Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

Enoch Mgijima
Enoch Mgijima
Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Komani
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Luleka Elizabeth Gubhula-Mqingwana (ANC)
• Speaker	Bongiwe Gladness van Heerden (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Nombuyiselo Selka Ndlebe (ANC)
Area
• Total	13,584 km2 (5,245 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	245,975
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC139

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji local municipalities.^[2]

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[3]

Enoch Mgijima local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	33,057	34,676	67,733	62.2%	32	12	44
	Democratic Alliance	5,939	5,700	11,639	10.7%	1	6	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,997	4,565	8,562	7.9%	0	6	6
	The Independents	3,033	4,196	7,229	6.6%	0	5	5
	Independent candidates	5,521	–	5,521	5.1%	1	–	1
		666	2,323	2,989	2.7%	0	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	569	738	1,307	1.2%	0	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	582	560	1,142	1.0%	0	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	353	549	902	0.8%	0	1	1
	5 other parties	892	1,034	1,926	1.8%	0	0	0
Total		54,609	54,341	108,950		34	34	68

Valid votes		54,609	54,341	108,950	97.7%
Spoilt votes		1,116	1,463	2,579	2.3%
Total votes cast		55,725	55,804	111,529

Voter turnout		56,144
Registered voters		118,637
Turnout percentage		47.3%

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji.
^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.

[census-1] Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji.

[lgovhbook-2] "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.

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