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The Alfred Duma Local Municipality 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.
It was established for the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities. [1]
In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council, while in 2021, the Inkatha Freedom Party won a plurality of thirty-three seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | NPA | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 election | 46 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
2021 election | 28 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 3 |
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. [2]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 62,836 | 63.09 | 32 | 64,422 | 64.12 | 14 | 46 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 21,750 | 21.84 | 3 | 21,824 | 21.72 | 13 | 16 | |
Democratic Alliance | 5,887 | 5.91 | 1 | 6,134 | 6.11 | 3 | 4 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,145 | 5.17 | 0 | 5,148 | 5.12 | 4 | 4 | |
National Democratic Convention | 976 | 0.98 | 0 | 1,061 | 1.06 | 1 | 1 | |
National Peoples Ambassadors | 969 | 0.97 | 0 | 721 | 0.72 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,012 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Mantungwa Community | 328 | 0.33 | 0 | 496 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 316 | 0.32 | 0 | 253 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 238 | 0.24 | 0 | 256 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 7 | 0.01 | 0 | 151 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 136 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 99,600 | 100.00 | 36 | 100,466 | 100.00 | 36 | 72 | |
Valid votes | 99,600 | 98.62 | 100,466 | 98.26 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,396 | 1.38 | 1,776 | 1.74 | ||||
Total votes | 100,996 | 100.00 | 102,242 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 164,357 | 61.45 | 164,357 | 62.21 |
The following table shows the results of the 2021 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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 Jun 2023 [5] | 29 | Inkatha Freedom Party | Inkatha Freedom Party | ||
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