Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality elections

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The Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

It was established for the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ingwe and Kwa Sani local municipalities.^[1]

In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council. In 2021 it won a reduced majority of sixteen.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2016 election	23	3	1	2	0	29
2021 election	16	3	6	4	0	29

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	28,724	80.19	15	29,046	81.00	8	23
	Democratic Alliance	3,076	8.59	0	3,003	8.37	3	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,417	6.75	0	2,362	6.59	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,478	4.13	0	1,447	4.04	1	1
	Independent candidates	127	0.35	0				0
Total		35,822	100.00	15	35,858	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		35,822	96.65		35,858	96.85
Invalid/blank votes		1,240	3.35		1,168	3.15
Total votes		37,062	100.00		37,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		56,529	65.56		56,529	65.50

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	16,250	52.34	14	17,073	55.25	2	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,805	18.70	0	6,005	19.43	6	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,274	13.77	1	4,454	14.41	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,411	7.77	0	2,430	7.86	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,632	5.26	0				0
	People's Freedom Party	249	0.80	0	243	0.79	0	0
	National Freedom Party	133	0.43	0	196	0.63	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	151	0.49	0	162	0.52	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	98	0.32	0	121	0.39	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	36	0.12	0	101	0.33	0	0
	Congress of the People	7	0.02	0	119	0.39	0	0
Total		31,046	100.00	15	30,904	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		31,046	97.44		30,904	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		817	2.56		858	2.70
Total votes		31,863	100.00		31,762	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,336	55.57		57,336	55.40

August 2016 election