UMlalazi Local Municipality elections

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The uMlalazi Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	NFP	Other	Total
2000 election	7	1	-	44	-	0	52
2006 election	13	1	-	37	-	1	52
2011 election	24	1	-	18	9	0	52
2016 election	30	1	1	22	-	0	54
2021 election	18	1	4	30	1	1	55

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	36,791	84.50	26	35,972	82.76	18	44
	African National Congress	5,632	12.93	0	5,264	12.11	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	555	1.27	0	1,418	3.26	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	309	0.71	0	454	1.04	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	254	0.58	0	360	0.83	0	0
Total		43,541	100.00	26	43,468	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		43,541	98.10		43,468	97.90
Invalid/blank votes		844	1.90		934	2.10
Total votes		44,385	100.00		44,402	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		88,839	49.96		88,839	49.98

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	34,748	71.51	25	34,435	70.84	12	37
	African National Congress	11,735	24.15	1	11,603	23.87	12	13
	Democratic Alliance	911	1.87	0	1,061	2.18	1	1
	National Democratic Convention	345	0.71	0	591	1.22	1	1
	United Independent Front	196	0.40	0	604	1.24	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	209	0.43	0	318	0.65	0	0
	Independent candidates	451	0.93	0				0
Total		48,595	100.00	26	48,612	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		48,595	98.14		48,612	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		921	1.86		928	1.87
Total votes		49,516	100.00		49,540	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		92,304	53.64		92,304	53.67

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	26,262	44.48	14	27,446	46.44	10	24
	Inkatha Freedom Party	20,859	35.33	10	19,888	33.65	8	18
	National Freedom Party	10,612	17.97	2	10,172	17.21	7	9
	Democratic Alliance	318	0.54	0	1,588	2.69	1	1
	Independent candidates	993	1.68	0				0
Total		59,044	100.00	26	59,094	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		59,044	98.03		59,094	97.86
Invalid/blank votes		1,188	1.97		1,295	2.14
Total votes		60,232	100.00		60,389	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		96,727	62.27		96,727	62.43

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	36,565	54.30	19	37,134	55.27	11	30
	Inkatha Freedom Party	26,995	40.09	8	26,547	39.51	14	22
	Democratic Alliance	1,404	2.08	0	1,796	2.67	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,208	1.79	0	1,229	1.83	1	1
	Independent candidates	750	1.11	0				0
	Academic Congress Union	301	0.45	0	271	0.40	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	119	0.18	0	206	0.31	0	0
Total		67,342	100.00	27	67,183	100.00	27	54

Valid votes		67,342	98.73		67,183	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		867	1.27		1,026	1.50
Total votes		68,209	100.00		68,209	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		108,500	62.87		108,500	62.87

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	27,555	52.75	24	28,287	54.17	6	30
	African National Congress	16,929	32.41	4	17,170	32.88	14	18
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,544	6.78	0	3,411	6.53	4	4
	Abantu Batho Congress	919	1.76	0	878	1.68	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	764	1.46	0	889	1.70	1	1
	National Freedom Party	469	0.90	0	578	1.11	1	1
	Independent candidates	986	1.89	0				0
	People's Freedom Party	558	1.07	0	408	0.78	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	143	0.27	0	118	0.23	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	118	0.23	0	126	0.24	0	0
	Academic Congress Union	92	0.18	0	75	0.14	0	0
	African People's Convention	55	0.11	0	87	0.17	0	0
	African People's Movement	43	0.08	0	61	0.12	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	22	0.04	0	73	0.14	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	37	0.07	0	56	0.11	0	0
Total		52,234	100.00	28	52,217	100.00	27	55

Valid votes		52,234	97.98		52,217	98.14
Invalid/blank votes		1,075	2.02		991	1.86
Total votes		53,309	100.00		53,208	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		106,317	50.14		106,317	50.05