UDM 49.3%up 47.5 pts from 1.8% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Steven Mbeko NobatyiUnited Democratic MovementPR ballot ? · 4 794 valid votes
- UDMUnited Democratic Movement2 36249.3%
ANCAfrican National Congress1 64234.3%
DADemocratic Alliance2354.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1934.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement731.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party641.3%
ActionSA440.9%- SMSocial Democratic Movement420.9%
AICAfrican Independent Congress280.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania230.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party190.4%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress130.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus110.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party100.2%
COPECongress of the People70.1%
RISERise Mzansi60.1%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress50.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention40.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.0%- PCMProgressive Community Movement20.0%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress20.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party20.0%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.0%
- TBMThina Bantu Movement20.0%
- OLAOne Love Alliance10.0%
Hours off in Ward 5 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 6 ?
Steven Mbeko Nobatyi (UDM) won Ward 5 with 2 432 votes, 27.4% of the ward's 8 864 registered voters. Turnout was 54.7%: 4 851 of 8 864 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 5, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Busisiwe LutsheteActionSA
- Roy Lester StevensAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Babalwa YhontoAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Ntombenani Monica GociAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Gregory BassoAfrican People's Convention
- Ntombitheni Mphakama-NoseAfrican Transformation Movement
- Zukile Brian NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Asemahle TyebileAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Ayangezwa NdamaseAl Jama-ah
Anton KingArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Johannes Dick GreenDemocratic Alliance
- Bantu NikeloEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Babalwa ZakhePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Graham Melvin LotteringPatriotic Alliance
- Daisy Girlie MpiniProgressive Community Movement
- Christina de KlerkRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Lukhanyo MkonqoSocial Democratic Movement
- Nosiphiwo KolomanaSouth African Communist Party
- Ayanda Patric BotaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Deborah Anne TheronVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 4 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 004 · spoilt 49 · special votes 296 · All 6 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 6 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 6 voting districts here (4 851 of 8 864). 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 25 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): UDM 2 432 vs 4 794; ANC 1 532 vs 3 174; DA 350 vs 585; EFF 184 vs 377; SM 113 vs 155; SACP 81 vs 145; ATM 64 vs 137; ActionSA 46 vs 90; AIC 43 vs 71; PAC 25 vs 48; MKP 22 vs 41; APC 12 vs 16; RISE 10 vs 16; COPE 8 vs 15; ACDP 7 vs 17; AHC 7 vs 20; AUC 6 vs 11; VF PLUS 5 vs 16; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 5; PA 2 vs 4; OLA 1 vs 2; SDP 1 vs 3; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; PCM 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: 99 times in 6 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, 20:50 SAST.