DA 71.3%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Valerie Dawn KnoetzeDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 5 287 valid votes
- DAValerie Dawn Knoetze3 76971.3%
VF PLUSAdolf Hendrik Smit57110.8%
ANCMandlakazi Phelisa Kwaza3636.9%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement2795.3%
ACDPLeonard Crouse691.3%
EFFAzole Ntloko551.0%
ActionSAMichaela Monique Hufkie531.0%
ATMLungisa Mzamane440.8%
RISENceba Theophilus Matabeni330.6%
MKPKhanyisa Bulube150.3%
PAGraham Melvin Lottering110.2%
PACAnele Matsha100.2%- SACPBantwini Caswell Deliwe70.1%
AICVusumzi Tutu20.0%
AHCFuneka Veletshona20.0%
ALJAMAAlicia Adkins10.0%
COPEPieter van Sens10.0%- OLALucinda Groep10.0%
- SMSindiswa Gongota10.0%
Also on the ballot: Luyanda Mawu (African People's Convention), Nosipho Sylvia Ndindwa (African Unemployed Congress), Siyasanga Luyanda Mkiwane (Afrika Mayibuye Movement), William Donne Gould (Arusha Economic Coalition), Sinethemba Blaau (Service Delivery Party).
Candidates: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026).
Hours off in Ward 29 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Valerie Dawn Knoetze (DA) won Ward 29 with 3 769 votes, 44.1% of the ward's 8 544 registered voters. Turnout was 62.5%: 5 342 of 8 544 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 29, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 340 · spoilt 53 · special votes 148 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (5 342 of 8 544). The IEC publishes 62.5%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 3 769 vs 7 398; VF PLUS 571 vs 1 114; ANC 363 vs 730; UDM 279 vs 665; ACDP 69 vs 157; EFF 55 vs 117; ActionSA 53 vs 101; ATM 44 vs 97; RISE 33 vs 77; MKP 15 vs 28; PA 11 vs 24; PAC 10 vs 20; SACP 7 vs 16; AHC 2 vs 4; AIC 2 vs 7; COPE 1 vs 2; OLA 1 vs 2; SM 1 vs 2; ACT 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 2; PCM 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 44 times in 3 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 11 Nov 2026, 02:32 SAST.