UDM 30.7%up 27.8 pts from 2.9% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
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Elected ward councillor ?
Mendi WetsetseAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 4 768 valid votes
UDMUnited Democratic Movement1 46330.7%- ANCAfrican National Congress1 40829.5%
DADemocratic Alliance1 00121.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2364.9%- SACPSouth African Communist Party1894.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1132.4%
ActionSA841.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus641.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party360.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party300.6%
PAPatriotic Alliance270.6%
RISERise Mzansi260.5%
AICAfrican Independent Congress150.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania140.3%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress120.3%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party110.2%- SMSocial Democratic Movement100.2%
- PCMProgressive Community Movement60.1%
- OLAOne Love Alliance50.1%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah40.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.0%
COPECongress of the People20.0%- TBMThina Bantu Movement20.0%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress10.0%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation10.0%
- AMC.ROY.African Movement Congress10.0%
- SDPService Delivery Party10.0%
Hours off in Ward 9 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Mendi Wetsetse (ANC) won Ward 9 with 1 368 votes, 15.2% of the ward's 9 011 registered voters. Turnout was 53.2%: 4 798 of 9 011 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 9, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Busisiwe MaqungoActionSA
- Maria Moothoo PadayacheeAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Phumla BlayiAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Mendi WetsetseAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Gregory BassoAfrican People's Convention
- Lwando SeyamoAfrican Transformation Movement
- Siniphiwe Kenneth BooiAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Siyasanga Luyanda MkiwaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Alicia AdkinsAl Jama-ah
Itumeleng Catreen Sidwilleen VaaltynArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Vaughan Andrew HolmesDemocratic Alliance
- Nozibele Emily TshabeEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Vusumzi SosaraPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Thandisizwe HennaPatriotic Alliance
- Debra Maryna EvansProgressive Community Movement
- Isaac VaaltynRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Loyiso MgojoSocial Democratic Movement
- Bulumko KapuSouth African Communist Party
- Thobani ZiquUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Adolf Hendrik SmitVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 734 · spoilt 19 · special votes 489 · All 4 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 4 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 4 voting districts here (4 798 of 9 011). The IEC publishes 53.3%.
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 1 368 vs 2 776; UDM 1 365 vs 2 828; DA 1 052 vs 2 053; EFF 252 vs 488; SACP 242 vs 431; ATM 99 vs 212; VF PLUS 57 vs 121; ActionSA 56 vs 140; MKP 37 vs 67; ACDP 32 vs 68; AIC 26 vs 41; PA 26 vs 53; RISE 26 vs 52; PAC 19 vs 33; AHC 13 vs 25; ALJAMA 9 vs 13; COPE 7 vs 9; OLA 7 vs 12; SM 7 vs 17; PCM 5 vs 11; APC 4 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 4 vs 8; AUC 2 vs 3; ACT 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 11; SDP 0 vs 1; TBM 0 vs 2. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 78 times in 4 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, 21:39 SAST.