Ndwedwe Local Municipality elections

The Ndwedwe 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of nineteen seats.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	9	1	-	27	0	37
2006 election	18	1	-	17	1	37
2011 election	25	1	-	5	6	37
2016 election	27	1	1	8	0	37
2021 election	19	1	4	11	2	37

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	22,009	73.59	16	21,956	73.13	11	27
	African National Congress	6,735	22.52	3	6,769	22.55	6	9
	Democratic Alliance	850	2.84	0	1,297	4.32	1	1
	Independent candidates	312	1.04	0				0
Total		29,906	100.00	19	30,022	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		29,906	96.91		30,022	97.19
Invalid/blank votes		952	3.09		868	2.81
Total votes		30,858	100.00		30,890	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		60,897	50.67		60,897	50.72

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	16,482	49.16	10	16,777	49.96	8	18
	Inkatha Freedom Party	15,201	45.34	9	14,789	44.04	8	17
	Democratic Alliance	971	2.90	0	994	2.96	1	1
	National Democratic Convention	874	2.61	0	1,021	3.04	1	1
Total		33,528	100.00	19	33,581	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		33,528	97.75		33,581	97.68
Invalid/blank votes		770	2.25		799	2.32
Total votes		34,298	100.00		34,380	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,990	53.60		63,990	53.73

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	26,558	65.75	19	27,553	68.27	6	25
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,872	14.54	0	5,700	14.12	5	5
	National Freedom Party	5,823	14.42	0	5,589	13.85	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	747	1.85	0	628	1.56	1	1
	African People's Convention	370	0.92	0	388	0.96	1	1
	Independent candidates	591	1.46	0				0
	Congress of the People	194	0.48	0	191	0.47	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	143	0.35	0	209	0.52	0	0
	South African Democratic Congress	95	0.24	0	101	0.25	0	0
Total		40,393	100.00	19	40,359	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		40,393	97.86		40,359	98.04
Invalid/blank votes		882	2.14		806	1.96
Total votes		41,275	100.00		41,165	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,889	64.60		63,889	64.43

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	33,212	72.36	18	33,393	73.05	9	27
	Inkatha Freedom Party	9,591	20.90	1	9,121	19.95	7	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,601	3.49	0	1,637	3.58	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	801	1.75	0	758	1.66	1	1
	African People's Convention	346	0.75	0	449	0.98	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	183	0.40	0	134	0.29	0	0
	Ubumbano Lwesizwe Sabangoni	159	0.35	0	106	0.23	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	3	0.01	0	113	0.25	0	0
Total		45,896	100.00	19	45,711	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		45,896	97.94		45,711	97.97
Invalid/blank votes		967	2.06		947	2.03
Total votes		46,863	100.00		46,658	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,851	64.33		72,851	64.05

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	20,579	53.93	16	19,803	50.56	3	19
	Inkatha Freedom Party	9,757	25.57	3	12,272	31.33	8	11
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,982	10.44	0	3,695	9.43	4	4
	African Freedom Revolution	611	1.60	0	556	1.42	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	563	1.48	0	469	1.20	1	1
	African Independent Congress	270	0.71	0	697	1.78	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	389	1.02	0	364	0.93	0	0
	Independent Alliance	341	0.89	0	403	1.03	0	0
	National Freedom Party	314	0.82	0	280	0.71	0	0
	Independent candidates	572	1.50	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	255	0.67	0	207	0.53	0	0
	United Independent Movement	272	0.71	0	185	0.47	0	0
	African People First	127	0.33	0	128	0.33	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	127	0.33	0	111	0.28	0	0
Total		38,159	100.00	19	39,170	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		38,159	95.46		39,170	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		1,813	4.54		1,066	2.65
Total votes		39,972	100.00		40,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,368	54.48		73,368	54.84