Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality elections

Last updated December 06, 2024

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council was established in 2016,^[1] and consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 44 seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	UDM	Other	Total
2016 election	50	9	6	1	2	68
2021 election	44	7	6	1	10	68

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	48,234	74.29	32	47,997	73.33	18	50
	Democratic Alliance	8,399	12.94	2	8,710	13.31	7	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,119	7.88	0	5,142	7.86	6	6
	United Front of the Eastern Cape	1,085	1.67	0	1,111	1.70	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	704	1.08	0	954	1.46	1	1
	Congress of the People	630	0.97	0	840	1.28	1	1
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	353	0.54	0	218	0.33	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	152	0.23	0	336	0.51	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	140	0.22	0	142	0.22	0	0
	Independent candidates	111	0.17	0				0
Total		64,927	100.00	34	65,450	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		64,927	98.53		65,450	98.49
Invalid/blank votes		966	1.47		1,003	1.51
Total votes		65,893	100.00		66,453	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		123,599	53.31		123,599	53.76

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	33,057	60.53	32	34,676	63.81	12	44
	Democratic Alliance	5,939	10.88	1	5,700	10.49	6	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,997	7.32	0	4,565	8.40	6	6
	The Independents	3,033	5.55	0	4,196	7.72	5	5
	Independent candidates	5,521	10.11	1				1
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	666	1.22	0	2,323	4.27	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	569	1.04	0	738	1.36	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	582	1.07	0	560	1.03	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	353	0.65	0	549	1.01	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	320	0.59	0	386	0.71	0	0
	Congress of the People	290	0.53	0	251	0.46	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	160	0.29	0	153	0.28	0	0
	Progressive Front of South Africa	92	0.17	0	140	0.26	0	0
	African Multicultural Economic Congress	30	0.05	0	104	0.19	0	0
Total		54,609	100.00	34	54,341	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		54,609	97.95		54,341	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		1,144	2.05		1,463	2.62
Total votes		55,753	100.00		55,804	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		118,637	46.99		118,637	47.04

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.^[4]

Date	Ward
20 April 2022	33	African National Congress	Independent candidate
30 November 2022	33	Independent candidate	African National Congress
23 August 2023^[5]	25	African National Congress	African National Congress
4 Dec 2024^[6]	31	African National Congress	African National Congress

A by-election was held in ward 33 on 20 April 2022 after the court ordered a rerun due to irregularities. Independent candidate Ntombekhaya Kortman, who had lost by 4 votes in 2021, won the rerun. Kortman died later that year after an illness, and in a by-election held on 30 November, the ANC regained the seat.^[7]

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References

↑ "Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
↑ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa".
↑ Sussman, Wayne (24 August 2023). "August by-elections: ANC, DA record EC, Joburg victories". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
↑ Sussman, Wayne (5 December 2024). "Wednesday by-elections: Solid IFP win, shaky MK showing in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
↑ Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC has strong showing but loses a seat to IFP in KZN contests". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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[1] "Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[mbe-4] "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa".

[5] Sussman, Wayne (24 August 2023). "August by-elections: ANC, DA record EC, Joburg victories". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[dm_2024_12-6] Sussman, Wayne (5 December 2024). "Wednesday by-elections: Solid IFP win, shaky MK showing in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

[7] Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC has strong showing but loses a seat to IFP in KZN contests". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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