ANC 60.5%
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Sowana SomgadiAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 5 287 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress3 20160.5%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party73814.0%
DADemocratic Alliance4278.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement3616.8%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2464.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement711.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus671.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress350.7%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress270.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania160.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party150.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party150.3%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party150.3%
ActionSA140.3%
APCAfrican People's Convention80.2%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress50.1%- SMSocial Democratic Movement50.1%
COPECongress of the People40.1%
RISERise Mzansi40.1%- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress40.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.0%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition10.0%- PCMProgressive Community Movement10.0%
- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
- OLAOne Love Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 26 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 13 ?
Sowana Somgadi (ANC) won Ward 26 with 3 240 votes, 35.7% of the ward's 9 073 registered voters. Turnout was 59.0%: 5 355 of 9 073 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 26, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
- Montessori School ElVD 10591534DA 71.9%
- Kwetyana Community HallVD 10820113SACP 54.2%
- Noncedo Public SchoolVD 10820124DA 80.5%
- Nkqonkqweni Community HallVD 10820135ANC 85.8%
- Ikhanya Pre SchoolVD 10820146ANC 77.6%
- Old Tribal OfficeVD 10820157ANC 71.8%
- Macleantown Town HallVD 10820595ANC 28.1%
- Ntsokotha Senior Secondary SchoolVD 10820821ANC 82.5%
- St Mary's Community HallVD 10820832ANC 74.6%
- Msobomvu Day Care CentreVD 10820900ANC 64.5%
- St Lukes Public SchoolVD 10820911ANC 79.7%
- Phakamani Day Care CentreVD 10821079ANC 72.8%
- New Covenant ChurchVD 10821114ANC 43.1%
Candidates · 24
- Nomhle MzekeloActionSA
- Leonard CrouseAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Cingiwe KulaAfrican Heart Congress
- Vusumzi TutuAfrican Independent Congress
- Sowana SomgadiAfrican National Congress
- Luyanda MawuAfrican People's Convention
- Ndileka Primrose SqeleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Masikholwe VayisiAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Andiswa TunywasheAl Jama-ah- William Donne GouldArusha Economic Coalition
- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Pumzile NtsiniDemocratic Alliance
- Lizo MfeneEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Mpendulo NokulilaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Siyanda WosintsiPatriotic Alliance
- Melanie SnellingProgressive Community Movement
- Nceba Theophilus MatabeniRise Mzansi
- Sinethemba BlaauService Delivery Party
- Abongile VusaniSocial Democratic Movement
- Amanda MxhalisaSouth African Communist Party
- Kholekile Richmond DyeleUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Schalk Willem Petrus SteynVryheidsfront 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 · 13 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 360 · spoilt 70 · special votes 327 · All 13 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 13 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 13 voting districts here (5 355 of 9 073). The IEC publishes 59.2%.
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 3 240 vs 6 441; SACP 808 vs 1 546; DA 404 vs 831; UDM 274 vs 635; EFF 252 vs 498; ATM 81 vs 152; VF PLUS 62 vs 129; AIC 34 vs 69; AHC 32 vs 59; ACDP 15 vs 30; PAC 15 vs 31; ActionSA 13 vs 27; MKP 12 vs 27; COPE 8 vs 12; SM 7 vs 12; AUC 6 vs 11; PA 5 vs 7; PCM 5 vs 6; APC 4 vs 12; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 6; RISE 4 vs 8; ARECO 3 vs 4; OLA 1 vs 2; SDP 1 vs 2; ACT 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 4; IFP 0 vs 15. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 156 times in 13 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, 03:03 SAST.