EDumbe Local Municipality elections

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The eDumbe Local Municipality council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

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Results

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

Event ANC DA IFP NFP Other
2000 election 419--
2006 election 419-0
2011 election 41280
2016 election 853-0
2021 election 51562

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election. [1]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party 6,76866.4977,11867.7029
African National Congress 2,64625.9902,59324.6644
Democratic Alliance 7657.5208037.6411
Total10,179100.00710,514100.00714
Valid votes10,17995.3210,51497.12
Invalid/blank votes5004.683122.88
Total votes10,679100.0010,826100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,75446.9322,75447.58

March 2006 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party 8,72664.5458,65964.1349
African National Congress 3,51926.0323,78328.0224
Democratic Alliance 9697.1701,0607.8511
Independent candidates 3072.2700
Total13,521100.00713,502100.00714
Valid votes13,52197.5913,50297.52
Invalid/blank votes3342.413442.48
Total votes13,855100.0013,846100.00
Registered voters/turnout26,87951.5526,87951.51

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election. [3]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Freedom Party 10,31552.11610,23751.7028
African National Congress 5,41827.3725,51427.8524
Inkatha Freedom Party 3,15715.9503,18816.1022
Democratic Alliance 8954.5208614.3511
Independent candidates 80.0400
Total19,793100.00819,800100.00715
Valid votes19,79398.5819,80098.64
Invalid/blank votes2861.422731.36
Total votes20,079100.0020,073100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,27462.2132,27462.20

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 11,30850.15711,51251.1618
Democratic Alliance 6,54229.0116,64029.5145
Inkatha Freedom Party 3,42215.1803,59315.9733
Economic Freedom Fighters 4662.0704131.8400
Independent candidates 5242.3200
African People's Convention 1830.8101860.8300
Freedom Front Plus 1040.4601600.7100
Total22,549100.00822,504100.00816
Valid votes22,54998.5722,50498.37
Invalid/blank votes3281.433731.63
Total votes22,877100.0022,877100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,78060.5537,78060.55

No party obtained a council majority. Siyabonga Kunene of the African National Congress (ANC) was subsequently elected mayor and Nyanga Ndlangamandla of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was elected deputy mayor.

November 2021 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Freedom Party 7,71233.6167,69333.4706
African National Congress 5,36123.3725,44523.6935
Inkatha Freedom Party 5,23322.8125,44823.7135
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,7457.6101,6717.2711
Abantu Batho Congress 1,4136.1601,4096.1311
Democratic Alliance 7943.4607763.3811
Activists Movement of South Africa 1080.4701080.4700
African People's Convention 1120.490540.2300
African People's Movement 930.410730.3200
African Transformation Movement 810.350830.3600
National People's Front 640.280780.3400
Academic Congress Union 470.200390.1700
Independent candidates 790.3400
African Freedom Revolution 360.160420.1800
African Christian Democratic Party 360.160310.1300
Black First Land First 290.130320.1400
Total22,943100.001022,982100.00919
Valid votes22,94398.6422,98298.51
Invalid/blank votes3171.363481.49
Total votes23,260100.0023,330100.00
Registered voters/turnout40,41857.5540,41857.72

After the election, the National Freedom Party (NFP) and the ANC formed an arrangement, with the NFP taking the mayor and speaker positions, and the ANC taking the deputy mayor and chief whip position. [6]

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