Ward 15
Buffalo City (BUF) · IEC ward 29200015
Won by
EFF
Songezo Nkungwini
Margin
0.5%
31 votes
Voting districts in
5/5
Valid ward votes
6,533
IEC report
Ward ballot
Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
| Party · candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| EFFSongezo Nkungwini | 1,753 | 26.8% |
| DA | 1,722 | 26.4% |
| ANC | 1,705 | 26.1% |
| UDM | 870 | 13.3% |
| VF Plus | 123 | 1.9% |
| ATM | 96 | 1.5% |
| ActionSA | 70 | 1.1% |
| SACP | 60 | 0.9% |
| ACDP | 32 | 0.5% |
| RISE | 28 | 0.4% |
| AIC | 23 | 0.4% |
| MKP | 18 | 0.3% |
| PAC | 12 | 0.2% |
| PA | 7 | 0.1% |
| APC | 5 | 0.1% |
| AUC | 2 | 0.0% |
| AHC | 2 | 0.0% |
| COPE | 1 | 0.0% |
| ARECO | 1 | 0.0% |
| SDP | 1 | 0.0% |
| OLA | 1 | 0.0% |
| SM | 1 | 0.0% |
Votes needed. DA would have needed 32 more votes to win, or 16 voters switching from EFF.
Turnout is not published per ward in the IEC results files, so it is not shown here.
Change since 2021
Ward boundaries were redrawn for 2026, so this compares the same voting districts in both years: 4 of the 5 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 98% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
| Party | 2021 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 46.4% | 27.1% | −19.3 |
| EFF | 24.2% | 26.4% | +2.2 |
| DA | 24.4% | 24.9% | +0.5 |
| UDM | 0.5% | 14.2% | +13.7 |
| VF Plus | 0.6% | 1.9% | +1.2 |
| ATM | 0.6% | 1.6% | +1.0 |
| ActionSA | – | 1.1% | new |
| ISANCO | 1.1% | 0.0% | −1.1 |
Voting districts (5)
| District | Leading | Valid votes | In 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10590757 | EFF 46.0% | 4,100 | yes |
| 10590881 | DA 68.3% | 4,015 | yes |
| 10591455 | EFF 50.4% | 2,184 | yes |
| 10591523 | DA 74.6% | 260 | new |
| 10820898 | ANC 60.2% | 2,559 | yes |