ANC 60.3%
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Pumla GeorgeAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 4 609 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 77760.3%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement94520.5%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters3918.5%- SMSocial Democratic Movement1012.2%
DADemocratic Alliance922.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement651.4%- SACPSouth African Communist Party380.8%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania330.7%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress310.7%- IndependentIndependent candidates270.6%
AICAfrican Independent Congress260.6%
ActionSA210.5%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party200.4%
RISERise Mzansi120.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus70.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.1%
PAPatriotic Alliance40.1%
COPECongress of the People30.1%- ACTAfrican Congress for Transformation30.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention20.0%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress20.0%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement20.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
Hours off in Ward 17 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Pumla George (ANC) won Ward 17 with 2 777 votes, 32.5% of the ward's 8 553 registered voters. Turnout was 54.0%: 4 617 of 8 553 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 17, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 26
- Mlungisi Nicholous SimakadeActionSA
- Peter Ivan Arthur KnickelbeinAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Siphe MrwetyanaAfrican Congress for Transformation
- Luvo WofaAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Pumla GeorgeAfrican National Congress
- Luvuyo Leon NgqwemlaAfrican People's Convention
- Lwandiso FeniAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Lungiswa MbandeAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Sinesipho GojeAl Jama-ah
William Donne GouldArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Landile VikaDemocratic Alliance
- Siyabonga GidaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Wandisile Mbasa RalaneIndependent
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Nosicelo MabuyaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Mzwamadoda YeyePatriotic Alliance
- Esmerelda Fiedra RickettsProgressive Community Movement
- Nceba Theophilus MatabeniRise Mzansi
- Siviwe Ivan MpambaniService Delivery Party
- Sibongile MpofuSocial Democratic Movement
- Mxolisi DayiSouth African Communist Party
- Vuyokazi XamaneUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Francis Zwelandile MdinwaVryheidsfront 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 · 7 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 661 · spoilt 52 · special votes 456 · All 5 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 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 (4 617 of 8 553). The IEC publishes 54.6%.
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 27 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 777 vs 5 430; UDM 945 vs 1 984; EFF 391 vs 776; SM 101 vs 173; DA 92 vs 193; ATM 65 vs 117; SACP 38 vs 76; PAC 33 vs 60; AHC 31 vs 75; AIC 26 vs 65; ActionSA 21 vs 47; MKP 20 vs 36; RISE 12 vs 24; VF PLUS 7 vs 19; ACDP 6 vs 12; PA 4 vs 6; ACT 3 vs 8; COPE 3 vs 7; APC 2 vs 7; AUC 2 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 2 vs 4; ALJAMA 1 vs 3; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 5; IFP 0 vs 6; OLA 0 vs 1; PCM 0 vs 1; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 85 times in 5 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, 05:59 SAST.