ANC 61.9%down 24.4 pts from 86.3% in 2011
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Simbongile Sidwell GulwaAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 4 331 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress2 68361.9%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement85019.6%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters2265.2%
DADemocratic Alliance1333.1%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement1012.3%- SACPSouth African Communist Party982.3%
AICAfrican Independent Congress671.5%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania370.9%
ActionSA350.8%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party350.8%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus160.4%
RISERise Mzansi70.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.1%
AUCAfrican Unemployed Congress60.1%- OLAOne Love Alliance60.1%
APCAfrican People's Convention50.1%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress50.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement50.1%
- SDPService Delivery Party30.1%
COPECongress of the People20.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance20.0%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition20.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
Hours off in Ward 23 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 5 ?
Simbongile Sidwell Gulwa (ANC) won Ward 23 with 2 683 votes, 35.2% of the ward's 7 623 registered voters. Turnout was 57.8%: 4 404 of 7 623 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 23, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 22
- Loyiso NetiActionSA
- Lundile MbexeshiAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Lusanda NeveseAfrican Heart Congress
- Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAfrican Independent Congress
- Simbongile Sidwell GulwaAfrican National Congress
- Luyanda MawuAfrican People's Convention
- Nolutando SnoboloAfrican Transformation Movement
- Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress
- Lulamile PlaatjieAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Xolani VeshileAl Jama-ah
- Anton KingArusha Economic Coalition
- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Donald Mncedisi MdingiDemocratic Alliance
- Sivuyile MagqazaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Nomthandazo Prince MbekiPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Zimbini KomPatriotic Alliance
- Nceba Theophilus MatabeniRise Mzansi
- Sinethemba BlaauService Delivery Party
- Rwatshu Mcdonald Watoto MadondileSouth African Communist Party
- Mnikeli Headman DecemberUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Adolf Hendrik SmitVryheidsfront 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 · 6 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 4 366 · spoilt 35 · special votes 1 604 · 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 (4 404 of 7 623). The IEC publishes 57.8%.
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.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2011 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 24 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 2 683 vs 5 248; UDM 850 vs 1 798; EFF 226 vs 458; DA 133 vs 270; ATM 101 vs 201; SACP 98 vs 194; AIC 67 vs 101; PAC 37 vs 72; ActionSA 35 vs 75; MKP 35 vs 59; VF PLUS 16 vs 33; RISE 7 vs 21; ACDP 6 vs 16; AUC 6 vs 33; AHC 5 vs 31; APC 5 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 5 vs 25; SDP 3 vs 5; COPE 2 vs 9; PA 2 vs 4; ACT 0 vs 8; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; SM 0 vs 2; TBM 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 84 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, 05:47 SAST.