Buffalo City, 2026 local elections · ward ID 29200034
Ward 34
Covers parts of Dimbaza, Ngqika.
4 Nov 2026
is election day. This ward’s results will appear here as the Electoral Commission (IEC) publishes them. Below: how the same voting districts voted in 2021 and 2024.
Wards for the 2026 local elections (Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 delimitation). In 2021 this area was in ward 34 (78.7%), ward 36 (21.3%) (2021 boundaries; share of this ward’s area).
How this ward voted over time
Official: IEC, by voting district · Data as of 2021 local and 2024 national elections, as published by the IEC
What these words mean
- Ward ballot
- In local elections, the vote for the ward councillor. The candidate with the most votes wins the ward.
- PR ballot
- In local elections, the vote for a party. It decides how many council seats each party gets overall.
- Voting district
- The area served by one voting station. The Electoral Commission counts and publishes results for each one.
- Turnout
- Votes cast (valid and spoilt) as a share of registered voters.
- ANC 77.2%
- EFF 13.3%
- DA 4.0%
- PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA 1.1%
- UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 1.1%
- Others 3.4%
Turnout 57.1% · 5 132 valid votes · 8 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year
- ANC 81.5%
- EFF 11.3%
- DA 2.1%
- AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 1.3%
- PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA 1.0%
- Others 2.7%
Turnout 46.9% · 4 146 valid votes · 8 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year
- ANC 77.5%
- EFF 9.8%
- INDEPENDENT 5.0%
- DA 2.0%
- AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 1.8%
- Others 3.9%
Turnout 47.0% · 4 149 valid votes · 8 of this ward’s 8 voting districts have results for that year
Earlier results are those of the ward's own voting districts, matched by voting-district number; new or split voting districts have no earlier results. So the 2021 and 2024 figures cover the same area as closely as the published data allows; they are not this ward’s result in those years. Shares are of valid votes. We make no predictions.
Places in this ward
- Dimbaza: Dimbaza
- Ngqika: Ngqika
Suburb and place names are Stats SA Census 2011 sub-places and main places; Census 2022 place names have not been published. A place can span more than one ward.
Voting districts
8 in this ward. Official: IEC 2026 voting districts.
- RICHARD VARHA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (10670150)
- POLAR PARK HALL (10670172)
- NOBUNTU HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10670183)
- MOSES TWEBE HALL (10670194)
- DIMBAZA LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10670217)
- KWASA JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (10670295)
- NYIBIBA PRIMARY SCHOOL (10670307)
- EC BRAEL AND PRINT INSTITUTE (10670318)
Station names are from the IEC’s 2024 and 2021 results; a voting district new in 2026 has no earlier name.
People living here
Official: Stats SA, Census 2022 · Data as of Census 2022, 2020 wards (copied 11 Oct 2026)
Census 2022 counted people in the 2021 wards. This 2026 ward takes in parts of two 2021 wards, so there is no official count for it. These are the 2021 wards it overlaps, with their official populations.
People: official Census 2022 count for the whole 2021 ward. Area here: the share of that ward’s area inside this 2026 ward. We do not estimate a total for the 2026 ward.
Source: Stats SA SuperWEB2, Ward Estimates 2022 > Ward by Sex Estimates, population estimates on the 2020 wards (the wards of the 2021 elections), copied by hand on . Stats SA adjusts small figures slightly to protect privacy.
Water, refuse, toilets and lighting by ward: Stats SA has not published Census 2022 service figures by ward. See Buffalo City’s Census 2022 services for the metro as a whole. For problems in this area now, see Buffalo City’s water and power notices, and community reports.
Community reports right now
Community reports, unverified
No problem in this ward has enough reports to show right now.
An area appears only when several separate reports of the same problem arrive within a few hours. Reports are anonymous and not checked by us or the metro. Report a problem.
Sources: Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 ward delimitation (via SA-Maps open-data copy), open-data copy on SA-Maps; Electoral Commission (IEC), 2026 voting districts; Statistics South Africa, Census 2011 sub-places and main places. Results: Electoral Commission (IEC).