ANC 65.1%up 23.4 pts from 41.7% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Bongani Onke SonqwenqweAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 959 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 27665.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance44122.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1839.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters301.5%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus110.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party90.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party30.2%
CAPEXITCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party20.1%
SAFSouth Africa First20.1%- CCCNational Coloured Congress20.1%
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Voting districts · 1 ?
Bongani Onke Sonqwenqwe (ANC) won Ward 5 with 1 276 votes, 23.5% of the ward's 5 426 registered voters. Turnout was 36.6%: 1 985 of 5 426 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Swellendam, voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 10
- Bongani Onke SonqwenqweAfrican National Congress
- Alewyn Jacobus BurgerCape Independence Party / Kaapse Onafhanklikheids Party
- Agnes BokwanaDemocratic Alliance
- Thanduxolo Samson XhalaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Gabriel David JassonNational Coloured Congress
- Monwabisi MtyangaPatriotic Alliance
- Michael SwartbooiSouth Africa First
- Andreas BikoSouth African Communist Party
- Ronald Charles Caven CupidoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Leon van ZylVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 2 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 001 · spoilt 42 · special votes 128 · All 1 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 1 voting district; 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 1 voting district here (1 985 of 5 426). The IEC publishes 36.9%.
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 8 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 276 vs 3 827; PA 441 vs 1 317; DA 183 vs 535; EFF 30 vs 89; VF PLUS 11 vs 35; SACP 3 vs 6; SAF 2 vs 6; ACDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 11 times in 1 voting district. 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: Swellendam's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 21:29 SAST.