Mnquma Local Municipality

Mnquma
Mnquma
Local municipality
	Seal
	Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Butterworth
Wards	31
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sithembiso Ncetezo (ANC)
• Speaker	Thobeka Bikitsha (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Nomfundiso Tshona (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,270 km2 (1,260 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	252,390
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	96.1%
• English	1.4%
• Other	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC122

Mnquma Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Main places[]

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population
	21101	526.95	32,672
	21102	631.51	42,651
	21103	21.21	1,562
	21104	623.87	54,406
Butterworth	21105	26.88	45,900
	21106	105.70	6,481
Gcaleka	21107	61.93	5,898
	21108	39.39	2,302
	21109	64.07	4,239
	21110	90.71	7,795
Centane Part 1	21111	4.44	784
Centane Part 2	21131	2.99	528
	21112	9.66	630
	21113	55.14	2,602
	21114	134.74	6,410
Mazeppa Bay	21115	0.57	42
	21116	43.39	2,040
	21117	56.03	727
	21118	52.88	4,260
	21119	193.31	14,912
	21120	17.93	1,793
	21121	114.11	7,347
	21122	3.71	231
Nqamakwe	21123	16.09	1,405
	21124	0.72	0
Qolora Mouth	21126	0.34	69
	21125	201.39	20,265
	21127	0.80	116
	21128	61.74	5,686
	21129	47.50	5,664
	21130	113.68	8,359

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 forty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5]^[6]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	48,249	46,693	94,942	75.3	31	17	48
	UDM	4,492	4,738	9,230	7.3	0	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	2,993	2,931	5,924	4.7	0	3	3
	EFF	2,713	3,183	5,896	4.7	0	3	3
	African Independent Congress	78	2,699	2,777	2.2	0	1	1
	COPE	1,280	1,429	2,709	2.1	0	1	1
	Independent	1,971	–	1,971	1.6	0	–	0
	PAC	776	615	1,391	1.1	0	1	1
	United Congress	275	425	700	0.6	0	0	0
	ACDP	200	198	398	0.3	0	0	0
	Kingdom Governance Movement	8	60	68	0.1	0	0	0
Total		63,035	62,971	126,006	100.0	31	31	62
Spoilt votes		1,444	1,626	3,070

References[]

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mnquma" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mnquma" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 32°19′S 28°08′E / 32.317°S 28.133°E / -32.317; 28.133

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_langs-3] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[4] Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

[5] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mnquma" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[6] "Seat Calculation Detail: Mnquma" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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