Mbombela Local Municipality elections

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The Mbombela Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was formed in 2016 after the merger of the Umjindi Local Municipality and the former Mbombela municipality. [1] The council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining twenty 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 fifty-nine seats.

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Results

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

Event ANC DA EFF FF+ OtherTotal
2016 election 691361190
2021 election 5912143290

August 2016 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 142,22676.1441142,12776.272869
Democratic Alliance 26,00813.92425,91313.91913
Economic Freedom Fighters 12,4146.65012,8076.8766
Residence Association of South Africa 2,1321.1402,1771.1711
Freedom Front Plus 1,5930.8501,4420.7711
African Christian Democratic Party 6880.3707190.3900
Independent candidates 1,0930.5900
African People's Convention 3180.1707540.4000
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 3120.1702500.1300
Inkatha Freedom Party 1630.0900
Total186,784100.0045186,352100.004590
Valid votes186,78498.85186,35298.83
Invalid/blank votes2,1801.152,2071.17
Total votes188,964100.00188,559100.00
Registered voters/turnout316,90559.63316,90559.50

November 2021 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 82,92364.504184,65865.921859
Economic Freedom Fighters 18,78014.61018,94814.761414
Democratic Alliance 17,38613.52417,40613.55812
Freedom Front Plus 4,2213.2804,1373.2233
Independent candidates 2,5962.0200
African Christian Democratic Party 1,1010.8601,1410.8911
African Transformation Movement 9470.7401,0010.7811
African People's Convention 4550.3503360.2600
United Independent Movement 920.0702320.1800
Inkatha Freedom Party 330.0302620.2000
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 270.0202180.1700
Spectrum National Party 20.000780.0600
Total128,563100.0045128,417100.004590
Valid votes128,56398.73128,41798.58
Invalid/blank votes1,6551.271,8441.42
Total votes130,218100.00130,261100.00
Registered voters/turnout318,11640.93318,11640.95

References

  1. thobilemlangeni (2016-04-17). "Municipalities to merge after elections". Mpumalanga News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mbombela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbombela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.