The Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality council was established in 2016 by the merging of the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities [1] and 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | EFF | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 election | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
2021 election | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 45 |
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. [2]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 34,232 | 76.77 | 23 | 35,725 | 80.84 | 15 | 38 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,338 | 9.73 | 0 | 4,517 | 10.22 | 5 | 5 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,097 | 4.70 | 0 | 2,711 | 6.13 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent candidates | 3,129 | 7.02 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 457 | 1.02 | 0 | 298 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
United Democratic Movement | 225 | 0.50 | 0 | 454 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 48 | 0.11 | 0 | 322 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 67 | 0.15 | 0 | 164 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 44,593 | 100.00 | 23 | 44,191 | 100.00 | 23 | 46 | |
Valid votes | 44,593 | 97.90 | 44,191 | 97.11 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 957 | 2.10 | 1,314 | 2.89 | ||||
Total votes | 45,550 | 100.00 | 45,505 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 82,963 | 54.90 | 82,963 | 54.85 |
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [3]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 26,026 | 70.11 | 20 | 26,940 | 75.44 | 13 | 33 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,277 | 6.13 | 0 | 2,806 | 7.86 | 3 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,475 | 6.67 | 0 | 2,553 | 7.15 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent candidates | 5,008 | 13.49 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Patriotic Alliance | 587 | 1.58 | 0 | 650 | 1.82 | 1 | 1 | |
African Independent Congress | 998 | 2.79 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 250 | 0.67 | 0 | 746 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | |
African Transformation Movement | 150 | 0.40 | 0 | 632 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 144 | 0.39 | 0 | 159 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 47 | 0.13 | 0 | 226 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | |
Land Party | 156 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 37,120 | 100.00 | 23 | 35,710 | 100.00 | 22 | 45 | |
Valid votes | 37,120 | 97.83 | 35,710 | 94.28 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 825 | 2.17 | 2,167 | 5.72 | ||||
Total votes | 37,945 | 100.00 | 37,877 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 78,861 | 48.12 | 78,861 | 48.03 |
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
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20 Nov 2024 [4] | 23 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
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