Ward 46
Buffalo City (BUF) · IEC ward 29200046
Won by
ANC
Mlingane Nxazonke
Margin
11.8%
707 votes
Voting districts in
6/6
Valid ward votes
5,983
IEC report
Ward ballot
Votes for each ward candidate. The winner takes the ward seat.
| Party · candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ANCMlingane Nxazonke | 1,769 | 29.6% |
| DA | 1,062 | 17.8% |
| TBM | 872 | 14.6% |
| UDM | 787 | 13.2% |
| EFF | 601 | 10.0% |
| Independents | 268 | 4.5% |
| VF Plus | 119 | 2.0% |
| ATM | 90 | 1.5% |
| PA | 84 | 1.4% |
| ActionSA | 58 | 1.0% |
| MKP | 57 | 1.0% |
| SM | 35 | 0.6% |
| SACP | 32 | 0.5% |
| ACDP | 29 | 0.5% |
| AIC | 26 | 0.4% |
| RISE | 21 | 0.4% |
| PAC | 18 | 0.3% |
| AHC | 13 | 0.2% |
| PCM | 12 | 0.2% |
| APC | 11 | 0.2% |
| COPE | 7 | 0.1% |
| AUC | 4 | 0.1% |
| Mayibuye | 4 | 0.1% |
| ARECO | 2 | 0.0% |
| Al Jama-ah | 1 | 0.0% |
| SDP | 1 | 0.0% |
Votes needed. DA would have needed 708 more votes to win, or 354 voters switching from ANC.
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: 5 of the 6 districts counted so far existed in 2021, holding 95% of the votes counted. Shares are of all valid votes (ward and PR ballots).
| Party | 2021 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 49.7% | 30.6% | −19.1 |
| DA | 28.9% | 18.6% | −10.3 |
| TBM | – | 14.6% | new |
| UDM | 0.7% | 13.3% | +12.6 |
| EFF | 15.3% | 10.1% | −5.2 |
| Independents | – | 2.3% | new |
| VF Plus | 0.7% | 2.2% | +1.5 |
| ATM | 1.0% | 1.5% | +0.5 |
| PA | 0.2% | 1.2% | +1.0 |
| ActionSA | – | 1.2% | new |
| ACDP | 1.1% | 0.5% | −0.6 |
Voting districts (6)
| District | Leading | Valid votes | In 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10590421 | DA 30.4% | 3,506 | yes |
| 10590948 | ANC 34.7% | 2,521 | yes |
| 10590960 | TBM 39.5% | 2,132 | yes |
| 10590971 | DA 62.6% | 974 | yes |
| 10591343 | ANC 52.0% | 2,306 | yes |
| 10591499 | UDM 37.0% | 617 | new |