UMshwathi Local Municipality elections

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The uMshwathi Local Municipality council consists of twent-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 majority of sixteen seats.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	11	1	-	7	3	22
2006 election	14	2	-	5	1	22
2011 election	19	2	-	3	2	26
2016 election	20	2	1	4	0	27
2021 election	16	2	3	4	2	27

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	8,083	50.86	8	7,978	50.32	3	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,910	30.89	2	4,969	31.34	5	7
	Alliance of Associated Residents of KZ221	1,698	10.68	1	1,553	9.80	1	2
	Democratic Alliance	765	4.81	0	1,017	6.41	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	236	1.48	0	338	2.13	1	1
	Independent candidates	202	1.27	0				0
Total		15,894	100.00	11	15,855	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		15,894	97.40		15,855	97.23
Invalid/blank votes		424	2.60		452	2.77
Total votes		16,318	100.00		16,307	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,308	44.94		36,308	44.91

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	12,657	61.60	11	13,156	64.42	3	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,517	21.98	0	4,632	22.68	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	1,332	6.48	0	1,377	6.74	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,086	5.29	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	483	2.35	0	575	2.82	1	1
	National Democratic Convention	336	1.64	0	440	2.15	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	136	0.66	0	243	1.19	0	0
Total		20,547	100.00	11	20,423	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		20,547	97.75		20,423	97.46
Invalid/blank votes		474	2.25		532	2.54
Total votes		21,021	100.00		20,955	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		40,743	51.59		40,743	51.43

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	22,698	70.08	13	24,254	74.79	6	19
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,415	10.54	0	3,418	10.54	3	3
	National Freedom Party	2,028	6.26	0	2,077	6.40	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,981	6.12	0	2,072	6.39	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,511	4.67	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	366	1.13	0	352	1.09	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	391	1.21	0	255	0.79	0	0
Total		32,390	100.00	13	32,428	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		32,390	97.71		32,428	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		758	2.29		782	2.35
Total votes		33,148	100.00		33,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,540	66.91		49,540	67.04

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	26,120	70.43	14	27,196	74.96	6	20
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,336	11.69	0	4,401	12.13	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,924	7.88	0	3,074	8.47	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,454	6.62	0				0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,096	2.96	0	1,291	3.56	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	157	0.42	0	319	0.88	0	0
Total		37,087	100.00	14	36,281	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		37,087	98.10		36,281	96.50
Invalid/blank votes		717	1.90		1,317	3.50
Total votes		37,804	100.00		37,598	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		55,846	67.69		55,846	67.32

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	17,294	59.19	14	17,115	58.54	2	16
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,155	14.22	0	4,554	15.58	4	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,605	12.34	0	3,656	12.50	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,973	6.75	0	1,945	6.65	2	2
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,186	4.06	0	1,220	4.17	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	399	1.37	0	480	1.64	1	1
	Independent candidates	396	1.36	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	116	0.40	0	149	0.51	0	0
	National Freedom Party	94	0.32	0	119	0.41	0	0
Total		29,218	100.00	14	29,238	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		29,218	97.41		29,238	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		776	2.59		687	2.30
Total votes		29,994	100.00		29,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		56,822	52.79		56,822	52.66

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
8 March 2023	12		African National Congress		African National Congress
13 March 2024^[7]	6		African National Congress		African National Congress