Results of Municipal By-elections held on 25 March 2026

In the by-elections held on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 in the Western Cape, the African National Congress (ANC) retained their seat in the City of Cape Town Municipality while the Patriotic Alliance won a seat in the Oudtshoorn Municipality.

The new councillors are as follows:

Western Cape

The new ANC Councillors is:

  • Bulelwa Mayende in Ward 104 in the City of Cape Town Municipality, CPT. The party retained the seat it won in the 2021 Municipal Elections with 47.30% of the total votes cast, compared to 60.22% in the 2021 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout was 26.89%.

The new Patriotic Alliance (PA) Councillor is:

  • Loretta Sharon Ryneveld in Ward 05 in the Oudtshoorn Municipality, WC045. The party won the seat with 43.77% of the total votes cast compared to 22.33% previously held by the ANC in the 2021 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout was 51.25%.

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