs 9; CAPEXIT 3 vs 4; SACP 3 vs 9; ACDP 2 vs 18; GOOD 2 vs 5; CCC 1 vs 3; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 5; ICOSA 0 vs 1; IRASA 0 vs 1; KCA 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 37 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, 19:42 SAST.