Umzumbe Local Municipality elections

The Umzumbe Local Municipality council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-one seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	12	2	-	23	0	37
2006 election	20	1	-	16	0	37
2011 election	26	1	-	2	9	38
2016 election	30	1	1	6	1	39
2021 election	21	0	2	14	2	39

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	18,737	60.56	18	18,956	61.13	5	23
	African National Congress	10,348	33.44	1	10,364	33.42	11	12
	Democratic Alliance	1,654	5.35	0	1,688	5.44	2	2
	Independent candidates	203	0.66	0				0
Total		30,942	100.00	19	31,008	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		30,942	96.90		31,008	97.29
Invalid/blank votes		990	3.10		865	2.71
Total votes		31,932	100.00		31,873	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,479	49.52		64,479	49.43

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	19,191	54.70	14	19,595	55.86	6	20
	Inkatha Freedom Party	14,733	42.00	5	14,648	41.76	11	16
	Democratic Alliance	661	1.88	0	834	2.38	1	1
	Independent candidates	497	1.42	0				0
Total		35,082	100.00	19	35,077	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		35,082	97.39		35,077	97.29
Invalid/blank votes		942	2.61		978	2.71
Total votes		36,024	100.00		36,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		68,248	52.78		68,248	52.83

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	29,210	70.26	18	29,802	68.53	8	26
	National Freedom Party	9,412	22.64	0	7,442	17.11	8	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party				4,605	10.59	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	815	1.96	0	579	1.33	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,110	2.67	1				1
	African People's Convention	474	1.14	0	472	1.09	0	0
	Congress of the People	434	1.04	0	405	0.93	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	119	0.29	0	180	0.41	0	0
Total		41,574	100.00	19	43,485	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		41,574	93.45		43,485	97.10
Invalid/blank votes		2,912	6.55		1,299	2.90
Total votes		44,486	100.00		44,784	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,021	60.92		73,021	61.33

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	32,816	74.87	20	33,309	76.27	10	30
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,500	17.11	0	7,097	16.25	6	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,415	3.23	0	1,584	3.63	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	685	1.56	0	661	1.51	1	1
	African People's Convention	587	1.34	0	628	1.44	1	1
	Strength of Humanity	320	0.73	0	392	0.90	0	0
	Independent candidates	509	1.16	0				0
Total		43,832	100.00	20	43,671	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		43,832	97.24		43,671	97.14
Invalid/blank votes		1,244	2.76		1,284	2.86
Total votes		45,076	100.00		44,955	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		78,227	57.62		78,227	57.47

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	20,335	53.10	15	20,544	53.48	6	21
	Inkatha Freedom Party	12,875	33.62	5	13,134	34.19	9	14
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,040	5.33	0	2,095	5.45	2	2
	African People's Movement	1,316	3.44	0	1,096	2.85	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	256	0.67	0	266	0.69	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	237	0.62	0	238	0.62	0	0
	African People's Convention	195	0.51	0	260	0.68	0	0
	National Freedom Party	133	0.35	0	266	0.69	0	0
	Independent candidates	335	0.87	0				0
	National Religious Freedom Party	127	0.33	0	112	0.29	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	126	0.33	0	100	0.26	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	112	0.29	0	113	0.29	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	120	0.31	0	103	0.27	0	0
	Democratic People's Congress	91	0.24	0	89	0.23	0	0
Total		38,298	100.00	20	38,416	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		38,298	97.92		38,416	98.03
Invalid/blank votes		815	2.08		771	1.97
Total votes		39,113	100.00		39,187	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		76,706	50.99		76,706	51.09

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

Date	Ward
19 Jun 2024^[7]	1	African National Congress	African National Congress
19 Jun 2024^[7]	2	African National Congress	Inkatha Freedom Party
19 Jun 2024^[7]	3	African National Congress	African National Congress
19 Jun 2024^[7]	4	African National Congress	Inkatha Freedom Party
19 Jun 2024^[7]	11	African National Congress	uMkhonto weSizwe
19 Jun 2024^[7]	19	African National Congress	Inkatha Freedom Party

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^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sussman, Wayne (18 June 2024). "IFP wins big in uMzumbe, MK party gets first ward councillor". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 20 June 2024.