Nongoma Local Municipality elections

The Nongoma Local Municipality council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council. The party lost its majority in the election of 1 November 2021, obtaining a plurality of twenty-one seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	NFP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	0	-	37	-	-	38
2006 election	2	1	-	35	-	0	38
2011 election	6	0	-	17	19	0	42
2016 election	13	5	2	22	-	0	42
2021 election	8	0	2	21	13	1	45

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	34,681	96.49	19	34,906	96.94	18	37
	African National Congress	788	2.19	0	676	1.88	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	475	1.32	0	427	1.19	0	0
Total		35,944	100.00	19	36,009	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		35,944	98.75		36,009	98.82
Invalid/blank votes		454	1.25		429	1.18
Total votes		36,398	100.00		36,438	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		66,538	54.70		66,538	54.76

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	39,163	93.64	19	38,983	92.93	16	35
	African National Congress	1,869	4.47	0	2,254	5.37	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	773	1.85	0	460	1.10	1	1
	National Democratic Convention	18	0.04	0	252	0.60	0	0
Total		41,823	100.00	19	41,949	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		41,823	98.09		41,949	98.38
Invalid/blank votes		813	1.91		689	1.62
Total votes		42,636	100.00		42,638	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,517	58.79		72,517	58.80

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	National Freedom Party	23,079	44.49	13	22,984	44.14	6	19
	Inkatha Freedom Party	21,138	40.75	8	21,277	40.86	9	17
	African National Congress	6,807	13.12	0	7,435	14.28	6	6
	Independent candidates	675	1.30	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	179	0.35	0	380	0.73	0	0
Total		51,878	100.00	21	52,076	100.00	21	42

Valid votes		51,878	98.53		52,076	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		773	1.47		712	1.35
Total votes		52,651	100.00		52,788	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		81,552	64.56		81,552	64.73

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	29,104	53.19	21	29,073	52.73	1	22
	African National Congress	17,020	31.11	0	16,861	30.58	13	13
	Democratic Alliance	6,559	11.99	0	7,473	13.55	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,970	3.60	0	1,725	3.13	2	2
	Independent candidates	61	0.11	0				0
Total		54,714	100.00	21	55,132	100.00	21	42

Valid votes		54,714	98.29		55,132	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		954	1.71		627	1.12
Total votes		55,668	100.00		55,759	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		96,207	57.86		96,207	57.96

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	22,376	45.08	20	23,568	47.12	1	21
	National Freedom Party	14,557	29.33	3	14,819	29.62	10	13
	African National Congress	8,453	17.03	0	8,411	16.81	8	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,922	3.87	0	1,885	3.77	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,059	2.13	0				0
	National People's Front	423	0.85	0	509	1.02	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	323	0.65	0	326	0.65	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	301	0.61	0	306	0.61	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	133	0.27	0	91	0.18	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	51	0.10	0	49	0.10	0	0
	African People's Movement	39	0.08	0	58	0.12	0	0
Total		49,637	100.00	23	50,022	100.00	22	45

Valid votes		49,637	98.64		50,022	98.63
Invalid/blank votes		684	1.36		697	1.37
Total votes		50,321	100.00		50,719	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		98,137	51.28		98,137	51.68

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
5 April 2023[6]	6		Inkatha Freedom Party		Inkatha Freedom Party

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