DA 71.3%
Democratic Alliance · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Valerie Dawn KnoetzeDemocratic AllianceWard ballot ? · 5 287 valid votes
- DADemocratic Alliance3 76971.3%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus57110.8%
ANCAfrican National Congress3636.9%
UDMUnited Democratic Movement2795.3%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party691.3%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters551.0%
ActionSA531.0%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement440.8%
RISERise Mzansi330.6%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party150.3%
PAPatriotic Alliance110.2%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania100.2%- SACPSouth African Communist Party70.1%
AICAfrican Independent Congress20.0%
AHCAfrican Heart Congress20.0%
ALJAMAAl Jama-ah10.0%
COPECongress of the People10.0%- OLAOne Love Alliance10.0%
- SMSocial Democratic Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 29 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 3 ?
Valerie Dawn Knoetze (DA) won Ward 29 with 3 769 votes, 44.1% of the ward's 8 544 registered voters. Turnout was 62.5%: 5 342 of 8 544 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 29, Buffalo City (KuGompo City), voting district by voting district.
Candidates · 23
- Michaela Monique HufkieActionSA
- Leonard CrouseAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Funeka VeletshonaAfrican Heart Congress
- Vusumzi TutuAfrican Independent Congress
- Mandlakazi Phelisa KwazaAfrican National Congress
Luyanda MawuAfrican People's Convention- Lungisa MzamaneAfrican Transformation Movement
Nosipho Sylvia NdindwaAfrican Unemployed Congress- Siyasanga Luyanda MkiwaneAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Alicia AdkinsAl Jama-ah
William Donne GouldArusha Economic Coalition- Pieter van SensCongress of the People
- Valerie Dawn KnoetzeDemocratic Alliance
- Azole NtlokoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Lucinda GroepOne Love Alliance
- Anele MatshaPan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Graham Melvin LotteringPatriotic Alliance
- Nceba Theophilus MatabeniRise Mzansi
- Sinethemba BlaauService Delivery Party
- Sindiswa GongotaSocial Democratic Movement
- Bantwini Caswell DeliweSouth African Communist Party
- Khanyisa BulubeUmkhonto 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 · 3 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 5 340 · spoilt 53 · special votes 148 · All 3 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 3 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 3 voting districts here (5 342 of 8 544). The IEC publishes 62.5%.
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.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 23 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): DA 3 769 vs 7 398; VF PLUS 571 vs 1 114; ANC 363 vs 730; UDM 279 vs 665; ACDP 69 vs 157; EFF 55 vs 117; ActionSA 53 vs 101; ATM 44 vs 97; RISE 33 vs 77; MKP 15 vs 28; PA 11 vs 24; PAC 10 vs 20; SACP 7 vs 16; AHC 2 vs 4; AIC 2 vs 7; COPE 1 vs 2; OLA 1 vs 2; SM 1 vs 2; ACT 0 vs 1; AMC.ROY. 0 vs 2; IFP 0 vs 2; PCM 0 vs 2; SDP 0 vs 1. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 44 times in 3 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, 05:13 SAST.