ANC 64.8%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Ward ballot ? · 3 731 valid votes
ANCAfrican National Congress2 41964.8%- IndependentIndependent candidates57415.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters3709.9%
DADemocratic Alliance1865.0%
AICAfrican Independent Congress1102.9%
COPECongress of the People320.9%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party180.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania160.4%
UFECUnited Front of the Eastern Cape60.2%
Voting districts · 4 ?
ANC won Ward 7 with 2 419 votes, 33.9% of the ward's 7 130 registered voters. Turnout was 53.5%: 3 811 of 7 130 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2016 local government elections in Ward 7, 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 3 813 · spoilt 82 · special votes 66 · All 4 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 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 (3 811 of 7 130). 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.
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.