DA 52.2%down 14.6 pts from 66.8% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lucille BenfieldDemocratic AlliancePR ballot ? · 4 312 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance2 25152.2%
ANCAfrican National Congress66415.4%
PAPatriotic Alliance51511.9%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement3919.1%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus1563.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters932.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement481.1%
ActionSA411.0%- PCMProgressive Community Movement260.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party220.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party160.4%
RISERise Mzansi140.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania120.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party110.3%
- OLAOne Love Alliance100.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress80.2%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah80.2%- SMSocial Democratic Movement70.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention30.1%
COPECongress of the People30.1%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress30.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party20.0%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress10.0%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation10.0%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress10.0%
- TBMThina Bantu Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 19 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Lucille Benfield (DA) won Ward 19 with 2 314 votes, 30.4% of the ward's 7 610 registered voters. Turnout was 58.3%: 4 434 of 7 610 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 19, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Noxolo BophiActionSA
- Nokliniki Mary Akrasi-BoatengAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Mzoxolo GunuzaAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Joshua Kaylin GossAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Leon NgqwemlaAfrican People's Convention
- Mawethu Moses WilliamsAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Lungelwa Onica KotoyiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Buyisa BothaAl Jama-ah
Anton KingArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Lucille BenfieldDemocratic Alliance
- Vuyani SidinileEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Philip KropfOne Love Alliance
- Nolitha JezilePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Colton John Reginald PrincePatriotic Alliance
- Cheryl Rosalene StaffordProgressive Community Movement
- Christina de KlerkRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Emmanuel Mzoxolo KondileSocial Democratic Movement
- Mxolisi DayiSouth African Communist Party
- Chuma NtsiziUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Schalk Willem Petrus SteynVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 11 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 436 · spoilt 164 · special votes 476 · All 5 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 5 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 5 voting districts here (4 434 of 7 610). The IEC publishes 58.4%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 28 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 2 314 vs 4 565; ANC 700 vs 1 364; PA 512 vs 1 027; UDM 311 vs 702; VF PLUS 130 vs 286; EFF 89 vs 182; ATM 45 vs 93; ActionSA 35 vs 76; ACDP 23 vs 45; PCM 16 vs 42; PAC 15 vs 27; OLA 14 vs 24; SACP 14 vs 25; MKP 13 vs 29; RISE 12 vs 26; SM 8 vs 15; AIC 7 vs 15; ALJAMA 7 vs 15; AUC 3 vs 4; AHC 2 vs 5; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 5; ACT 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; APC 0 vs 3; COPE 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 2; TBM 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 79 times in 5 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 10 Nov 2026, 04:02 SAST.