Jozini Local Municipality elections

The Jozini Local Municipality council, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 twenty-four seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	5	-	-	27	0	32
2006 election	8	1	-	24	0	33
2011 election	20	0	-	16	4	40
2016 election	19	1	1	18	1	40
2021 election	16	0	2	24	3	45

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	25,182	84.78	15	25,244	84.84	12	27
	African National Congress	4,442	14.95	1	4,511	15.16	4	5
	Independent candidates	79	0.27	0				0
Total		29,703	100.00	16	29,755	100.00	16	32
Valid votes		29,703	97.47		29,755	97.58
Invalid/blank votes		772	2.53		738	2.42
Total votes		30,475	100.00		30,493	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		55,910	54.51		55,910	54.54

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	26,652	73.37	16	26,662	73.43	8	24
	African National Congress	8,828	24.30	1	9,012	24.82	7	8
	Democratic Alliance	659	1.81	0	637	1.75	1	1
	Independent candidates	186	0.51	0				0
Total		36,325	100.00	17	36,311	100.00	16	33
Valid votes		36,325	98.06		36,311	98.14
Invalid/blank votes		720	1.94		688	1.86
Total votes		37,045	100.00		36,999	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,953	57.03		64,953	56.96

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	24,448	49.57	13	24,704	50.11	7	20
	Inkatha Freedom Party	19,618	39.78	7	19,413	39.38	9	16
	National Freedom Party	4,874	9.88	0	4,689	9.51	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	59	0.12	0	278	0.56	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	218	0.44	0	96	0.19	0	0
	Federal Congress	53	0.11	0	80	0.16	0	0
	South African Democratic Congress	6	0.01	0	39	0.08	0	0
	Independent candidates	43	0.09	0				0
Total		49,319	100.00	20	49,299	100.00	20	40
Valid votes		49,319	98.86		49,299	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		569	1.14		630	1.26
Total votes		49,888	100.00		49,929	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		79,143	63.04		79,143	63.09

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	28,352	46.76	10	29,676	48.99	9	19
	Inkatha Freedom Party	27,774	45.81	9	28,201	46.56	9	18
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,242	2.05	0	1,173	1.94	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,303	3.80	1				1
	Democratic Alliance	935	1.54	0	886	1.46	1	1
	Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters				420	0.69	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	27	0.04	0	215	0.35	0	0
Total		60,633	100.00	20	60,571	100.00	20	40
Valid votes		60,633	98.51		60,571	98.37
Invalid/blank votes		920	1.49		1,001	1.63
Total votes		61,553	100.00		61,572	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		95,445	64.49		95,445	64.51

August 2016 to November 2021 by-elections

The IFP, DA and EFF later gained an outright majority following a by-election held on 4 April 2018 in which 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
	Inkatha Freedom Party	10	9	19
	African National Congress	9	9	18
	DA	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
	Independent	1	–	1
Total		20	20	40

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. ^[6]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	31,073	50.56	19	32,556	53.64	5	24
	African National Congress	20,739	33.74	2	22,253	36.66	14	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,617	4.26	0	2,884	4.75	2	2
	Independent candidates	5,485	8.92	2				2
	Academic Congress Union				981	1.62	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	340	0.55	0	348	0.57	0	0
	National Freedom Party	290	0.47	0	356	0.59	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	264	0.43	0	244	0.40	0	0
	Independent Alliance	56	0.09	0	421	0.69	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	190	0.31	0	224	0.37	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	123	0.20	0	138	0.23	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	103	0.17	0	105	0.17	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	64	0.10	0	94	0.15	0	0
	National People's Front	78	0.13	0	48	0.08	0	0
	Black First Land First	31	0.05	0	21	0.03	0	0
	Democratic Union Plus	9	0.01	0	20	0.03	0	0
Total		61,462	100.00	23	60,693	100.00	22	45
Valid votes		61,462	98.74		60,693	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		784	1.26		1,344	2.17
Total votes		62,246	100.00		62,037	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		103,712	60.02		103,712	59.82

References

1. "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
2. "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
3. "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
5. "BREAKING: ANC loses to IFP in Jozini by-election". Zululand Observer. 5 April 2018.
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.