The DA has won ward 44, putting its candidate, Christo van den Heever, as the area’s ward councillor.
Ward 44 consists of Faerie Glen, parts of Garsfontein and Boardwalk.
The DA won in Wednesday’s by-elections where it competed with the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), the African National Congress (ANC) as well as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
The DA took the lead with 65,38% of the votes, followed by the FF+ with 31,96%, then the ANC at 1,64% and finally the EFF at 1,03%.
The elections saw 40 wards across 25 municipalities in the country being contested.
According to the IEC, the DA retained six wards and lost four wards and the ANC retained 27 wards, lost one ward and won three new wards.
The Patriotic Alliance won two new wards, while the Inkatha Freedom Party retained one ward and won one ward.
IEC average turnout in the by-elections was 31.94 % with the lowest being 6.64 % in ward 58 in Tshwane metro.
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