Maphumulo Local Municipality elections

The Maphumulo Local Municipality council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council. The party lost its majority in the election of 1 November 2021, obtaining a plurality of eleven seats as the council expanded from twenty-two to twenty-three members.

Results

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

Event	ANC	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	4	17	0	21
2006 election	7	14	0	21
2011 election	12	8	2	22
2016 election	13	9	0	22
2021 election	11	10	2	23

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	15,822	80.38	11	15,641	79.72	6	17
	African National Congress	3,783	19.22	0	3,454	17.61	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	78	0.40	0	524	2.67	0	0
Total		19,683	100.00	11	19,619	100.00	10	21
Valid votes		19,683	97.54		19,619	97.42
Invalid/blank votes		496	2.46		520	2.58
Total votes		20,179	100.00		20,139	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,693	54.99		36,693	54.89

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	13,752	64.41	9	13,809	64.65	5	14
	African National Congress	7,076	33.14	2	7,093	33.21	5	7
	Democratic Alliance	524	2.45	0	458	2.14	0	0
Total		21,352	100.00	11	21,360	100.00	10	21
Valid votes		21,352	98.01		21,360	97.86
Invalid/blank votes		434	1.99		468	2.14
Total votes		21,786	100.00		21,828	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,972	53.17		40,972	53.28

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	14,489	53.91	10	14,800	54.78	2	12
	Inkatha Freedom Party	10,177	37.87	1	10,088	37.34	7	8
	National Freedom Party	1,827	6.80	0	1,708	6.32	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	172	0.64	0	130	0.48	0	0
	Congress of the People	127	0.47	0	136	0.50	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	84	0.31	0	155	0.57	0	0
Total		26,876	100.00	11	27,017	100.00	11	22
Valid votes		26,876	98.06		27,017	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		533	1.94		440	1.60
Total votes		27,409	100.00		27,457	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,023	63.71		43,023	63.82

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	17,025	55.97	7	17,427	57.11	6	13
	Inkatha Freedom Party	12,142	39.91	4	12,120	39.72	5	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	419	1.38	0	435	1.43	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	287	0.94	0	286	0.94	0	0
	Ubumbano Lwesizwe Sabangoni	187	0.61	0	248	0.81	0	0
	Independent candidates	360	1.18	0				0
Total		30,420	100.00	11	30,516	100.00	11	22
Valid votes		30,420	98.53		30,516	98.48
Invalid/blank votes		453	1.47		470	1.52
Total votes		30,873	100.00		30,986	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,456	62.43		49,456	62.65

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	12,543	46.97	6	12,288	46.74	5	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	11,152	41.76	6	11,183	42.54	4	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	861	3.22	0	870	3.31	1	1
	Independent Alliance	247	0.92	0	454	1.73	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	332	1.24	0	313	1.19	0	0
	African Independent Congress	245	0.92	0	249	0.95	0	0
	Independent candidates	455	1.70	0				0
	Abantu Batho Congress	219	0.82	0	234	0.89	0	0
	National Freedom Party	172	0.64	0	194	0.74	0	0
	African People First	181	0.68	0	167	0.64	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	173	0.65	0	154	0.59	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	82	0.31	0	81	0.31	0	0
	African People's Movement	25	0.09	0	37	0.14	0	0
	Congress of the People	10	0.04	0	39	0.15	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	10	0.04	0	28	0.11	0	0
Total		26,707	100.00	12	26,291	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		26,707	97.67		26,291	97.60
Invalid/blank votes		638	2.33		647	2.40
Total votes		27,345	100.00		26,938	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,978	54.71		49,978	53.90

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. ^[6]

After the assassination of the ANC's ward 11 councillor in September 2022, a by-election was held on 30 November. The ANC candidate won the by-election, increasing the party's share of the vote from under 50% to over 60%. ^[7]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
30 November 2022	11		African National Congress		African National Congress

References

1. "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
2. "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
3. "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
6. "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
7. Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC posts strong results in rural KZN and Eastern Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 1 December 2022.