2026 Election Prediction: Geordin Hill-Lewis says the DA has won Cape Town

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has claimed victory in Cape Town, saying they expect to receive 58% of the vote in the city.

He shared this information during a media address on 5 November 2026 after the 2026 Local Government Elections.

Hill-Lewis said their claim to have won Cape Town is based on collecting all data from all voting stations across the city.

“We have collected the results from all the voting districts across the city and fed them into our model,” he said.

“We can now project that the Democratic Alliance’s results in the City of Cape Town will be around 58% of the vote.”

“While it won’t be exact, it might even be slightly higher, or perhaps just under. Either way, it will be right around that mark.”

Hill-Lewis said that this result was a wonderful endorsement and that he was grateful to the people of Cape Town.

He highlighted strong growth among first-time voters in Cape Town’s townships and areas where the party historically had little presence.

He described the election results across many of Cape Town’s townships as extraordinary.

“In areas where the DA previously received only 2%, 3%, or 4% of the vote, our support had tripled, quadrupled, or grown even more,” he said.

“The 2026 local government elections marked the best result the DA has ever achieved in Cape Town’s townships.”

Hill-Lewis said that the DA showed particularly strong growth in Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Delft, and surrounding areas.

Five more years as Cape Town mayor for Geordin Hill-Lewis

Hill-Lewis thanked the DA supporters who voted on 4 November 2026 and who gave the party a resounding endorsement.

“It has been such an honour and a privilege to serve as your mayor for these last five years, and I cannot wait to serve as your mayor again starting today,” he said.

“What we have been doing in Cape Town these last five years has never been just about Cape Town. It has been about showing South Africa what is possible.”

“Despite our huge challenges, we can move forward and make progress. We do not have to accept going backwards, as we have seen in so many other places.”

He said that the Cape Town spirit is now sweeping across South Africa into many more cities and municipalities.

“We know there is still a lot of work to do in our city, and we know that many of our residents still live in extraordinarily difficult conditions,” he said.

“Today, we rededicate ourselves to getting up every morning for the next five years and doing everything in our power to improve the lives of every person in our city.”

“That means we are going to repeat what we achieved over the last five years: creating the most jobs in South Africa.”

He said that, in partnership with Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, their mission is to grow the Cape economy and get more people into work.

“We have delivered the most new jobs of anywhere in the country, and now we are going to do it again, achieving even more,” he said.