Okhahlamba Local Municipality elections

The Okhahlamba Local Municipality council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 no party won a majority on the council. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) obtained a plurality of nine seats.

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	NFP	Other	Total
2000 election	5	2	-	18	-	1	26
2006 election	9	1	-	16	-	0	26
2011 election	13	1	-	8	6	0	28
2016 election	15	2	1	7	-	4	29
2021 election	8	1	2	9	2	7	29

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	15,813	69.39	13	16,029	70.39	5	18
	African National Congress	4,624	20.29	0	4,504	19.78	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	1,182	5.19	0	1,244	5.46	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,168	5.13	0	996	4.37	1	1
Total		22,787	100.00	13	22,773	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		22,787	97.21		22,773	97.01
Invalid/blank votes		655	2.79		701	2.99
Total votes		23,442	100.00		23,474	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,951	52.15		44,951	52.22

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	15,867	59.75	11	15,732	59.39	5	16
	African National Congress	8,820	33.22	2	8,917	33.66	7	9
	Democratic Alliance	997	3.75	0	987	3.73	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	494	1.86	0	480	1.81	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	264	0.99	0	374	1.41	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	112	0.42	0				0
Total		26,554	100.00	13	26,490	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		26,554	97.81		26,490	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		595	2.19		613	2.26
Total votes		27,149	100.00		27,103	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,521	57.13		47,521	57.03

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	14,674	44.62	10	15,126	46.03	3	13
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,918	27.12	3	8,777	26.71	5	8
	National Freedom Party	7,490	22.78	1	7,272	22.13	5	6
	Democratic Alliance	1,261	3.83	0	1,200	3.65	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	242	0.74	0	297	0.90	0	0
	Congress of the People	192	0.58	0	186	0.57	0	0
	Independent candidates	107	0.33	0				0
Total		32,884	100.00	14	32,858	100.00	14	28

Valid votes		32,884	97.96		32,858	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		685	2.04		683	2.04
Total votes		33,569	100.00		33,541	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		53,300	62.98		53,300	62.93

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	17,722	50.64	14	18,697	53.93	1	15
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,844	22.41	1	7,869	22.70	6	7
	Congress of the People	3,633	10.38	0	3,599	10.38	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,984	5.67	0	1,990	5.74	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,241	3.55	0	1,155	3.33	1	1
	African Independent Congress	1,117	3.19	0	1,207	3.48	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,427	4.08	0				0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	30	0.09	0	149	0.43	0	0
Total		34,998	100.00	15	34,666	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		34,998	97.08		34,666	96.84
Invalid/blank votes		1,051	2.92		1,131	3.16
Total votes		36,049	100.00		35,797	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		60,152	59.93		60,152	59.51

The African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, falling from 15 to 8 seats, but retained control in conjunction with the African People's Movement (Apemo) and National Freedom Party (NFP).^[5]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[6]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	10,049	30.24	8	10,227	30.74	1	9
	African National Congress	9,634	28.99	3	9,751	29.31	5	8
	African People's Movement	6,570	19.77	3	6,460	19.41	3	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,017	6.07	0	2,040	6.13	2	2
	National Freedom Party	1,732	5.21	1	1,708	5.13	1	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,049	3.16	0	1,035	3.11	1	1
	National Peoples Ambassadors	526	1.58	0	515	1.55	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	388	1.17	0	318	0.96	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	291	0.88	0	254	0.76	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	269	0.81	0	223	0.67	0	0
	National People's Front	202	0.61	0	116	0.35	0	0
	Congress of the People	135	0.41	0	125	0.38	0	0
	African People's Convention	56	0.17	0	157	0.47	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	81	0.24	0	99	0.30	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	75	0.23	0	100	0.30	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	50	0.15	0	58	0.17	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	60	0.18	0	45	0.14	0	0
	United Cultural Movement	46	0.14	0	43	0.13	0	0
Total		33,230	100.00	15	33,274	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		33,230	97.86		33,274	98.18
Invalid/blank votes		725	2.14		616	1.82
Total votes		33,955	100.00		33,890	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		61,114	55.56		61,114	55.45

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
2 February 2022^[5]	6		Inkatha Freedom Party		Inkatha Freedom Party

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^ ^a ^b Sussman, Wayne (3 February 2022). "Resilient NFP makes sufficient KZN gains to worry slumping ANC and IFP". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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