Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality elections

Last updated June 30, 2023

The Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality council consists of forty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received

Results

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

Event	ANC	ALJ	DA	EFF	IFP	NFP	Other	Total
2016 election	23	2	2	1	18	-	0	46
2021 election	17	0	3	2	21	3	1	47

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	30,479	49.01	12	31,079	49.94	11	23
	Inkatha Freedom Party	24,720	39.75	11	24,709	39.70	7	18
	Democratic Alliance	2,589	4.16	0	2,590	4.16	2	2
	Al Jama-ah	2,174	3.50	0	2,069	3.32	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	992	1.60	0	1,026	1.65	1	1
	People's Revolutionary Movement	344	0.55	0	439	0.71	0	0
	Independent candidates	758	1.22	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	68	0.11	0	154	0.25	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	20	0.03	0	167	0.27	0	0
	Congress of the People	43	0.07	0				0
Total		62,187	100.00	23	62,233	100.00	23	46

Valid votes		62,187	98.05		62,233	97.99
Invalid/blank votes		1,236	1.95		1,275	2.01
Total votes		63,423	100.00		63,508	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		97,033	65.36		97,033	65.45

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
	Inkatha Freedom Party	23,102	43.13	14	24,209	45.13	7	21
	African National Congress	18,490	34.52	8	19,303	35.99	9	17
	National Freedom Party	3,094	5.78	0	3,013	5.62	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,700	5.04	0	2,764	5.15	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,664	4.97	1	2,737	5.10	1	2
	Independent candidates	2,036	3.80	1				1
	African People's Movement	443	0.83	0	430	0.80	0	0
	United Cultural Movement	372	0.69	0	322	0.60	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	230	0.43	0	210	0.39	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	82	0.15	0	200	0.37	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	122	0.23	0	128	0.24	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	99	0.18	0	69	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	34	0.06	0	133	0.25	0	0
	Black First Land First	84	0.16	0	51	0.10	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	14	0.03	0	72	0.13	0	0
Total		53,566	100.00	24	53,641	100.00	23	47

Valid votes		53,566	98.35		53,641	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		901	1.65		964	1.77
Total votes		54,467	100.00		54,605	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		98,630	55.22		98,630	55.36

By-elections from November 2021

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

Date	Ward
28 Jun 2023^[5]	5	Inkatha Freedom Party	Inkatha Freedom Party
28 Jun 2023^[5]	14	Inkatha Freedom Party	African National Congress
28 Jun 2023^[5]	21	Inkatha Freedom Party	Inkatha Freedom Party

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References

↑ "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
1 2 3 Sussman, Wayne (29 June 2023). "JUNE BY-ELECTIONS: PA benefits from absent DA to trounce ANC in Joburg ward, but ruling party records crucial win over IFP in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

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[lgovhbook-1] "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[mbe-4] "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[dm_28jun-5] 1 2 3 Sussman, Wayne (29 June 2023). "JUNE BY-ELECTIONS: PA benefits from absent DA to trounce ANC in Joburg ward, but ruling party records crucial win over IFP in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

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