Your municipality · George
Groot Brakrivier
DA has an outright majority
2026 results
Council seats
IEC-reported
Other8 seats12.9% of votes
Vote breakdown
Municipal PR votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties15.0%10 563 votes
How the vote changed
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Seats unavailable for this election.
20 for a majority · 39 seats
25 for a majority · 49 seats
27 for a majority · 53 seats
28 for a majority · 55 seats
28 for a majority · 55 seats
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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 year selector in the results section to explore its 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.
- IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow.
- 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.
Council government
Who has governed here
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.
Members at formation · majority coalition · 21 Nov 2025 · recorded active at source cutoff
Inaugural mayor: B. Johnson (DA)
Source notes: Three of the fifty-five seats were vacant when this administration formed. All three were filled by by-elections in January and February 2026, and the Patriotic Alliance won all three.
- Source party seats do not sum to the recorded council size (vacancies or incomplete allocation).
The recorded partners in 2026
33 / 55 seats
Enough seats for a hypothetical majority · 28 needed
Hypothetical total for the recorded members at formation. Excludes outside supporters. It does not establish a current agreement, government retention, or a takeover.
Test these parties in Coalition Chaos4 recorded administrations · 2021–February 2026
- ACDP + DA + FF+
21 Nov 2025 → Active at cutoff · 28 Feb 2026
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: B. Johnson.
Three of the fifty-five seats were vacant when this administration formed. All three were filled by by-elections in January and February 2026, and the Patriotic Alliance won all three.
Source party seats do not sum to the recorded council size (vacancies or incomplete allocation).
- DA
21 Jun 2024 → 21 Nov 2025 · Recomposition
Members at formation. Outside support: ACDP. Inaugural mayor: J. von Brandis.
- DA + FF+
14 Feb 2024 → 21 Jun 2024 · Vacancy
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: L. van Wyk.
- DA + FF+
22 Nov 2021 → 31 Jul 2023 · Recomposition
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: L. van Wyk.
Counted clarification: The DA reached 28 of 55 seats after the July 2023 by-elections. That outright majority was temporary: it lost ward 8 to the PA in February 2024. The DA–FF+ coalition ended in June 2024. The source’s phrase “governed alone from then” should not be read as continuous single-party government for the rest of the term.
Clarified 07 Nov 2026. MISTRA Coalitions Barometer II · George ↗ IEC · by-election results, 14 February 2024 ↗ George Herald · 27 June 2024 ↗
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Wards covering Groot Brakrivier
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What is a ward?
One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.
A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.
The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.
Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.
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Local councils and district councils share responsibilities. Metros combine both.
Handles local services such as refuse collection and local roads, with responsibilities shared with the district.
Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.
Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.
A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.
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Sources & result details
IEC: 06 Nov 2026, 11:36 SAST · checked 09 Nov 2026, 12:03 SAST
IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow. Reporting progress measures voting districts, not turnout.
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.
Government comparisons use the confirmed pre-election administration when available, otherwise the latest dated record. The new government appears when its membership is confirmed. A retained or changed government requires confirmed records on both sides; seats alone cannot establish it.
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 55 council seats. IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow. A seat majority does not establish a governing agreement or who will become mayor.
IEC result time: 06 Nov 2026, 11:36 SAST · Source figures ↗
Ward vs PR ballots
Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.
The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.
PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.
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.
IEC guide to council seatsThe council results cover all of George. Ward results include areas outside Groot Brakrivier.
This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 4 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.
Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.