DA 31.8%up 8.8 pts from 23.0% in 2021
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Ralph StanderDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 2 277 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance72531.8%
PAPatriotic Alliance40817.9%
ANCAfrican National Congress29813.1%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters27812.2%- KFKnysna First1476.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party934.1%
- UPPAUnited Progressive People Alliance783.4%
PBIPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners753.3%- CCXChoose Cx632.8%
KIMKnysna Independent Movement431.9%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus200.9%- CCCNational Coloured Congress170.7%
PMCPeople's Movement for Change100.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party90.4%
GOOD30.1%- OLAOne Love Alliance30.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement20.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.1%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party10.0%
OHMOrganic Humanity Movement10.0%- IPMIkhwezi Political Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 6 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Ralph Stander (DA) won Ward 6 with 725 votes, 17.6% of the ward's 4 125 registered voters. Turnout was 55.5%: 2 290 of 4 125 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 6, Knysna, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 20
- Valentia Nompumelelo PakoAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Elrick Ormonde van AswegenAfrican National Congress
- Busiswa SitoleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- David Nigel GorfinkelCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Charmaine Aletta SinclairChoose Cx
- Ralph StanderDemocratic Alliance
- Neil Glen LouwEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Thabang George LegobateGOOD
- Natalie Kirshen TelegramIkhwezi Political Movement
- Bjorn OriaKnysna First
- Lynn Natasha KaysterKnysna Independent Movement
- Ruben Benjamin KiewietsNational Coloured Congress
- Claudine Pearl PetersenOne Love Alliance
- Jolene PretoriusOrganic Humanity Movement
- Kathleen MelamboPatriotic Alliance
- Michelle Amanda HartzenbergPeople's Movement for Change
- Ashley Jeremy WildemanPlaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Marius Iglesias LeenSouth African Communist Party
- Diana Moirah KamferUnited 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 · 5 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 296 · spoilt 19 · special votes 182 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (2 290 of 4 125). The IEC publishes 55.7%.
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 29 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 725 vs 2 393; PA 408 vs 1 282; ANC 298 vs 816; EFF 278 vs 801; KF 147 vs 459; SACP 93 vs 237; UPPA 78 vs 151; PBI 75 vs 199; CCX 63 vs 145; KIM 43 vs 77; VF PLUS 20 vs 63; CCC 17 vs 62; PMC 10 vs 33; ACDP 9 vs 31; GOOD 3 vs 13; OLA 3 vs 8; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 4; CAPEXIT 1 vs 9; IPM 1 vs 5; OHM 1 vs 3; ARA 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 3; BOSA 0 vs 3; EUPP 0 vs 5; ICOSA 0 vs 2; KCA 0 vs 1; MKP 0 vs 7; Kannaland Independent Party 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: 65 times in 3 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, 18:20 SAST.