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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[edit]

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

December 2000 election[edit]

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[1]

Party Ward List Total
seats
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[edit]

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[2]

Party Ward List Total
seats
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[edit]

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

Party Ward List Total
seats
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[edit]

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

Party Ward List Total
seats
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[edit]

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

Party Ward List Total
seats
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[edit]

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.[7]

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.[8]

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