Alfred Duma Local Municipality | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uThukela |
Seat | Ladysmith |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
Area | |
• Total | 3,764 km2 (1,453 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 340,553 |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN238 |
Alfred Duma Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Alfred Duma) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging the Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities. [2]
The municipal council consists of seventy-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-seven wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 plurality of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [3]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Inkatha Freedom Party | 37,723 | 44.19 | 21 | 39,114 | 45.73 | 12 | 33 | |
African National Congress | 32,394 | 37.95 | 14 | 32,278 | 37.74 | 14 | 28 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,082 | 5.95 | 0 | 5,185 | 6.06 | 5 | 5 | |
Democratic Alliance | 3,382 | 3.96 | 2 | 3,615 | 4.23 | 1 | 3 | |
National Freedom Party | 1,423 | 1.67 | 0 | 1,414 | 1.65 | 1 | 1 | |
National Peoples Ambassadors | 735 | 0.86 | 0 | 915 | 1.07 | 1 | 1 | |
African People's Movement | 853 | 1.00 | 0 | 659 | 0.77 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,454 | 1.70 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Abantu Batho Congress | 700 | 0.82 | 0 | 605 | 0.71 | 1 | 1 | |
Justice and Employment Party | 288 | 0.34 | 0 | 407 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 354 | 0.41 | 0 | 251 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
United Cultural Movement | 226 | 0.26 | 0 | 229 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 188 | 0.22 | 0 | 190 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 143 | 0.17 | 0 | 206 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
National Democratic Convention | 168 | 0.20 | 0 | 140 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
African Mantungwa Community | 137 | 0.16 | 0 | 122 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 92 | 0.11 | 0 | 108 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 25 | 0.03 | 0 | 95 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 85,367 | 100.00 | 37 | 85,533 | 100.00 | 36 | 73 | |
Valid votes | 85,367 | 98.67 | 85,533 | 98.51 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,154 | 1.33 | 1,297 | 1.49 | ||||
Total votes | 86,521 | 100.00 | 86,830 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 161,688 | 53.51 | 161,688 | 53.70 |
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021. [4]
Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
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28 Jun 2023 [5] | 29 | Inkatha Freedom Party | Inkatha Freedom Party | ||
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