ANC 39.5%down 5.1 pts from 44.6% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Tandiswa GoniweAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 5 886 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 32439.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1 41924.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement1 27421.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance4016.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1182.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement420.7%- SACPSouth African Communist Party380.6%
AICAfrican Independent Congress350.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party300.5%
ActionSA300.5%- PCMProgressive Community Movement250.4%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus220.4%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress210.4%
RISERise Mzansi200.3%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah190.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party160.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania130.2%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress100.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention60.1%
COPECongress of the People60.1%- SMSocial Democratic Movement60.1%
- OLAOne Love Alliance30.1%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress20.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party20.0%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party10.0%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition10.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
- TBMThina Bantu Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 1 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Tandiswa Goniwe (ANC) won Ward 1 with 2 313 votes, 22.0% of the ward's 10 526 registered voters. Turnout was 56.4%: 5 934 of 10 526 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 1, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 23
- Nomhle MzekeloActionSA
- Faith Luleka TyumreAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Luthando BolothiAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Tandiswa GoniweAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Gregory BassoAfrican People's Convention
- Zukile Brian NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Lungelwa Onica KotoyiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Alicia AdkinsAl Jama-ah
- William Donne GouldArusha Economic Coalition
- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Veronica Chantell ConstableDemocratic Alliance
- Jabu Gordon SomgxadaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Dwight Deon HarmseOne Love Alliance
- Nwabisa VanqaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Joyce ArendsPatriotic Alliance
- Cyril Vernal ChettyProgressive Community Movement
- Zanele Zinia KwetanaRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Tobeka BuswanaSocial Democratic Movement
- Lungisile Julius PaulSouth African Communist Party
- Nomveliso FetuUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Francis Zwelandile MdinwaVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 944 · spoilt 59 · special votes 866 · 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 (5 934 of 10 526). The IEC publishes 56.5%.
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): ANC 2 313 vs 4 637; DA 1 464 vs 2 883; UDM 1 271 vs 2 545; PA 427 vs 828; EFF 113 vs 231; SACP 38 vs 76; VF PLUS 32 vs 54; ACDP 27 vs 57; AHC 27 vs 48; PCM 24 vs 49; AIC 22 vs 57; ActionSA 21 vs 51; ALJAMA 21 vs 40; RISE 21 vs 41; MKP 13 vs 29; ARECO 11 vs 12; APC 10 vs 16; SM 10 vs 16; PAC 9 vs 22; OLA 6 vs 9; AUC 3 vs 13; COPE 2 vs 8; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; ATM 0 vs 42; IFP 0 vs 1; MAYIBUYE 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: 89 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 09 Nov 2026, 20:55 SAST.