Party in council
Democratic Alliance in Drakenstein
35 of 65 seats now (25 ward, 10 PR). From 2026: 36 of 65 seats (26 ward, 10 PR), as declared by the IEC.
DA
Ward councillors now
- Ward 1 · Calvin Kroutz
- Ward 2 · Nicolaas Daniël Sauerman
- Ward 3 · Annelize van Rooyen
- Ward 4 · Johan Miller
- Ward 7 · Ruth Belldine Arnolds
- Ward 10 · Christephine Kearns
- Ward 11 · Aidan Charles Stowman
- Ward 13 · Soudah Ross
- Ward 14 · Brenda van Willingh
- Ward 15 · Stephanus Johannes Liebenberg
- Ward 17 · Lorraine Cyster
- Ward 18 · Elizabeth Baron
- Ward 19 · Theunis Gerhardus Bester
- Ward 20 · Patricia Beverley Ann Cupido
- Ward 21 · Eva Gouws
- Ward 22 · Felix Patric Cupido
- Ward 23 · Elizabeth Aletta Solomons
- Ward 24 · Miriam Maria Adriaanse
- Ward 25 · Laurichia Tylial van Niekerk
- Ward 26 · Joan Veronica Anderson
- Ward 28 · Reinhardt Heinrich van Nieuwenhuyzen
- Ward 29 · Avron Marchius Beres Appollis
- Ward 30 · Johannes Smit
- Ward 31 · Catherine Maria Jacobs
- Ward 33 · Lorenzo Clive Arendse
PR councillors now
Wards won on 4 November 2026
- Ward 1 · Calvin Kroutz · 68.9%
- Ward 2 · Nicolaas Daniël Sauerman · 79.5%
- Ward 3 · Annelize Combrink · 77.1%
- Ward 4 · Renier Adriaan Koegelenberg · 86.1%
- Ward 7 · Ruth Belldine Arnolds · 65.0%
- Ward 10 · Christephine Kearns · 63.4%
- Ward 11 · Aidan Charles Stowman · 50.9%
- Ward 13 · Clara Meyer · 50.0%
- Ward 14 · Patricia Beverley Ann Cupido · 42.5%
- Ward 15 · Lodewyk Wilfred Niehaus · 85.8%
- Ward 17 · Hendrik Johannes Nicolaas Matthee · 78.8%
- Ward 18 · Johanna Catharina Schweidler · 73.5%
- Ward 19 · Theunis Gerhardus Bester · 84.9%
- Ward 20 · Leslin Garth Julies · 44.2%
- Ward 21 · Levona Rolene Viljoen · 45.9%
- Ward 22 · Lorraine Cyster · 58.4%
- Ward 23 · Elizabeth Aletta Solomons · 73.1%
- Ward 24 · Edgar Gerades Arendse · 45.1%
- Ward 25 · Laurichia Tylial van Niekerk · 47.4%
- Ward 26 · Monique Kaylene Booysen · 57.2%
- Ward 27 · Karools Isaacs · 42.7%
- Ward 28 · Sandra Foley · 90.2%
- Ward 29 · Avron Marchius Beres Appollis · 73.4%
- Ward 30 · name not published · 26.0%
- Ward 31 · Catherine Maria Jacobs · 41.2%
- Ward 32 · Frances Jacobs · 36.4%
- Ward 33 · Lorenzo Clive Arendse · 67.1%
PR seats from 2026 · expected
- Stephen Edmund Korabie · list 1
- Helena Von Schlicht · list 2
- Jardo Carlyle Cupido · list 3
- Albertus Jacobus Snyman · list 4
- Jovan-Re Warnick Cupido · list 5
- Chanty Jené Bekeur · list 6
- Thando Simatu · list 7
- Gert Cornelius Combrink · list 8
- Keenan January · list 9
- Cikizwa Babrah Maqwelana · list 10
Expected from the IEC certified party lists and the declared seat allocation (list order, skipping ward winners). Confirmed when the IEC publishes its councillor list. New councillors take office at the council's first sitting.