# Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality elections

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council was established in 2016, 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

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | UDM | Other | Total |
| 2016 election | 50 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 68 |
| 2021 election | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 68 |

## 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 |
| | 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 | Total | 64,927 | 100.00 | 34 | 65,450 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 64,927 | 98.53 | | 65,450 | 98.49 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 966 | 1.47 | | 1,003 | 1.51 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 65,893 | 100.00 | | 66,453 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 123,599 | 53.31 | | 123,599 | 53.76 | | |

## 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 |
| | 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 | Total | 54,609 | 100.00 | 34 | 54,341 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 54,609 | 97.95 | | 54,341 | 97.38 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,144 | 2.05 | | 1,463 | 2.62 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 55,753 | 100.00 | | 55,804 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 118,637 | 46.99 | | 118,637 | 47.04 | | |

### By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 20 April 2022 | 33 | African National Congress | Independent candidate |
| 30 November 2022 | 33 | Independent candidate | African National Congress |
| 23 August 2023 | 25 | African National Congress | African National Congress |
| 4 Dec 2024 | 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.