DA 73.8%up 6.3 pts from 67.5% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Zelma MattheeDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 2 797 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 06573.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus40914.6%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change1264.5%- CCXChoose Cx682.4%
ANCAfrican National Congress411.5%
KIMKnysna Independent Movement240.9%
PAPatriotic Alliance130.5%
PBIPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners110.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters80.3%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement60.2%
GOOD50.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party40.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party30.1%- KFKnysna First30.1%
- CCCNational Coloured Congress20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
- OLAOne Love Alliance20.1%
- KCAKnysna Civic Alliance20.1%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party10.0%
- IPMIkhwezi Political Movement10.0%
- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 2 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 2 ?
Zelma Matthee (DA) won Ward 2 with 2 013 votes, 47.8% of the ward's 4 212 registered voters. Turnout was 66.8%: 2 812 of 4 212 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 2, Knysna, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 16
- Phaphama SkitiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Benjamin Dirk BlaauwAfrican National Congress
- Busiswa SitoleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- David Nigel GorfinkelCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Benjamin DaniélsChoose Cx
- Zelma MattheeDemocratic Alliance
- Sandalina AfrikaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Andile NkulanaGOOD
- Isabel BritzKnysna First
- David Alan EdgeKnysna Independent Movement
- Evalencia Claudine MatthewsNational Coloured Congress
- Jolene PretoriusOrganic Humanity Movement
- Lungelwa Beauty CharliePatriotic Alliance
- Johnny BothaPeople's Movement for Change
- Merna JantjiesPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 839 · spoilt 13 · special votes 193 · 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 (2 812 of 4 212). The IEC publishes 67.4%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 013 vs 6 208; VF PLUS 450 vs 1 078; PMC 143 vs 400; CCX 70 vs 138; ANC 47 vs 132; KIM 31 vs 55; PA 25 vs 59; EFF 9 vs 24; PBI 9 vs 29; CAPEXIT 8 vs 19; ACDP 7 vs 23; OHM 5 vs 11; KF 3 vs 13; GOOD 2 vs 15; SACP 2 vs 3; CCC 1 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 4; ARA 0 vs 2; BOSA 0 vs 2; EUPP 0 vs 2; IPM 0 vs 3; IRASA 0 vs 1; KCA 0 vs 2; OLA 0 vs 2; TRUTH 0 vs 1; UPPA 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 38 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, 18:53 SAST.