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Buffalo City, 2026 local elections · ward ID 29200004

Ward 4

Covers parts of East London.

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 4 (86.6%), ward 18 (13.4%) (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.
2024 national ballot
  • DA 51.5%
  • ANC 28.0%
  • EFF 8.1%
  • AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 2.0%
  • MK 1.5%
  • Others 8.9%

Turnout 66.2% · 6 200 valid votes · 4 of this ward’s 4 voting districts have results for that year

2021 party (PR) ballot
  • DA 59.0%
  • ANC 30.2%
  • EFF 3.7%
  • AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1.6%
  • VF+ 1.5%
  • Others 3.9%

Turnout 50.4% · 4 500 valid votes · 4 of this ward’s 4 voting districts have results for that year

2021 ward ballot
  • DA 59.8%
  • ANC 30.9%
  • EFF 3.3%
  • AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1.6%
  • VF+ 1.6%
  • Others 2.8%

Turnout 50.3% · 4 490 valid votes · 4 of this ward’s 4 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

  • East London: Ocean View, Cambridge Village, Cambridge, Chiselhurst, Vincent

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

4 in this ward. Official: IEC 2026 voting districts.

  • GCOBANI COMMUNITY HALL (10590768)
  • VINCENT METHODIST CHURCH (10590779)
  • CAMBRIDGE TOWN HALL (10590780)
  • CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL (10591141)

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.

2021 wardPeopleArea here
Ward 419 63687%
Ward 1814 70114%

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.

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).