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ANC leads the vote

80.4%vote share

2000 results

2000

Council seats

Seat allocation unavailable.The vote breakdown is below.

Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
80.4%312 106 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
12.9%50 163 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
2.3%9 031 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties4.4%17 090 votes
INDEPENDENTS
1.9%7 330 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1.4%5 584 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
0.9%3 357 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
0.2%819 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2000Vote %
ANC80.4%—
DA12.9%—
PAC2.3%—
ACDP1.4%—
UDM0.9%—
Other2.1%—
History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

  • All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
  • Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
  • Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.
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Wards in Buffalo City

45 wards

What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats
Ward 1
ANC98.0%Leading candidate: XOLILE LORENS NGCAMAMA
PAC0.8%
Lead: 10 647 votes
Ward 2
ANC60.6%Leading candidate: MAKWENKWE MKOKELI
DA36.5%
Lead: 1 978 votes
Ward 3
DA73.4%Leading candidate: CHESTER IAN WOODHALL
ANC20.1%
Lead: 5 237 votes
Ward 4
DA51.9%Leading candidate: QUINTON WALTER WILLIAMS
ANC44.2%
Lead: 865 votes
Ward 5
ANC46.5%Leading candidate: LAWRENCE BHUNGALIPHELI JIBA
DA45.4%
Lead: 118 votes
Ward 6
DA73.7%Leading candidate: AVIS ELIZABETH RENS
ANC19.7%
Lead: 4 258 votes
Ward 7
ANC95.3%Leading candidate: ENOCH SITHEMBISO TYILO
DA2.1%
Lead: 7 707 votes
Ward 8
ANC95.1%Leading candidate: ANDICE PATRICK NTONI
PAC2.6%
Lead: 9 590 votes
Ward 9
ANC93.5%Leading candidate: BATHINI BLOM
PAC3.7%
Lead: 7 332 votes
Ward 10
ANC92.9%Leading candidate: THOMSON ZANEMVULA LEFUME
DA2.5%
Lead: 8 906 votes
Ward 11
ANC69.4%Leading candidate: MONWABISI MICHAEL MNIKINA
DA24.4%
Lead: 3 484 votes
Ward 12
ANC67.7%Leading candidate: ALBERT WHITTLES
DA25.5%
Lead: 2 750 votes
Ward 13
ANC89.3%Leading candidate: BANZI DAVID MAVUKA
PAC4.0%
Lead: 10 919 votes
Ward 14
ANC83.0%Leading candidate: NOMAZIZI JAKAVULA
PAC7.4%
Lead: 3 806 votes
Ward 15
ANC92.5%Leading candidate: TEMBA AARON NKOPO
UDM2.9%
Lead: 7 127 votes
Ward 16
ANC89.4%Leading candidate: MELFORD MLENZE
DA5.1%
Lead: 8 721 votes
Ward 17
ANC91.9%Leading candidate: BALELE WELCOME NDATYANA
INDEPENDENTS5.2%
Lead: 8 120 votes
Ward 18
ANC96.3%Leading candidate: MQONDISO ALBERT NGOJO
ACDP1.4%
Lead: 8 571 votes
Ward 19
ANC88.3%Leading candidate: ZIPHILELE THEKILE
INDEPENDENTS5.9%
Lead: 7 295 votes
Ward 20
ANC95.7%Leading candidate: MBONELI KOLISI
PAC1.9%
Lead: 11 129 votes
Ward 21
ANC87.6%Leading candidate: BATINI SIDWELL BOOI
INDEPENDENTS7.0%
Lead: 7 409 votes
Ward 22
ANC50.1%Leading candidate: RODGER CHARLES YOUNG
DA44.7%
Lead: 290 votes
Ward 23
ANC74.1%Leading candidate: NORMAN MZOLISI NTLEBI
DA21.3%
Lead: 3 722 votes
Ward 24
ANC65.0%Leading candidate: MSONDEZI MDUNYELWA
DA29.9%
Lead: 2 496 votes
Ward 25
ANC88.3%Leading candidate: WEZILE WELCOME TSHALI
INDEPENDENTS5.9%
Lead: 7 586 votes
Ward 26
ANC51.6%Leading candidate: CYRIL MARTIN GROEPE
DA41.7%
Lead: 801 votes
Ward 27
ANC95.4%Leading candidate: PETROS NZAMA
ACDP1.8%
Lead: 8 926 votes
Ward 28
ANC94.8%Leading candidate: NOMIKI DOROTHY MGEZI
PAC2.5%
Lead: 9 647 votes
Ward 29
DA63.2%Leading candidate: DINESH VALLABH
ANC30.4%
Lead: 2 790 votes
Ward 30
ANC87.6%Leading candidate: THEMBILE MASEBENI
INDEPENDENTS7.2%
Lead: 6 644 votes
Ward 31
ANC81.7%Leading candidate: VUYANI MICHAEL HOLIDAY
INDEPENDENTS14.4%
Lead: 5 634 votes
Ward 32
ANC73.8%Leading candidate: THABO MYIRA
DA20.3%
Lead: 3 792 votes
Ward 33
ANC94.0%Leading candidate: SENDUKU MAPHUKA
PAC3.6%
Lead: 6 862 votes
Ward 34
ANC83.1%Leading candidate: NDALI SIMON MBESEZA
INDEPENDENTS7.3%
Lead: 6 131 votes
Ward 35
ANC87.1%Leading candidate: BOY THEMBA JIDA
INDEPENDENTS7.8%
Lead: 6 413 votes
Ward 36
ANC92.5%Leading candidate: NONTSHUKUMO JOYCE SOBANDLA
PAC5.0%
Lead: 6 658 votes
Ward 37
ANC93.4%Leading candidate: SIZWE WELCOME MQOMBOTI
PAC4.2%
Lead: 7 251 votes
Ward 38
ANC92.8%Leading candidate: NTOMBIZODIDI THELMA MANANGA
PAC4.4%
Lead: 6 847 votes
Ward 39
ANC92.5%Leading candidate: NTSOKOLO CASSWELL STAMPU
PAC4.9%
Lead: 7 277 votes
Ward 40
ANC92.5%Leading candidate: ZODWA ELDA KENTE
PAC4.8%
Lead: 6 984 votes
Ward 41
ANC92.3%Leading candidate: KAWULEZILE FREEDMAN PATI
INDEPENDENTS3.0%
Lead: 7 665 votes
Ward 42
ANC92.4%Leading candidate: MXOLISI GERALD NKULA
PAC3.1%
Lead: 7 486 votes
Ward 43
ANC87.8%Leading candidate: GEORGE MSIMANG
INDEPENDENTS6.1%
Lead: 6 876 votes
Ward 44
ANC94.1%Leading candidate: SIDIMA MAKEPEACE MAHLASELA
DA1.8%
Lead: 8 657 votes
Ward 45
ANC90.2%Leading candidate: REUN KOLISILE MPUPUSI
INDEPENDENTS3.8%
Lead: 6 436 votes
Local, district or metro?

Local councils and district councils share responsibilities. Metros combine both.

Your town and nearby areas

Handles local services such as refuse collection and local roads, with responsibilities shared with the district.

Several local municipalities

Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.

One council for a large city

Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.

A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.

CoGTA guide to local government
Sources & result details

IEC: 25 Oct 2021, 14:56 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:57 SAST

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.

Ward vs PR ballots

Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.

Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Buffalo City. Ward results include areas outside Twecu.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 1 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.

Town-to-ward mappings are available for 2026 only. The historical wards above belong to the whole municipality in 2000.

Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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