uMuziwabantu Local Municipality elections

The uMuziwabantu Local Municipality council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council.

Results

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

Event ANC DA EFF IFP Other Total
2000 election 7 1 - 10 0 18
2006 election 12 0 - 6 0 18
2011 election 12 1 - 2 4 19
2016 election 14 1 1 4 - 20
2021 election 10 1 2 5 3 21

December 2000 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party8,65657.2068,46756.02410
African National Congress5,79238.2835,74838.0347
Democratic Alliance5323.5205673.7511
African Christian Democratic Party1521.0003322.2000
Total15,132100.00915,114100.00918
Valid votes15,13297.9315,11497.81
Invalid/blank votes3202.073382.19
Total votes15,452100.0015,452100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,63552.1429,63552.14

March 2006 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress12,26064.56712,47965.72512
Inkatha Freedom Party6,20632.6825,90331.0946
Democratic Alliance3982.1003962.0900
National Democratic Convention1270.6702091.1000
Total18,991100.00918,987100.00918
Valid votes18,99198.0118,98798.04
Invalid/blank votes3861.993801.96
Total votes19,377100.0019,367100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,11656.8034,11656.77

May 2011 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress15,26563.23915,62064.65312
National Freedom Party4,75319.6914,53018.7534
Inkatha Freedom Party2,92012.1002,79711.5822
Democratic Alliance9103.7709293.8511
Congress of the People2941.2202841.1800
Total24,142100.001024,160100.00919
Valid votes24,14297.9424,16097.98
Invalid/blank votes5082.064992.02
Total votes24,650100.0024,659100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,81965.1837,81965.20

August 2016 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress19,85271.13920,10672.02514
Inkatha Freedom Party6,07721.7715,88121.0734
Democratic Alliance1,0553.7801,0413.7311
Economic Freedom Fighters9263.3208903.1911
Total27,910100.001027,918100.001020
Valid votes27,91097.7127,91897.65
Invalid/blank votes6532.296712.35
Total votes28,563100.0028,589100.00
Registered voters/turnout46,01962.0746,01962.12

November 2021 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress11,33047.57911,23446.98110
Inkatha Freedom Party5,68023.8515,78924.2145
Economic Freedom Fighters1,9588.2202,0168.4322
Al Jama-ah1,6466.9111,6176.7612
Abantu Batho Congress1,1945.0101,1704.8911
Democratic Alliance8133.4107733.2311
African Independent Congress3481.4604922.0600
African Transformation Movement3311.3903471.4500
National Freedom Party1950.8203701.5500
Independent candidates2150.9000
People's Freedom Party1080.4501060.4400
Total23,818100.001123,914100.001021
Valid votes23,81897.0323,91496.96
Invalid/blank votes7292.977503.04
Total votes24,547100.0024,664100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,07854.4545,07854.71

By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.[6]

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
13 October 2022 11 Al Jama-ah Inkatha Freedom Party

Most of ward 11 consists of the town of Harding, which was severely affected by the unrest in July 2021. A new ward, it was won by Sheikh Mondli Ncane from Al Jama-ah (AJ). An ANC coalition saw Ncane elected deputy-mayor. In June 2022, Ncane was ousted as deputy mayor, and replaced by a candidate from ANC coalition partner Abantu Batho Congress (ABC). Ncane quit his party, standing as a candidate for the Sizwe Ummah Nation (SUN) in the by-election. The seat was won by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), which increased its share from 6% to 53%. Ncane got 31%, while the candidate from his previous party, AJ, got 1%.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — uMuziwabantu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — uMuziwabantu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — uMuziwabantu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — uMuziwabantu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — uMuziwabantu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  7. ^ Sussman, Wayne (13 October 2022). "OCTOBER BY-ELECTIONS: DA doctor beats mayor Farmer in Cederberg, while IFP flips the script in southern KwaZulu-Natal". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 13 October 2022.