ANC 46.9%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 4 281 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress2 00946.9%
DADemocratic Alliance1 24029.0%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters51912.1%
UFECUnited Front of the Eastern Cape1794.2%
AICAfrican Independent Congress1323.1%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement1122.6%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party310.7%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania220.5%
COPECongress of the People210.5%
UNICOUnited Congress160.4%
Voting districts · 5 ?
ANC won Ward 16 with 2 009 votes, 21.0% of the ward's 9 558 registered voters. Turnout was 45.6%: 4 358 of 9 558 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 16, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2011: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
This area in the 2026 elections ?
About these figures
Official IEC figures: how we add them up
Votes cast 4 332 · spoilt 51 · special votes 50 · All 5 voting districts in · the IEC marks the results complete
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 5 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 5 voting districts here (4 358 of 9 558). The IEC publishes 45.5%.
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.
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 27 Oct 2026, 11:35 SAST.