Jozini Local Municipality elections

Last updated March 19, 2023

The Jozini Local Municipality council 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.

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

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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
	Democratic Alliance	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
	Independent	1	–	1
Total		20	20	40

November 2021 election

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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

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References

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

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[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.

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