2021 · Beaufort West council results

Nelspoort, Western Cape

Ward results

No party has a majority

Year

2000 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026

Council seats

13 seats7 for a majority

ANC4 seats

DA4 seats

PA3 seats

GOOD1 seat

KDF1 seat

Beaufort West · 2021 · Reported council seats
Party / entry	Seats	Share of seats (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	4	30,7692
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	4	30,7692
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	3	23,0769
GOOD	1	7,6923
KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	1	7,6923
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	0
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	0
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	0
INDEPENDENTS	0	0
KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	0
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	0

13 seats; 7 needed for a majority.

IEC source

Combined ballot votes

28.3%8 536 votes

27.1%8 175 votes

21.9%6 612 votes

11.5%3 465 votes

Other11.2%3 369 votes

5.5%1 670 votes

2.3%680 votes

1.4%418 votes

0.9%265 votes

0.7%203 votes

0.2%70 votes

0.2%63 votes

Beaufort West · 2021 · Combined ballot votes
Party / entry	Candidate	Votes	Vote share (%)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	—	8 536	28,3052
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	—	8 175	27,1081
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	—	6 612	21,9253
GOOD	—	3 465	11,4899
KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	—	1 670	5,5377
KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	—	680	2,2549
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	—	418	1,3861
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	—	265	0,8787
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	—	203	0,6731
INDEPENDENTS	—	70	0,2321
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	—	63	0,2089

30157 valid votes. Shares use this ballot’s party totals. All published entries are included.

IEC source

PA gains

+21.9pp

20160.0%

202121.9%

Closest covering ward

136votes apart

ANC27.8%

DA25.2%

Ward 7 · Ward + municipal PR

How the vote changed

Other

Council seats by election

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2000Seats

Seats unavailable for this election.

2006Seats

ANC5—

DA2—

ICOSA5—

PA0—

GOOD0—

7 for a majority · 13 seats

2011Seatsvs 2006

ANC7

DA5

ICOSA1

PA0

GOOD0

7 for a majority · 13 seats

2016Seatsvs 2011

ANC6

DA6

ICOSA0

7 for a majority · 13 seats

2021Seatsvs 2016

ANC4

DA4

PA3—

GOOD1—

7 for a majority · 13 seats

WC053 - Beaufort West · Council seats by election
Election	Party / entry	Seats	Council total	Majority needed
2 000	Seat allocation unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
2 006	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	5	13	7
2 006	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	5	13	7
2 006	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2	13	7
2 006	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	1	13	7
2 006	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	0	13	7
2 011	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	7	13	7
2 011	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	5	13	7
2 011	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	1	13	7
2 011	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0	13	7
2 011	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	13	7
2 011	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0	13	7
2 011	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	13	7
2 016	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	6	13	7
2 016	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	6	13	7
2 016	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	1	13	7
2 016	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0	13	7
2 016	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	13	7
2 016	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0	13	7
2 016	INDEPENDENTS	0	13	7
2 016	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0	13	7
2 016	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	13	7
2 016	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	13	7
2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	4	13	7
2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	4	13	7
2 021	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	3	13	7
2 021	GOOD	1	13	7
2 021	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	1	13	7
2 021	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	13	7
2 021	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	13	7
2 021	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	13	7
2 021	INDEPENDENTS	0	13	7
2 021	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	13	7
2 021	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	13	7

Ward + municipal PR votes. Missing and grouped entries are not assumed to be zero. Published boundaries may differ between elections.

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Ward + municipal PR votes by election

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2000Vote %

ANC61.2%—

DA38.8%—

ICOSA0.0%—

PA0.0%—

GOOD0.0%—

2006Vote %vs 2000

ANC40.9%

DA17.6%

ICOSA35.7%

PA0.0%

GOOD0.0%

ID5.1%

Other0.7%

2011Vote %vs 2006

ANC50.2%

DA41.0%

ICOSA4.3%

PA0.0%

GOOD0.0%

COPE2.7%

Other1.8%

2016Vote %vs 2011

ANC42.2%

DA49.0%

ICOSA0.3%

PA0.0%

GOOD0.0%

KDF5.2%

Other3.3%

2021Vote %vs 2016

ANC28.3%

DA27.1%

ICOSA0.0%

PA21.9%

GOOD11.5%

KGP2.3%

Other8.9%

WC053 - Beaufort West · Ward + municipal PR votes by election
Election	Party	Votes	Vote share (%)	Valid ballot total	Availability
2 000	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	12 217	61,1829	19 968	Reported
2 000	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	7 751	38,8171	19 968	Reported
2 000	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	GOOD	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 000	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	0	19 968	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	9 449	40,857	23 127	Reported
2 006	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	4 073	17,6114	23 127	Reported
2 006	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	8 261	35,7202	23 127	Reported
2 006	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	GOOD	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	1 172	5,0677	23 127	Reported
2 006	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	172	0,7437	23 127	Reported
2 006	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 006	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	0	23 127	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	15 608	50,1736	31 108	Reported
2 011	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	12 756	41,0055	31 108	Reported
2 011	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	1 331	4,2786	31 108	Reported
2 011	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	GOOD	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	843	2,7099	31 108	Reported
2 011	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	378	1,2151	31 108	Reported
2 011	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	121	0,389	31 108	Reported
2 011	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 011	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	71	0,2282	31 108	Reported
2 011	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	0	31 108	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	13 243	42,2088	31 375	Reported
2 016	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	15 370	48,988	31 375	Reported
2 016	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	101	0,3219	31 375	Reported
2 016	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	GOOD	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	1 624	5,1761	31 375	Reported
2 016	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	168	0,5355	31 375	Reported
2 016	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	227	0,7235	31 375	Reported
2 016	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	430	1,3705	31 375	Reported
2 016	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	110	0,3506	31 375	Reported
2 016	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	78	0,2486	31 375	Reported
2 016	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 016	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	0	0	31 375	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	8 536	28,3052	30 157	Reported
2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	8 175	27,1081	30 157	Reported
2 021	INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	6 612	21,9253	30 157	Reported
2 021	GOOD	3 465	11,4899	30 157	Reported
2 021	KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	1 670	5,5377	30 157	Reported
2 021	INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	680	2,2549	30 157	Reported
2 021	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	418	1,3861	30 157	Reported
2 021	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	265	0,8787	30 157	Reported
2 021	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	203	0,6731	30 157	Reported
2 021	INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0	0	30 157	No votes recorded in the complete party list.
2 021	AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE	63	0,2089	30 157	Reported

Ward + municipal PR votes. Missing and grouped entries are not assumed to be zero. Published boundaries may differ between elections.

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History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the election-year selector to explore its results and places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.

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Council government

Who governed after 2021

2021ANC + KDF + PA04 Jul 2024

2025ANC20 Aug 2025

Administrations & sources

MISTRA records the administrations that governed after the 2021 election, through 28 February 2026. The latest recorded administration is shown below, followed by its predecessors. Party roles and officeholders are recorded at formation; later changes may appear in the notes.

ANC

Members at formation · minority administration · 12 Aug 2025 – 20 Aug 2025

Inaugural mayor: C. De Bruin (ANC)

Source notes: C. De Bruin was elected mayor seven votes to five, one councillor excused. Two votes came from DA councillors, and it could not be established which two of the PA, GOOD and KDF joined the ANC, so all three are coded Unknown. G. Duimpies, the deputy mayor, was acting mayor for about two months before her election as mayor in September 2025.

2 recorded administrations · 2021–February 2026

ANC
12 Aug 2025 → 20 Aug 2025 · Vacancy
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: C. De Bruin.
C. De Bruin was elected mayor seven votes to five, one councillor excused. Two votes came from DA councillors, and it could not be established which two of the PA, GOOD and KDF joined the ANC, so all three are coded Unknown. G. Duimpies, the deputy mayor, was acting mayor for about two months before her election as mayor in September 2025.
ANC + KDF + PA
18 Nov 2021 → 04 Jul 2024 · MONC
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: G. Pietersen.
Mayor G. Pietersen was replaced by T. Prince of the PA, who resigned on 31 January 2023. A. Sauls of the PA was elected mayor in February 2023. By-elections in June 2024 took the DA from four seats to seven of thirteen, an outright majority, which it then used the following month to vote this coalition out.

Ward results

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Wards in Beaufort West

7 wards

Ward 1

ANC35.8%Ralph Skuza

DA30.8%

Lead: 208 votes Ward 2

DA53.4%Josias De Kock Reynolds

GOOD19.0%

Lead: 1 377 votes Ward 3

PA40.8%Ebeneazer Francois Botha

ANC28.7%

Lead: 581 votes Ward 4

ANC36.2%Castro Luyanda De Bruin

DA29.3%

Lead: 297 votes Ward 5

ANC38.9%Lulama Valentia Piti

PA21.0%

Lead: 731 votes Ward 6

PA32.0%Nicholaas Abrahams

ANC21.7%

Lead: 366 votes Ward 7

ANC27.8%Lesley Boyce Jason Mdudumani

DA25.2%

Lead: 136 votes

Wards in Beaufort West ·
Ward	Election	Party / entry	Votes	Vote share (%)
Ward 1	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 499	35,7501
Ward 1	2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 291	30,7894
Ward 2	2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 140	53,4065
Ward 2	2 021	GOOD	763	19,0417
Ward 3	2 021	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1 958	40,7662
Ward 3	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 377	28,6696
Ward 4	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 566	36,1914
Ward 4	2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 269	29,3275
Ward 5	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 591	38,9093
Ward 5	2 021	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	860	21,032
Ward 6	2 021	PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1 135	32,026
Ward 6	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	769	21,6986
Ward 7	2 021	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 446	27,8398
Ward 7	2 021	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 310	25,2214

The two largest published entries shown on each ward card. Open a ward for all entries.

Source data

Sources & result details

IEC: 15 Jan 2022, 17:35 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:39 SAST

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.

Seat calculation & source

These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The totals add up to all 13 council seats. This is the historical election allocation, not a record of government changes during the term. Any grouped “Other” seats remain grouped.

IEC result time: 15 Jan 2022, 17:35 SAST · Source figures ↗

Ward vs PR ballots

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Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

Understanding the results

IEC guide to council seats

IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Beaufort West. Ward results include areas outside Nelspoort.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 1 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.

Town-to-ward mappings are available for 2026 only. The historical wards above belong to the whole municipality in 2021.

Positive-area intersections of the full-precision 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Display simplification is applied separately. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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