Nkandla Local Municipality elections

The Nkandla Local Municipality council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.

Results[edit]

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

Event	ANC	IFP	Other
2000 election	1	25	1
2006 election	4	23	0
2011 election	11	13	3
2016 election	12	15	0
2021 election	10	16	1

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	22,271	90.05	13	23,409	94.45	12	25
	African National Congress	1,285	5.20	0	1,376	5.55	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,176	4.75	1				1
Total		24,732	100.00	14	24,785	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		24,732	98.56		24,785	98.38
Invalid/blank votes		362	1.44		409	1.62
Total votes		25,094	100.00		25,194	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,835	55.97		44,835	56.19

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	22,339	84.88	14	22,419	85.19	9	23
	African National Congress	3,131	11.90	0	3,267	12.41	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	263	1.00	0	286	1.09	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	164	0.62	0	345	1.31	0	0
	Independent candidates	422	1.60	0				0
Total		26,319	100.00	14	26,317	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		26,319	98.37		26,317	98.39
Invalid/blank votes		437	1.63		431	1.61
Total votes		26,756	100.00		26,748	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,049	56.87		47,049	56.85

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	13,739	46.39	8	13,619	45.96	5	13
	African National Congress	12,084	40.81	6	12,320	41.58	5	11
	National Freedom Party	3,791	12.80	0	3,691	12.46	3	3
Total		29,614	100.00	14	29,630	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		29,614	98.24		29,630	98.42
Invalid/blank votes		530	1.76		477	1.58
Total votes		30,144	100.00		30,107	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,242	61.22		49,242	61.14

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	20,150	53.76	11	20,368	54.24	4	15
	African National Congress	16,521	44.08	3	16,676	44.41	9	12
	Economic Freedom Fighters	337	0.90	0	255	0.68	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	301	0.80	0	252	0.67	0	0
	Independent candidates	169	0.45	0				0
Total		37,478	100.00	14	37,551	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		37,478	98.60		37,551	98.67
Invalid/blank votes		533	1.40		506	1.33
Total votes		38,011	100.00		38,057	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,706	65.87		57,706	65.95

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	18,429	55.82	12	19,205	58.37	4	16
	African National Congress	11,268	34.13	2	11,460	34.83	8	10
	Independent candidates	1,809	5.48	0				0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	876	2.65	0	811	2.47	1	1
	KZN Independence				687	2.09	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	259	0.78	0	329	1.00	0	0
	National Freedom Party	133	0.40	0	141	0.43	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	121	0.37	0	139	0.42	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	112	0.34	0	100	0.30	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	6	0.02	0	28	0.09	0	0
Total		33,013	100.00	14	32,900	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		33,013	98.76		32,900	98.41
Invalid/blank votes		413	1.24		530	1.59
Total votes		33,426	100.00		33,430	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,837	55.86		59,837	55.87

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

19 July 2023^[6]	6		Inkatha Freedom Party		Inkatha Freedom Party