# Nquthu Local Municipality elections

The Nquthu Local Municipality council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 IFP won a majority of nineteen seats.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | NFP | Other | Total |
| 2000 election | 4 | 1 | - | 20 | - | 0 | 25 |
| 2006 election | 6 | 1 | - | 22 | - | 1 | 30 |
| 2011 election | 14 | 1 | - | 14 | 5 | 0 | 34 |
| 2016 election | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 2017 special election | 11 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| 2021 election | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 37 |

## December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 17,921 | 78.00 | 13 | 18,769 | 81.70 | 7 | 20 |
| | African National Congress | 3,151 | 13.71 | 0 | 3,307 | 14.40 | 4 | 4 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 628 | 2.73 | 0 | 897 | 3.90 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,277 | 5.56 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22,977 | 100.00 | 13 | 22,973 | 100.00 | 12 | 25 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,977 | 97.59 | | 22,973 | 97.67 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 567 | 2.41 | | 549 | 2.33 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 23,544 | 100.00 | | 23,522 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 45,302 | 51.97 | | 45,302 | 51.92 | | |

## March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 23,660 | 74.53 | 14 | 23,429 | 73.81 | 8 | 22 |
| | African National Congress | 5,908 | 18.61 | 1 | 6,026 | 18.98 | 5 | 6 |
| | National Democratic Convention | 1,136 | 3.58 | 0 | 1,169 | 3.68 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,043 | 3.29 | 0 | 1,118 | 3.52 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 31,747 | 100.00 | 15 | 31,742 | 100.00 | 15 | 30 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,747 | 97.91 | | 31,742 | 97.84 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 679 | 2.09 | | 702 | 2.16 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 32,426 | 100.00 | | 32,444 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 58,210 | 55.71 | | 58,210 | 55.74 | | |

## May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 15,648 | 39.50 | 7 | 16,374 | 41.21 | 7 | 14 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 15,910 | 40.16 | 8 | 15,886 | 39.99 | 6 | 14 |
| | National Freedom Party | 6,513 | 16.44 | 2 | 6,372 | 16.04 | 3 | 5 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 706 | 1.78 | 0 | 620 | 1.56 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 486 | 1.23 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 206 | 0.52 | 0 | 175 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| | Royal Loyal Progress | 80 | 0.20 | 0 | 185 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 |
| | Federal Congress | 65 | 0.16 | 0 | 117 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 39,614 | 100.00 | 17 | 39,729 | 100.00 | 17 | 34 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 39,614 | 98.36 | | 39,729 | 98.14 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 662 | 1.64 | | 754 | 1.86 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 40,276 | 100.00 | | 40,483 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 65,776 | 61.23 | | 65,776 | 61.55 | | |

## August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 19,099 | 43.60 | 10 | 19,554 | 44.59 | 5 | 15 |
| | African National Congress | 17,821 | 40.68 | 7 | 19,018 | 43.37 | 7 | 14 |
| | National Freedom Party | 2,203 | 5.03 | 0 | 3,021 | 6.89 | 2 | 2 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,321 | 3.02 | 0 | 1,313 | 2.99 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,479 | 5.66 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 884 | 2.02 | 0 | 948 | 2.16 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 43,807 | 100.00 | 17 | 43,854 | 100.00 | 16 | 33 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,807 | 98.04 | | 43,854 | 97.93 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 878 | 1.96 | | 929 | 2.07 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 44,685 | 100.00 | | 44,783 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 77,097 | 57.96 | | 77,097 | 58.09 | | |

### February 2017 special election

By February 2017, the Nquthu Local Municipality had failed to form a council and appoint a mayor. The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube dissolved the then elected members positions on 9 February 2017, effective from 23 February with elections to be held 25 May 2017. A coalition of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held the majority control by one seat over the ANC's coalition of seventeen seats. The DA and IFP blamed the ANC for the lack of progress. The DA would welcome the MEC's decision but the IFP was not happy about it.
In the special election held on 25 May 2017, the IFP won a majority of 58% of the vote and 19 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 27,768 | 28,086 | 55,854 | 58.0 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| | African National Congress | 15,751 | 15,735 | 31,486 | 32.7 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,354 | 1,272 | 2,626 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | National Freedom Party | 1,075 | 1,039 | 2,114 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | DA | 586 | 579 | 1,165 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | AIC | 489 | 414 | 903 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Forum 4 Service Delivery | 311 | 268 | 579 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | APC | 161 | 172 | 333 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Black First Land First | 144 | 114 | 258 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Religious Freedom Party | 131 | 122 | 253 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Academic Congress Union | 98 | 100 | 198 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Peoples Ambassadors | 109 | 82 | 191 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Convention | 88 | 57 | 145 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 69 | 51 | 120 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 48,134 | 48,091 | 96,225 | 100.0 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Spoilt votes | Spoilt votes | 610 | 633 | 1,243 |

## November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 20,789 | 49.25 | 14 | 21,665 | 51.03 | 5 | 19 |
| | African National Congress | 15,222 | 36.06 | 5 | 15,385 | 36.23 | 9 | 14 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 3,030 | 7.18 | 0 | 2,955 | 6.96 | 3 | 3 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 741 | 1.76 | 0 | 779 | 1.83 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 704 | 1.67 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 355 | 0.84 | 0 | 342 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 298 | 0.71 | 0 | 312 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 |
| | Future Generation Congress | 223 | 0.53 | 0 | 190 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 169 | 0.40 | 0 | 195 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Peoples Ambassadors | 126 | 0.30 | 0 | 140 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 135 | 0.32 | 0 | 103 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Movement | 115 | 0.27 | 0 | 108 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Party | 112 | 0.27 | 0 | 87 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| | Forum for Service Delivery | 77 | 0.18 | 0 | 79 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 73 | 0.17 | 0 | 68 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Christian Democratic Party | 42 | 0.10 | 0 | 51 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 42,211 | 100.00 | 19 | 42,459 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,211 | 98.61 | | 42,459 | 98.52 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 593 | 1.39 | | 637 | 1.48 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 42,804 | 100.00 | | 43,096 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 80,324 | 53.29 | | 80,324 | 53.65 | | |