Jozini Local Municipality elections

The Jozini Local Municipality council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-four seats.

Results

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

Event ANC DA EFF IFP Other Total
2000 election 5 - - 27 0 32
2006 election 8 1 - 24 0 33
2011 election 20 0 - 16 4 40
2016 election 19 1 1 18 1 40
2021 election 16 0 2 24 3 45

December 2000 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party25,18284.781525,24484.841227
African National Congress4,44214.9514,51115.1645
Independent candidates790.2700
Total29,703100.001629,755100.001632
Valid votes29,70397.4729,75597.58
Invalid/blank votes7722.537382.42
Total votes30,475100.0030,493100.00
Registered voters/turnout55,91054.5155,91054.54

March 2006 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party26,65273.371626,66273.43824
African National Congress8,82824.3019,01224.8278
Democratic Alliance6591.8106371.7511
Independent candidates1860.5100
Total36,325100.001736,311100.001633
Valid votes36,32598.0636,31198.14
Invalid/blank votes7201.946881.86
Total votes37,045100.0036,999100.00
Registered voters/turnout64,95357.0364,95356.96

May 2011 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress24,44849.571324,70450.11720
Inkatha Freedom Party19,61839.78719,41339.38916
National Freedom Party4,8749.8804,6899.5144
Democratic Alliance590.1202780.5600
African Christian Democratic Party2180.440960.1900
Federal Congress530.110800.1600
South African Democratic Congress60.010390.0800
Independent candidates430.0900
Total49,319100.002049,299100.002040
Valid votes49,31998.8649,29998.74
Invalid/blank votes5691.146301.26
Total votes49,888100.0049,929100.00
Registered voters/turnout79,14363.0479,14363.09

August 2016 election

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress28,35246.761029,67648.99919
Inkatha Freedom Party27,77445.81928,20146.56918
Economic Freedom Fighters1,2422.0501,1731.9411
Independent candidates2,3033.8011
Democratic Alliance9351.5408861.4611
Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters4200.6900
Christian Democratic Party270.0402150.3500
Total60,633100.002060,571100.002040
Valid votes60,63398.5160,57198.37
Invalid/blank votes9201.491,0011.63
Total votes61,553100.0061,572100.00
Registered voters/turnout95,44564.4995,44564.51

August 2016 to November 2021 by-elections

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The IFP, DA and EFF later gained an outright majority following a by-election held on 4 April 2018 in which a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[5] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party Ward PR list Total
Inkatha Freedom Party 10 9 19
African National Congress 9 9 18
DA 0 1 1
Economic Freedom Fighters 0 1 1
Independent 1 1
Total 20 20 40

November 2021 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party31,07350.561932,55653.64524
African National Congress20,73933.74222,25336.661416
Economic Freedom Fighters2,6174.2602,8844.7522
Independent candidates5,4858.9222
Academic Congress Union9811.6211
Democratic Alliance3400.5503480.5700
National Freedom Party2900.4703560.5900
United Christian Democratic Party2640.4302440.4000
Independent Alliance560.0904210.6900
African Transformation Movement1900.3102240.3700
Abantu Batho Congress1230.2001380.2300
United Democratic Movement1030.1701050.1700
African Christian Democratic Party640.100940.1500
National People's Front780.130480.0800
Black First Land First310.050210.0300
Democratic Union Plus90.010200.0300
Total61,462100.002360,693100.002245
Valid votes61,46298.7460,69397.83
Invalid/blank votes7841.261,3442.17
Total votes62,246100.0062,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout103,71260.02103,71259.82

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ "BREAKING: ANC loses to IFP in Jozini by-election". Zululand Observer. 5 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.