Johnathan Mills elected as Ward 107 councillor, as DA retains ward

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has retained ward 107 in Cape Town.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) held a by-election on Wednesday.  The ward consists of Table View, Sunningdale and Parklands and became vacant following the resignation of DA councillor, Nicolette Rheeder. Rheeder relocated to the Netherlands earlier this year.

Following Wednesday’s by-election, Jonathan Scott Mills, has been elected as the new DA councillor in Ward 107.

PICTURE: Facebook - Cllr. Jonathan Mills

The DA has not only retained the ward, but also increased its support from 82.36%, as attained at the 2021 Local Government Elections, to 94.07%.

The IEC says four other parties whose candidates stood in the by-election received between one and two percent of the votes. The parties are the ANC, the EFF, the Cape Independence Party and the Organic Humanity Movement.

21.39% of the approximately 20 000 registered voters in the ward went to make their mark.

The ward 107 by-election results are as follows:

DA – 94.07% - 4 078 VOTES (2021 – 82.36% - 9355 votes)

CIP – 2.45% - 106 VOTES (2021 – 1.66% - 188 votes)

ANC – 1.75% - 76 VOTES (2021 – 4.23% - 481 votes)

EFF – 1.57% - 68 VOTES (2021 – 3.88% - 441 votes)

OHM – 0.16% - 7 VOTES (2021 – 0.00% - 0 votes)

% Poll – 21.42%

 

Done By: Mitchum George