uMlalazi Local Municipality elections
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The uMlalazi Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council.
Results
[edit]The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | NFP | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 election | 7 | 1 | - | 44 | - | 0 | 52 |
2006 election | 13 | 1 | - | 37 | - | 1 | 52 |
2011 election | 24 | 1 | - | 18 | 9 | 0 | 52 |
2016 election | 30 | 1 | 1 | 22 | - | 0 | 54 |
2021 election | 18 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
December 2000 election
[edit]The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[1]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Inkatha Freedom Party | 36,791 | 84.50 | 26 | 35,972 | 82.76 | 18 | 44 | |
African National Congress | 5,632 | 12.93 | 0 | 5,264 | 12.11 | 7 | 7 | |
Democratic Alliance | 555 | 1.27 | 0 | 1,418 | 3.26 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 309 | 0.71 | 0 | 454 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | |
United Democratic Movement | 254 | 0.58 | 0 | 360 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 43,541 | 100.00 | 26 | 43,468 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 | |
Valid votes | 43,541 | 98.10 | 43,468 | 97.90 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 844 | 1.90 | 934 | 2.10 | ||||
Total votes | 44,385 | 100.00 | 44,402 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 88,839 | 49.96 | 88,839 | 49.98 |
March 2006 election
[edit]The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[2]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Inkatha Freedom Party | 34,748 | 71.51 | 25 | 34,435 | 70.84 | 12 | 37 | |
African National Congress | 11,735 | 24.15 | 1 | 11,603 | 23.87 | 12 | 13 | |
Democratic Alliance | 911 | 1.87 | 0 | 1,061 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 | |
National Democratic Convention | 345 | 0.71 | 0 | 591 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 | |
United Independent Front | 196 | 0.40 | 0 | 604 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 209 | 0.43 | 0 | 318 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 451 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 48,595 | 100.00 | 26 | 48,612 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 | |
Valid votes | 48,595 | 98.14 | 48,612 | 98.13 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 921 | 1.86 | 928 | 1.87 | ||||
Total votes | 49,516 | 100.00 | 49,540 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 92,304 | 53.64 | 92,304 | 53.67 |
May 2011 election
[edit]The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[3]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 26,262 | 44.48 | 14 | 27,446 | 46.44 | 10 | 24 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 20,859 | 35.33 | 10 | 19,888 | 33.65 | 8 | 18 | |
National Freedom Party | 10,612 | 17.97 | 2 | 10,172 | 17.21 | 7 | 9 | |
Democratic Alliance | 318 | 0.54 | 0 | 1,588 | 2.69 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 993 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 59,044 | 100.00 | 26 | 59,094 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 | |
Valid votes | 59,044 | 98.03 | 59,094 | 97.86 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,188 | 1.97 | 1,295 | 2.14 | ||||
Total votes | 60,232 | 100.00 | 60,389 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 96,727 | 62.27 | 96,727 | 62.43 |
August 2016 election
[edit]The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 36,565 | 54.30 | 19 | 37,134 | 55.27 | 11 | 30 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 26,995 | 40.09 | 8 | 26,547 | 39.51 | 14 | 22 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,404 | 2.08 | 0 | 1,796 | 2.67 | 1 | 1 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,208 | 1.79 | 0 | 1,229 | 1.83 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 750 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Academic Congress Union | 301 | 0.45 | 0 | 271 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
African Mantungwa Community | 119 | 0.18 | 0 | 206 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 67,342 | 100.00 | 27 | 67,183 | 100.00 | 27 | 54 | |
Valid votes | 67,342 | 98.73 | 67,183 | 98.50 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 867 | 1.27 | 1,026 | 1.50 | ||||
Total votes | 68,209 | 100.00 | 68,209 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 108,500 | 62.87 | 108,500 | 62.87 |
By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021
[edit]In a by-election held on 29 November 2017, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[5] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
Party | Ward | PR list | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
African National Congress | 18 | 11 | 29 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
DA | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 27 | 27 | 54 |
November 2021 election
[edit]The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Inkatha Freedom Party | 27,555 | 52.75 | 24 | 28,287 | 54.17 | 6 | 30 | |
African National Congress | 16,929 | 32.41 | 4 | 17,170 | 32.88 | 14 | 18 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,544 | 6.78 | 0 | 3,411 | 6.53 | 4 | 4 | |
Abantu Batho Congress | 919 | 1.76 | 0 | 878 | 1.68 | 1 | 1 | |
Democratic Alliance | 764 | 1.46 | 0 | 889 | 1.70 | 1 | 1 | |
National Freedom Party | 469 | 0.90 | 0 | 578 | 1.11 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 986 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | ||||
People's Freedom Party | 558 | 1.07 | 0 | 408 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 | |
The Organic Humanity Movement | 143 | 0.27 | 0 | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 126 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
Academic Congress Union | 92 | 0.18 | 0 | 75 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 55 | 0.11 | 0 | 87 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Movement | 43 | 0.08 | 0 | 61 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 22 | 0.04 | 0 | 73 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 37 | 0.07 | 0 | 56 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 52,234 | 100.00 | 28 | 52,217 | 100.00 | 27 | 55 | |
Valid votes | 52,234 | 97.98 | 52,217 | 98.14 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,075 | 2.02 | 991 | 1.86 | ||||
Total votes | 53,309 | 100.00 | 53,208 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 106,317 | 50.14 | 106,317 | 50.05 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — uMlalazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — uMlalazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — uMlalazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — uMlalazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "IFP wins uMlalazi by-election". Zululand Observer. 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — uMlalazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 December 2021.