ANC 48.5%
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Cynthia Mxabanisi-GakrisheAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 4 813 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 33348.5%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement1 47730.7%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters3176.6%- SACPSouth African Communist Party2695.6%
DADemocratic Alliance1072.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania831.7%
ActionSA430.9%- SMSocial Democratic Movement370.8%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah290.6%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement220.5%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress170.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress130.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus120.2%
RISERise Mzansi120.2%
APCAfrican People's Convention90.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance60.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party40.1%
COPECongress of the People30.1%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress30.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party20.0%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation20.0%
- OLAOne Love Alliance20.0%
- TBMThina Bantu Movement20.0%
- PCMProgressive Community Movement10.0%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 25 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 8 ?
Cynthia Mxabanisi-Gakrishe (ANC) won Ward 25 with 2 230 votes, 26.8% of the ward's 8 311 registered voters. Turnout was 58.6%: 4 874 of 8 311 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 25, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
- Phakamisa Junior Primary SchoolVD 10670015UDM 47.6%
- Phakamisa Community HallVD 10670149ANC 36.5%
- Ngqika Junior Primary SchoolVD 10670262ANC 50.6%
- Inkwenkwezi Day Care CentreVD 10670509UDM 44.5%
- Fort Murray Lower/Higher Primary SchoolVD 10820562ANC 80.2%
- Ekuphumleni Junior Primary SchoolVD 10820876ANC 64.7%
- Tshatshu Community HallVD 10870141ANC 38.9%
- Ez Pondo Junior Primary SchoolVD 10870231ANC 67.2%
Candidates · 24
- Xoliswa Patricia BaleniActionSA
- Leonard CrouseAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Kholeka BuyanaAfrican Heart Congress
- Vusumzi TutuAfrican Independent Congress
- Cynthia Mxabanisi-GakrisheAfrican National Congress
- Luyanda MawuAfrican People's Convention
- Fumanekile NorexeAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Yanga Clarement WilliamAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sinethemba James SiteloAl Jama-ah
Richelle Gracia SwartbooiArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Ndumiso Elliot MemaniDemocratic Alliance
- Songeziwe Phiwe LobisheEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Mfundo MadikanePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Graham Melvin LotteringPatriotic Alliance
- Cyril Vernal ChettyProgressive Community Movement
- Nceba Theophilus MatabeniRise Mzansi
- Sinethemba BlaauService Delivery Party
- Caswell Kaya ZonoSocial Democratic Movement
- Nontembiso DodoSouth African Communist Party
- Zikhona MatyanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Nicolaas Rudolph SwanepoelVryheidsfront 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 · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 877 · spoilt 61 · special votes 1 138 · All 8 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 8 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 8 voting districts here (4 874 of 8 311). The IEC publishes 58.7%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 230 vs 4 563; UDM 1 509 vs 2 986; EFF 318 vs 635; SACP 292 vs 561; DA 101 vs 208; PAC 77 vs 160; SM 52 vs 89; ActionSA 39 vs 82; ALJAMA 35 vs 64; AIC 29 vs 42; ATM 25 vs 47; AHC 19 vs 36; AUC 16 vs 19; RISE 13 vs 25; ACDP 10 vs 16; APC 9 vs 18; MKP 8 vs 12; PA 7 vs 13; SDP 6 vs 7; VF PLUS 6 vs 18; COPE 4 vs 7; OLA 3 vs 5; PCM 1 vs 2; ACT 0 vs 2; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 2; TBM 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 133 times in 8 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, 01:29 SAST.