KwaDukuza Local Municipality elections

Last updated December 28, 2022

The KwaDukuza Local Municipality council consists of fifty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining twenty-nine 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	ACDP	AIC	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	MF	Other	Total
2000 election	-	-	21	7	-	7	1	1	37
2006 election	0	-	27	5	-	7	1	0	40
2011 election	1	-	37	8	-	4	1	2	53
2016 election	0	1	36	11	2	4	0	3	57
2021 election	1	1	29	9	4	4	-	11	59

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
	African National Congress	17,507	55.81	14	17,522	56.14	7	21
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,987	19.09	2	6,117	19.60	5	7
	Democratic Alliance	5,517	17.59	2	6,558	21.01	5	7
	Independent candidates	1,430	4.56	1				1
	Minority Front	614	1.96	0	609	1.95	1	1
	Dube Civic Organisation	315	1.00	0	408	1.31	0	0
Total		31,370	100.00	19	31,214	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		31,370	96.97		31,214	96.57
Invalid/blank votes		981	3.03		1,109	3.43
Total votes		32,351	100.00		32,323	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,718	49.99		64,718	49.94

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
	African National Congress	26,821	64.10	18	27,652	66.49	9	27
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,229	17.28	1	7,308	17.57	6	7
	Democratic Alliance	4,811	11.50	1	4,874	11.72	4	5
	Independent candidates	1,857	4.44	0				0
	Minority Front	444	1.06	0	585	1.41	1	1
	Independent Democrats	331	0.79	0	427	1.03	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	277	0.66	0	395	0.95	0	0
	Ubumbano Lwesizwe Independent Residence Association	73	0.17	0	349	0.84	0	0
Total		41,843	100.00	20	41,590	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		41,843	97.22		41,590	96.93
Invalid/blank votes		1,195	2.78		1,318	3.07
Total votes		43,038	100.00		42,908	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		77,353	55.64		77,353	55.47

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	42,800	67.13	22	45,281	70.66	15	37
	Democratic Alliance	8,489	13.31	4	9,467	14.77	4	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,829	7.57	1	4,681	7.30	3	4
	National Freedom Party	2,328	3.65	0	2,331	3.64	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,966	4.65	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,296	2.03	0	1,193	1.86	1	1
	Minority Front	645	1.01	0	667	1.04	1	1
	Congress of the People	398	0.62	0	388	0.61	0	0
	Federal Congress	7	0.01	0	77	0.12	0	0
Total		63,758	100.00	27	64,085	100.00	26	53

Valid votes		63,758	97.86		64,085	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		1,392	2.14		1,173	1.80
Total votes		65,150	100.00		65,258	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		103,240	63.11		103,240	63.21

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	52,383	62.76	22	53,912	64.55	14	36
	Democratic Alliance	15,690	18.80	4	16,708	20.01	7	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,156	6.18	1	5,350	6.41	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,852	3.42	0	3,293	3.94	2	2
	Independent candidates	5,218	6.25	2				2
	African Independent Congress	424	0.51	0	2,278	2.73	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	556	0.67	0	585	0.70	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	564	0.68	0	562	0.67	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	302	0.36	0	383	0.46	0	0
	Minority Front	185	0.22	0	219	0.26	0	0
	Democratic Liberal Congress	96	0.12	0	92	0.11	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	34	0.04	0	134	0.16	0	0
Total		83,460	100.00	29	83,516	100.00	28	57

Valid votes		83,460	97.96		83,516	97.23
Invalid/blank votes		1,736	2.04		2,376	2.77
Total votes		85,196	100.00		85,892	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		128,474	66.31		128,474	66.86

November 2021 election

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	35,754	49.57	27	35,752	49.55	2	29
	Democratic Alliance	11,054	15.32	3	11,288	15.64	6	9
	ActionSA	5,516	7.65	0	5,812	8.05	5	5
	Independent Alliance	5,797	8.04	0	5,084	7.05	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,832	6.70	0	4,938	6.84	4	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,358	6.04	0	4,836	6.70	4	4
	African Independent Congress	1,216	1.69	0	1,343	1.86	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	640	0.89	0	579	0.80	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	476	0.66	0	534	0.74	1	1
	Abantu Batho Congress	400	0.55	0	405	0.56	0	0
	Independent candidates	792	1.10	0				0
	Al Jama-ah	322	0.45	0	385	0.53	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	299	0.41	0	394	0.55	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	221	0.31	0	215	0.30	0	0
	African People's Movement	207	0.29	0	215	0.30	0	0
	National Freedom Party	122	0.17	0	175	0.24	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	74	0.10	0	115	0.16	0	0
	African People First	55	0.08	0	84	0.12	0	0
Total		72,135	100.00	30	72,154	100.00	29	59

Valid votes		72,135	97.82		72,154	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		1,606	2.18		1,698	2.30
Total votes		73,741	100.00		73,852	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		136,781	53.91		136,781	53.99

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[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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