KwaDukuza Local Municipality elections

The KwaDukuza Local Municipality council consists of fifty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining twenty-nine 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-six seats on the council.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-nine seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	MF	Other	Total
2000 election	-	-	21	7	-	7	1	1	37
2006 election	0	-	27	5	-	7	1	0	40
2011 election	1	-	37	8	-	4	1	2	53
2016 election	0	1	36	11	2	4	0	3	57
2021 election	1	1	29	9	4	4	-	11	59

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	17,507	55.81	14	17,522	56.14	7	21
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,987	19.09	2	6,117	19.60	5	7
	Democratic Alliance	5,517	17.59	2	6,558	21.01	5	7
	Independent candidates	1,430	4.56	1				1
	Minority Front	614	1.96	0	609	1.95	1	1
	Dube Civic Organisation	315	1.00	0	408	1.31	0	0
Total		31,370	100.00	19	31,214	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		31,370	96.97		31,214	96.57
Invalid/blank votes		981	3.03		1,109	3.43
Total votes		32,351	100.00		32,323	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,718	49.99		64,718	49.94

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	26,821	64.10	18	27,652	66.49	9	27
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,229	17.28	1	7,308	17.57	6	7
	Democratic Alliance	4,811	11.50	1	4,874	11.72	4	5
	Independent candidates	1,857	4.44	0				0
	Minority Front	444	1.06	0	585	1.41	1	1
	Independent Democrats	331	0.79	0	427	1.03	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	277	0.66	0	395	0.95	0	0
	Ubumbano Lwesizwe Independent Residence Association	73	0.17	0	349	0.84	0	0
Total		41,843	100.00	20	41,590	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		41,843	97.22		41,590	96.93
Invalid/blank votes		1,195	2.78		1,318	3.07
Total votes		43,038	100.00		42,908	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		77,353	55.64		77,353	55.47

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	42,800	67.13	22	45,281	70.66	15	37
	Democratic Alliance	8,489	13.31	4	9,467	14.77	4	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,829	7.57	1	4,681	7.30	3	4
	National Freedom Party	2,328	3.65	0	2,331	3.64	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,966	4.65	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,296	2.03	0	1,193	1.86	1	1
	Minority Front	645	1.01	0	667	1.04	1	1
	Congress of the People	398	0.62	0	388	0.61	0	0
	Federal Congress	7	0.01	0	77	0.12	0	0
Total		63,758	100.00	27	64,085	100.00	26	53

Valid votes		63,758	97.86		64,085	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		1,392	2.14		1,173	1.80
Total votes		65,150	100.00		65,258	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		103,240	63.11		103,240	63.21

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	52,383	62.76	22	53,912	64.55	14	36
	Democratic Alliance	15,690	18.80	4	16,708	20.01	7	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,156	6.18	1	5,350	6.41	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,852	3.42	0	3,293	3.94	2	2
	Independent candidates	5,218	6.25	2				2
	African Independent Congress	424	0.51	0	2,278	2.73	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	556	0.67	0	585	0.70	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	564	0.68	0	562	0.67	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	302	0.36	0	383	0.46	0	0
	Minority Front	185	0.22	0	219	0.26	0	0
	Democratic Liberal Congress	96	0.12	0	92	0.11	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	34	0.04	0	134	0.16	0	0
Total		83,460	100.00	29	83,516	100.00	28	57

Valid votes		83,460	97.96		83,516	97.23
Invalid/blank votes		1,736	2.04		2,376	2.77
Total votes		85,196	100.00		85,892	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		128,474	66.31		128,474	66.86

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	35,754	49.57	27	35,752	49.55	2	29
	Democratic Alliance	11,054	15.32	3	11,288	15.64	6	9
	ActionSA	5,516	7.65	0	5,812	8.05	5	5
	Independent Alliance	5,797	8.04	0	5,084	7.05	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,832	6.70	0	4,938	6.84	4	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,358	6.04	0	4,836	6.70	4	4
	African Independent Congress	1,216	1.69	0	1,343	1.86	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	640	0.89	0	579	0.80	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	476	0.66	0	534	0.74	1	1
	Abantu Batho Congress	400	0.55	0	405	0.56	0	0
	Independent candidates	792	1.10	0				0
	Al Jama-ah	322	0.45	0	385	0.53	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	299	0.41	0	394	0.55	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	221	0.31	0	215	0.30	0	0
	African People's Movement	207	0.29	0	215	0.30	0	0
	National Freedom Party	122	0.17	0	175	0.24	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	74	0.10	0	115	0.16	0	0
	African People First	55	0.08	0	84	0.12	0	0
Total		72,135	100.00	30	72,154	100.00	29	59

Valid votes		72,135	97.82		72,154	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		1,606	2.18		1,698	2.30
Total votes		73,741	100.00		73,852	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		136,781	53.91		136,781	53.99

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
11 Sep 2024^[7]	6		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

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^ Sussman, Wayne (12 September 2024). "MK wins KZN ward, falls short in others, DA paints polls blue". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 September 2024.