Msunduzi Local Municipality elections
The Msunduzi Local Municipality council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards , while the remaining forty 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of forty seats.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[ 1]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 58,565 56.54 23 58,605 56.47 18 41 Democratic Alliance 24,425 23.58 9 24,674 23.77 8 17 Inkatha Freedom Party 18,431 17.79 5 18,134 17.47 8 13 Minority Front 1,087 1.05 0 917 0.88 1 1 African Christian Democratic Party 268 0.26 0 1,457 1.40 1 1 Independent candidates 801 0.77 0 0 Total 103,577 100.00 37 103,787 100.00 36 73 Valid votes 103,577 97.93 103,787 98.21 Invalid/blank votes 2,194 2.07 1,897 1.79 Total votes 105,771 100.00 105,684 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 220,082 48.06 220,082 48.02
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[ 2]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 68,863 62.92 26 72,548 66.32 22 48 Democratic Alliance 17,048 15.58 6 16,948 15.49 6 12 Inkatha Freedom Party 15,236 13.92 5 16,003 14.63 6 11 Independent candidates 4,784 4.37 0 0 African Christian Democratic Party 1,497 1.37 0 1,770 1.62 1 1 Minority Front 1,189 1.09 0 1,273 1.16 1 1 National Democratic Convention 747 0.68 0 851 0.78 0 0 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 89 0.08 0 0 Total 109,453 100.00 37 109,393 100.00 36 73 Valid votes 109,453 97.92 109,393 98.22 Invalid/blank votes 2,329 2.08 1,980 1.78 Total votes 111,782 100.00 111,373 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 233,512 47.87 233,512 47.69
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[ 3]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 107,441 62.39 28 116,571 68.35 21 49 Democratic Alliance 32,481 18.86 9 33,244 19.49 6 15 National Freedom Party 8,690 5.05 0 8,884 5.21 4 4 Inkatha Freedom Party 7,952 4.62 0 8,144 4.78 4 4 Independent candidates 12,160 7.06 0 0 Minority Front 1,221 0.71 0 1,212 0.71 1 1 African Christian Democratic Party 992 0.58 0 1,245 0.73 0 0 Azanian People's Organisation 523 0.30 0 590 0.35 0 0 Congress of the People 461 0.27 0 484 0.28 0 0 National Democratic Convention 296 0.17 0 171 0.10 0 0 Total 172,217 100.00 37 170,545 100.00 36 73 Valid votes 172,217 98.06 170,545 97.67 Invalid/blank votes 3,409 1.94 4,073 2.33 Total votes 175,626 100.00 174,618 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 282,708 62.12 282,708 61.77
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[ 4]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 147,297 66.00 30 146,938 66.18 22 52 Democratic Alliance 42,732 19.15 9 42,865 19.30 6 15 Inkatha Freedom Party 14,886 6.67 0 14,712 6.63 5 5 Economic Freedom Fighters 9,344 4.19 0 8,927 4.02 3 3 African Independent Congress 1,582 0.71 0 4,848 2.18 1 1 Independent candidates 4,034 1.81 0 0 African Christian Democratic Party 913 0.41 0 946 0.43 1 1 Al Jama-ah 908 0.41 0 653 0.29 1 1 African People's Convention 457 0.20 0 773 0.35 0 0 Minority Front 623 0.28 0 585 0.26 0 0 Peoples Alliance 146 0.07 0 266 0.12 0 0 Congress of the People 126 0.06 0 277 0.12 0 0 Azanian People's Organisation 117 0.05 0 254 0.11 0 0 Total 223,165 100.00 39 222,044 100.00 39 78 Valid votes 223,165 98.07 222,044 98.02 Invalid/blank votes 4,399 1.93 4,474 1.98 Total votes 227,564 100.00 226,518 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 340,998 66.73 340,998 66.43
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[ 5]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 74,238 47.16 29 77,703 49.48 11 40 Democratic Alliance 30,074 19.10 10 30,697 19.55 6 16 Economic Freedom Fighters 18,262 11.60 0 18,673 11.89 10 10 Inkatha Freedom Party 13,271 8.43 1 15,270 9.72 7 8 Independent candidates 7,716 4.90 1 1 Abantu Batho Congress 2,914 1.85 0 2,614 1.66 2 2 African Independent Congress 1,793 1.14 0 1,728 1.10 1 1 Patriotic Alliance 1,537 0.98 0 1,454 0.93 1 1 African Christian Democratic Party 1,006 0.64 0 1,159 0.74 1 1 Justice and Employment Party 803 0.51 0 1,111 0.71 1 1 National Freedom Party 869 0.55 0 777 0.49 0 0 Devoted Citizens of Msunduzi 579 0.37 0 933 0.59 0 0 African Transformation Movement 533 0.34 0 738 0.47 0 0 Al Jama-ah 502 0.32 0 435 0.28 0 0 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 459 0.29 0 461 0.29 0 0 United Independent Movement 447 0.28 0 462 0.29 0 0 Freedom Front Plus 354 0.22 0 449 0.29 0 0 Minority Front 367 0.23 0 376 0.24 0 0 Azanian People's Organisation 346 0.22 0 314 0.20 0 0 KZN Independence 202 0.13 0 425 0.27 0 0 African People's Convention 311 0.20 0 159 0.10 0 0 Black First Land First 126 0.08 0 205 0.13 0 0 Spectrum National Party 154 0.10 0 160 0.10 0 0 African Mantungwa Community 129 0.08 0 163 0.10 0 0 United Democratic Movement 16 0.01 0 256 0.16 0 0 African People's Movement 178 0.11 0 92 0.06 0 0 African People First 110 0.07 0 139 0.09 0 0 People's Revolutionary Movement 132 0.08 0 84 0.05 0 0 Total 157,428 100.00 41 157,037 100.00 40 81 Valid votes 157,428 97.78 157,037 97.10 Invalid/blank votes 3,570 2.22 4,697 2.90 Total votes 160,998 100.00 161,734 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 339,257 47.46 339,257 47.67
By-elections from November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.[ 6]
In ward 28, a safe Democratic Alliance (DA) seat, the DA councillor, Lucky Naicker, had his membership of the party terminated for sexual harassment. In the resulting by-election, Naicker stood as an independent, but the new DA candidate retained the seat for the party, winning 62% of the ward votes.[ 9]
The by-election in ward 2 on 8 March 2023, held after the death of the ANC councillor, saw a large swing to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). After the 2021 election, the ANC retained control of the council with the support of the African Independent Congress . With the loss of a further seat, it will now need to rely on the Patriotic Alliance as well to retain control. In the ward 25 by-election on the same day, held after the councillor took up a vacancy in parliament, the DA retained the seat.[ 10]
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