DA 43.5%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Lungani SanqelaDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 3 402 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance1 48143.5%
ANCAfrican National Congress96328.3%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement42112.4%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2316.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus772.3%
ActionSA441.3%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement391.1%- SACPSouth African Communist Party351.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance200.6%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress150.4%
RISERise Mzansi150.4%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party140.4%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party140.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress110.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.1%- SMSocial Democratic Movement40.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.1%
COPECongress of the People20.1%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress20.1%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition20.1%- PCMProgressive Community Movement20.1%
- OLAOne Love Alliance20.1%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 16 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 4 ?
Lungani Sanqela (DA) won Ward 16 with 1 481 votes, 16.2% of the ward's 9 145 registered voters. Turnout was 57.2%: 5 227 of 9 145 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 16, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 24
- Lungelwa MenziwaActionSA
- Peter Ivan Arthur KnickelbeinAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Lungile BaliAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Ntsika QaliAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Leon NgqwemlaAfrican People's Convention
- Lifa Watson NgqowanaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Phumzile KopeleAfrika Mayibuye Movement
Siphelele JakavulaAl Jama-ah- Richelle Gracia SwartbooiArusha Economic Coalition
- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Lungani SanqelaDemocratic Alliance
- Khanyisa ChetuEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Lukhanyo Elvis GcwekaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Randall WilliamsPatriotic Alliance
- Zelda le-Ann Margaret KordonskiProgressive Community Movement
- Christina de KlerkRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Nomhi TonisiSocial Democratic Movement
- Nombulelo NkungwanaSouth African Communist Party
- Mzwanele PamanaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Deborah Anne TheronVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 10 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 3 459 · spoilt 57 · special votes 96 · 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 (5 227 of 9 145). The IEC publishes 56.1%.
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 26 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 1 481 vs 2 896; ANC 963 vs 1 927; UDM 421 vs 951; EFF 231 vs 434; VF PLUS 77 vs 157; ActionSA 44 vs 87; ATM 39 vs 81; SACP 35 vs 65; PA 20 vs 40; AHC 15 vs 24; RISE 15 vs 27; ACDP 14 vs 29; MKP 14 vs 25; AIC 11 vs 25; PAC 5 vs 9; SM 4 vs 9; APC 2 vs 3; AUC 2 vs 4; COPE 2 vs 3; OLA 2 vs 3; PCM 2 vs 4; MAYIBUYE 1 vs 2; ACT 0 vs 3; IFP 0 vs 3; SDP 0 vs 1; TBM 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 73 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 10 Nov 2026, 05:47 SAST.