Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality elections

The Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	–	28	13	–	–	16	0	58
2006 election	1	–	39	7	–	1	9	1	58
2011 election	0	–	41	11	–	0	3	3	58
2016 election	–	2	47	14	2	1	5	0	71
2021 election	1	1	37	14	7	1	8	2	71

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	21,099	47.80	16	21,016	47.59	12	28
	Inkatha Freedom Party	12,194	27.62	6	12,012	27.20	10	16
	Democratic Alliance	9,325	21.12	7	9,996	22.64	6	13
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,134	2.57	0	1,135	2.57	1	1
	Independent candidates	392	0.89	0				0
Total		44,144	100.00	29	44,159	100.00	29	58
Valid votes		44,144	97.50		44,159	97.33
Invalid/blank votes		1,130	2.50		1,211	2.67
Total votes		45,274	100.00		45,370	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		95,504	47.41		95,504	47.51

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	36,049	66.47	23	36,565	67.39	16	39
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,688	16.02	1	8,663	15.97	8	9
	Democratic Alliance	6,742	12.43	5	6,789	12.51	2	7
	African Christian Democratic Party	851	1.57	0	821	1.51	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	442	0.82	0	667	1.23	1	1
	Minority Front	497	0.92	0	587	1.08	1	1
	Independent candidates	903	1.67	0				0
	Independent Heritage South Party	13	0.02	0	165	0.30	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	46	0.08	0				0
Total		54,231	100.00	29	54,257	100.00	29	58
Valid votes		54,231	98.15		54,257	98.06
Invalid/blank votes		1,020	1.85		1,071	1.94
Total votes		55,251	100.00		55,328	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		105,589	52.33		105,589	52.40

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	54,658	69.93	21	55,515	70.52	20	41
	Democratic Alliance	14,580	18.65	8	14,769	18.76	3	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,526	5.79	0	4,539	5.77	3	3
	National Freedom Party	2,347	3.00	0	2,189	2.78	2	2
	Congress of the People	608	0.78	0	615	0.78	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	375	0.48	0	442	0.56	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	356	0.46	0	311	0.40	0	0
	Minority Front	217	0.28	0	197	0.25	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	219	0.28	0	140	0.18	0	0
	Independent candidates	278	0.36	0				0
Total		78,164	100.00	29	78,717	100.00	29	58
Valid votes		78,164	98.41		78,717	98.75
Invalid/blank votes		1,263	1.59		1,000	1.25
Total votes		79,427	100.00		79,717	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		124,629	63.73		124,629	63.96

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	68,387	66.73	27	67,021	65.83	20	47
	Democratic Alliance	20,082	19.60	9	20,075	19.72	5	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,850	7.66	0	7,431	7.30	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,380	3.30	0	3,335	3.28	2	2
	African Independent Congress	797	0.78	0	3,216	3.16	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,359	1.33	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	623	0.61	0	729	0.72	1	1
Total		102,478	100.00	36	101,807	100.00	35	71
Valid votes		102,478	98.14		101,807	97.91
Invalid/blank votes		1,937	1.86		2,171	2.09
Total votes		104,415	100.00		103,978	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		170,849	61.12		170,849	60.86

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	41,660	51.92	25	41,279	51.63	12	37
	Democratic Alliance	15,895	19.81	10	15,783	19.74	4	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,912	11.11	1	9,017	11.28	7	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,843	9.78	0	8,137	10.18	7	7
	Freedom Front Plus	1,254	1.56	0	1,144	1.43	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,772	2.21	0				0
	African Independent Congress				1,307	1.63	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	616	0.77	0	653	0.82	1	1
	Justice and Employment Party	454	0.57	0	576	0.72	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	467	0.58	0	546	0.68	1	1
	People's Freedom Party	358	0.45	0	329	0.41	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	313	0.39	0	295	0.37	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	164	0.20	0	198	0.25	0	0
	National Freedom Party	166	0.21	0	168	0.21	0	0
	Spectrum National Party	147	0.18	0	109	0.14	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	135	0.17	0	93	0.12	0	0
	African People's Movement	52	0.06	0	108	0.14	0	0
	United Independent Movement	23	0.03	0	111	0.14	0	0
	National Religious Freedom Party				55	0.07	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	4	0.00	0	48	0.06	0	0
Total		80,235	100.00	36	79,956	100.00	35	71
Valid votes		80,235	98.30		79,956	98.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,390	1.70		1,632	2.00
Total votes		81,625	100.00		81,588	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		170,946	47.75		170,946	47.73

By-elections from November 2021

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
8 Mar 2023	24		African National Congress		African National Congress
13 Dec 2023	23		African National Congress		African National Congress

In a ward 24 by-election, held on 8 March 2023 after the resignation of the ANC councillor, the ANC retained the ward in spite of a large swing to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).