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[]

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

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

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	8,656	57.20	6	8,467	56.02	4	10
	African National Congress	5,792	38.28	3	5,748	38.03	4	7
	Democratic Alliance	532	3.52	0	567	3.75	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	152	1.00	0	332	2.20	0	0
Total		15,132	100.00	9	15,114	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		15,132	97.93		15,114	97.81
Invalid/blank votes		320	2.07		338	2.19
Total votes		15,452	100.00		15,452	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,635	52.14		29,635	52.14

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	12,260	64.56	7	12,479	65.72	5	12
	Inkatha Freedom Party	6,206	32.68	2	5,903	31.09	4	6
	Democratic Alliance	398	2.10	0	396	2.09	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	127	0.67	0	209	1.10	0	0
Total		18,991	100.00	9	18,987	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		18,991	98.01		18,987	98.04
Invalid/blank votes		386	1.99		380	1.96
Total votes		19,377	100.00		19,367	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,116	56.80		34,116	56.77

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	15,265	63.23	9	15,620	64.65	3	12
	National Freedom Party	4,753	19.69	1	4,530	18.75	3	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,920	12.10	0	2,797	11.58	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	910	3.77	0	929	3.85	1	1
	Congress of the People	294	1.22	0	284	1.18	0	0
Total		24,142	100.00	10	24,160	100.00	9	19

Valid votes		24,142	97.94		24,160	97.98
Invalid/blank votes		508	2.06		499	2.02
Total votes		24,650	100.00		24,659	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,819	65.18		37,819	65.20

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	19,852	71.13	9	20,106	72.02	5	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	6,077	21.77	1	5,881	21.07	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,055	3.78	0	1,041	3.73	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	926	3.32	0	890	3.19	1	1
Total		27,910	100.00	10	27,918	100.00	10	20

Valid votes		27,910	97.71		27,918	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		653	2.29		671	2.35
Total votes		28,563	100.00		28,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		46,019	62.07		46,019	62.12

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	11,330	47.57	9	11,234	46.98	1	10
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,680	23.85	1	5,789	24.21	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,958	8.22	0	2,016	8.43	2	2
	Al Jama-ah	1,646	6.91	1	1,617	6.76	1	2
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,194	5.01	0	1,170	4.89	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	813	3.41	0	773	3.23	1	1
	African Independent Congress	348	1.46	0	492	2.06	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	331	1.39	0	347	1.45	0	0
	National Freedom Party	195	0.82	0	370	1.55	0	0
	Independent candidates	215	0.90	0				0
		108	0.45	0	106	0.44	0	0
Total		23,818	100.00	11	23,914	100.00	10	21

Valid votes		23,818	97.03		23,914	96.96
Invalid/blank votes		729	2.97		750	3.04
Total votes		24,547	100.00		24,664	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,078	54.45		45,078	54.71

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