Nquthu Local Municipality elections

The Nquthu Local Municipality council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 IFP won a majority of nineteen seats.

Results

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

Event ANC DA EFF IFP NFP Other Total
2000 election 4 1 - 20 - 0 25
2006 election 6 1 - 22 - 1 30
2011 election 14 1 - 14 5 0 34
2016 election 14 1 1 15 2 0 33
2017 special election 11 1 1 19 1 0 33
2021 election 14 0 1 19 0 3 37

December 2000 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party17,92178.001318,76981.70720
African National Congress3,15113.7103,30714.4044
Democratic Alliance6282.7308973.9011
Independent candidates1,2775.5600
Total22,977100.001322,973100.001225
Valid votes22,97797.5922,97397.67
Invalid/blank votes5672.415492.33
Total votes23,544100.0023,522100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,30251.9745,30251.92

March 2006 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party23,66074.531423,42973.81822
African National Congress5,90818.6116,02618.9856
National Democratic Convention1,1363.5801,1693.6811
Democratic Alliance1,0433.2901,1183.5211
Total31,747100.001531,742100.001530
Valid votes31,74797.9131,74297.84
Invalid/blank votes6792.097022.16
Total votes32,426100.0032,444100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,21055.7158,21055.74

May 2011 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress15,64839.50716,37441.21714
Inkatha Freedom Party15,91040.16815,88639.99614
National Freedom Party6,51316.4426,37216.0435
Democratic Alliance7061.7806201.5611
Independent candidates4861.2300
African Christian Democratic Party2060.5201750.4400
Royal Loyal Progress800.2001850.4700
Federal Congress650.1601170.2900
Total39,614100.001739,729100.001734
Valid votes39,61498.3639,72998.14
Invalid/blank votes6621.647541.86
Total votes40,276100.0040,483100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,77661.2365,77661.55

August 2016 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party19,09943.601019,55444.59515
African National Congress17,82140.68719,01843.37714
National Freedom Party2,2035.0303,0216.8922
Economic Freedom Fighters1,3213.0201,3132.9911
Independent candidates2,4795.6600
Democratic Alliance8842.0209482.1611
Total43,807100.001743,854100.001633
Valid votes43,80798.0443,85497.93
Invalid/blank votes8781.969292.07
Total votes44,685100.0044,783100.00
Registered voters/turnout77,09757.9677,09758.09

February 2017 special election

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By February 2017, the Nquthu Local Municipality had failed to form a council and appoint a mayor.[5] The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube dissolved the then elected members positions on 9 February 2017, effective from 23 February with elections to be held 25 May 2017.[5] A coalition of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held the majority control by one seat over the ANC's coalition of seventeen seats.[5] The DA and IFP blamed the ANC for the lack of progress. The DA would welcome the MEC's decision but the IFP was not happy about it.[5]

In the special election held on 25 May 2017, the IFP won a majority of 58% of the vote and 19 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
Inkatha Freedom Party 27,768 28,086 55,854 58.0 14 5 19
African National Congress 15,751 15,735 31,486 32.7 3 8 11
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,354 1,272 2,626 2.7 0 1 1
National Freedom Party 1,075 1,039 2,114 2.2 0 1 1
DA 586 579 1,165 1.2 0 1 1
AIC 489 414 903 0.9 0 0 0
Forum 4 Service Delivery 311 268 579 0.6 0 0 0
APC 161 172 333 0.3 0 0 0
Black First Land First 144 114 258 0.3 0 0 0
National Religious Freedom Party 131 122 253 0.3 0 0 0
Academic Congress Union 98 100 198 0.2 0 0 0
National Peoples Ambassadors 109 82 191 0.2 0 0 0
National Democratic Convention 88 57 145 0.2 0 0 0
African Mantungwa Community 69 51 120 0.1 0 0 0
Total 48,134 48,091 96,225 100.0 17 16 33
Spoilt votes 610 633 1,243

November 2021 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party20,78949.251421,66551.03519
African National Congress15,22236.06515,38536.23914
Abantu Batho Congress3,0307.1802,9556.9633
Economic Freedom Fighters7411.7607791.8311
Independent candidates7041.6700
Democratic Alliance3550.8403420.8100
National Freedom Party2980.7103120.7300
Future Generation Congress2230.5301900.4500
African Christian Democratic Party1690.4001950.4600
National Peoples Ambassadors1260.3001400.3300
African Transformation Movement1350.3201030.2400
African People's Movement1150.2701080.2500
People's Freedom Party1120.270870.2000
Forum for Service Delivery770.180790.1900
African Mantungwa Community730.170680.1600
United Christian Democratic Party420.100510.1200
Total42,211100.001942,459100.001837
Valid votes42,21198.6142,45998.52
Invalid/blank votes5931.396371.48
Total votes42,804100.0043,096100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,32453.2980,32453.65

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Stolley, Giordano (13 February 2017). "Nquthu local municipality council to be dissolved". IOL. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ Assembled from reports downloaded from the Electoral Commission at http://www.elections.org.za/content/Elections/Municipal-by-elections-results/.
  7. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.