Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality elections

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council was established in 2016,[1] and consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 44 seats.

## Results

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

Event  | ANC | DA | EFF | UDM | Other  | Total

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2016 election | 50 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 68
2021 election | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 68

## August 2016 election

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Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[2]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 48,234| 74.29| 32| 47,997| 73.33| 18| 50
| Democratic Alliance| 8,399| 12.94| 2| 8,710| 13.31| 7| 9
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 5,119| 7.88| 0| 5,142| 7.86| 6| 6
| United Front of the Eastern Cape| 1,085| 1.67| 0| 1,111| 1.70| 1| 1
| United Democratic Movement| 704| 1.08| 0| 954| 1.46| 1| 1
| Congress of the People| 630| 0.97| 0| 840| 1.28| 1| 1
| Independent Ratepayers Association of SA| 353| 0.54| 0| 218| 0.33| 0| 0
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania| 152| 0.23| 0| 336| 0.51| 0| 0
| Freedom Front Plus| 140| 0.22| 0| 142| 0.22| 0| 0
| Independent candidates| 111| 0.17| 0| | 0
Total| 64,927| 100.00| 34| 65,450| 100.00| 34| 68
Valid votes| 64,927| 98.53| | 65,450| 98.49| |
Invalid/blank votes| 966| 1.47| | 1,003| 1.51| |
Total votes| 65,893| 100.00| | 66,453| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 123,599| 53.31| | 123,599| 53.76| |

## November 2021 election

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Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[3]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 33,057| 60.53| 32| 34,676| 63.81| 12| 44
| Democratic Alliance| 5,939| 10.88| 1| 5,700| 10.49| 6| 7
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 3,997| 7.32| 0| 4,565| 8.40| 6| 6
| The Independents| 3,033| 5.55| 0| 4,196| 7.72| 5| 5
| Independent candidates| 5,521| 10.11| 1| | 1
| Independent South African National Civic Organisation| 666| 1.22| 0| 2,323| 4.27| 2| 2
| United Democratic Movement| 569| 1.04| 0| 738| 1.36| 1| 1
| Patriotic Alliance| 582| 1.07| 0| 560| 1.03| 1| 1
| African Transformation Movement| 353| 0.65| 0| 549| 1.01| 1| 1
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania| 320| 0.59| 0| 386| 0.71| 0| 0
| Congress of the People| 290| 0.53| 0| 251| 0.46| 0| 0
| Freedom Front Plus| 160| 0.29| 0| 153| 0.28| 0| 0
| Progressive Front of South Africa| 92| 0.17| 0| 140| 0.26| 0| 0
| African Multicultural Economic Congress| 30| 0.05| 0| 104| 0.19| 0| 0
Total| 54,609| 100.00| 34| 54,341| 100.00| 34| 68
Valid votes| 54,609| 97.95| | 54,341| 97.38| |
Invalid/blank votes| 1,144| 2.05| | 1,463| 2.62| |
Total votes| 55,753| 100.00| | 55,804| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 118,637| 46.99| | 118,637| 47.04| |

### By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.[4]

Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor

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20 April 2022  | 33  |  | African National Congress |  | Independent candidate
30 November 2022  | 33  |  | Independent candidate |  | African National Congress
23 August 2023[5] | 25  |  | African National Congress |  | African National Congress
4 Dec 2024[6] | 31  |  | African National Congress |  | African National Congress

A by-election was held in ward 33 on 20 April 2022 after the court ordered a rerun due to irregularities. Independent candidate Ntombekhaya Kortman, who had lost by 4 votes in 2021, won the rerun. Kortman died later that year after an illness, and in a by-election held on 30 November, the ANC regained the seat.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
4. ^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa".
5. ^ Sussman, Wayne (24 August 2023). "August by-elections: ANC, DA record EC, Joburg victories". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
6. ^ Sussman, Wayne (5 December 2024). "Wednesday by-elections: Solid IFP win, shaky MK showing in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
7. ^ Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC has strong showing but loses a seat to IFP in KZN contests". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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