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Municipal by-elections

17 June 2026

2 ward by-elections in Buffalo City, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 1, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Buffalo City · by-election of 17 June 2026

TANDISWA GONIWE elected3 769 valid votes
CandidateVotesShare
TANDISWA GONIWEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS1 71345,4%
LUCILLE BENFIELDDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE88223,4%
KHOTSO KOBOUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT59715,8%
KUHLE CILIZAPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE48712,9%
SIPHO SBALIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS421,1%
LUNGISILE JULIUS PAULSOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY300,8%
ESMERELDA FIEDRA RICKETTSPROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT140,4%
CHARLY WYNKWARDTONE LOVE ALLIANCE40,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 46,0%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published for the municipality, not this ward, and are not shown.

Ward 10, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Buffalo City · by-election of 17 June 2026

NDYEBO LENNOX MAKELENI elected3 144 valid votes
CandidateVotesShare
NDYEBO LENNOX MAKELENIElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2 03764,8%
UDENE LENA CARELSEPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE40612,9%
CHARITY OLGA O'NEILLDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE38612,3%
APHELELE MANYANAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1655,2%
LUSANDA CENGEUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT912,9%
LUCINDA GROEPONE LOVE ALLIANCE491,6%
DAISY GIRLIE MPINIPROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT100,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 49,2%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published for the municipality, not this ward, and are not shown.

What the record holds

  • The IEC's by-election results for 17 June 2026: 2 wards, each candidate by name and party with their votes. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published per municipality, so they — and the ward's registered voters and turnout with them — are shown only where a municipality held one by-election that day.

How it was read and checked

  • The winner is the candidate the IEC's results award the seat. Why each seat fell vacant is not published with these results and is not stated here.

Sources

The IEC files this day's record was loaded from

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
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IEC by-election candidates, 17 June 2026 (JSON, {"EEID":1941})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1941-candidates.json · 3 KBcandidate_listLoaded9 October 2026d84f7367dc929968…
IEC by-election results, 17 June 2026: BUF - Buffalo City (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1117.json · 27 KBResults dataLoaded9 October 2026ba807d863886aff6…
IEC by-election councillors, 17 June 2026 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1941})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1941-councillors.json · 1 KBResults reportUsed to check totals9 October 202620865a82532d74cf…