# UMdoni Local Municipality elections

The uMdoni 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | AJ | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | MF | Other |
| 2000 election | - | 6 | 4 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 election | - | 9 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 election | - | 12 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 election | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 2021 election | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 |

## 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 |
| | African National Congress | 4,075 | 32.09 | 5 | 4,007 | 31.66 | 1 | 6 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 3,647 | 28.72 | 2 | 3,678 | 29.06 | 3 | 5 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,711 | 21.35 | 2 | 2,904 | 22.94 | 2 | 4 |
| | Ratepayers and Residents Party Simunye | 1,668 | 13.13 | 0 | 1,444 | 11.41 | 2 | 2 |
| | Minority Front | 598 | 4.71 | 0 | 625 | 4.94 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 12,699 | 100.00 | 9 | 12,658 | 100.00 | 9 | 18 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,699 | 97.27 | | 12,658 | 97.20 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 357 | 2.73 | | 365 | 2.80 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 13,056 | 100.00 | | 13,023 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 29,549 | 44.18 | | 29,549 | 44.07 | | |

## 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 |
| | African National Congress | 7,828 | 53.55 | 7 | 7,781 | 53.29 | 2 | 9 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 2,510 | 17.17 | 0 | 2,488 | 17.04 | 3 | 3 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,278 | 15.58 | 2 | 2,280 | 15.62 | 1 | 3 |
| | Minority Front | 1,441 | 9.86 | 0 | 1,433 | 9.81 | 2 | 2 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 561 | 3.84 | 0 | 619 | 4.24 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 14,618 | 100.00 | 9 | 14,601 | 100.00 | 9 | 18 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 14,618 | 97.79 | | 14,601 | 97.55 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 330 | 2.21 | | 367 | 2.45 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 14,948 | 100.00 | | 14,968 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 32,452 | 46.06 | | 32,452 | 46.12 | | |

## 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 | 14,847 | 62.57 | 8 | 15,162 | 63.81 | 4 | 12 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 4,753 | 20.03 | 1 | 4,824 | 20.30 | 3 | 4 |
| | Minority Front | 1,593 | 6.71 | 1 | 1,500 | 6.31 | 0 | 1 |
| | National Freedom Party | 1,328 | 5.60 | 0 | 1,233 | 5.19 | 1 | 1 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 695 | 2.93 | 0 | 681 | 2.87 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 281 | 1.18 | 0 | 235 | 0.99 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 107 | 0.45 | 0 | 128 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 126 | 0.53 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 23,730 | 100.00 | 10 | 23,763 | 100.00 | 9 | 19 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 23,730 | 98.42 | | 23,763 | 98.42 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 381 | 1.58 | | 381 | 1.58 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 24,111 | 100.00 | | 24,144 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 38,411 | 62.77 | | 38,411 | 62.86 | | |

## 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 | 24,471 | 58.20 | 16 | 25,959 | 61.87 | 7 | 23 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 7,210 | 17.15 | 2 | 7,487 | 17.84 | 5 | 7 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 3,798 | 9.03 | 0 | 3,763 | 8.97 | 3 | 3 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,321 | 3.14 | 0 | 1,319 | 3.14 | 1 | 1 |
| | Allied Movement for Change | 1,274 | 3.03 | 1 | 1,106 | 2.64 | 0 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,938 | 4.61 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Independent Congress | 694 | 1.65 | 0 | 887 | 2.11 | 1 | 1 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 687 | 1.63 | 0 | 648 | 1.54 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 470 | 1.12 | 0 | 568 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 183 | 0.44 | 0 | 221 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 42,046 | 100.00 | 19 | 41,958 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,046 | 97.21 | | 41,958 | 96.96 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,207 | 2.79 | | 1,314 | 3.04 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 43,253 | 100.00 | | 43,272 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 71,880 | 60.17 | | 71,880 | 60.20 | | |

## 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 | 15,122 | 44.37 | 15 | 14,955 | 43.93 | 2 | 17 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 6,043 | 17.73 | 4 | 6,150 | 18.06 | 3 | 7 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 4,605 | 13.51 | 0 | 4,948 | 14.53 | 5 | 5 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,999 | 11.73 | 0 | 3,989 | 11.72 | 5 | 5 |
| | Allied Movement for Change | 1,153 | 3.38 | 0 | 1,025 | 3.01 | 1 | 1 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 746 | 2.19 | 0 | 688 | 2.02 | 1 | 1 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 539 | 1.58 | 0 | 522 | 1.53 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 619 | 1.82 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Independent Congress | | | | 472 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Party | 238 | 0.70 | 0 | 118 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 191 | 0.56 | 0 | 102 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| | Justice and Employment Party | 113 | 0.33 | 0 | 163 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 128 | 0.38 | 0 | 136 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 120 | 0.35 | 0 | 139 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 128 | 0.38 | 0 | 131 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 80 | 0.23 | 0 | 122 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Freedom Alliance | 49 | 0.14 | 0 | 152 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Democratic Patriots | 76 | 0.22 | 0 | 58 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 71 | 0.21 | 0 | 51 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Movement | 31 | 0.09 | 0 | 21 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Freedom Revolution | 19 | 0.06 | 0 | 32 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People First | 11 | 0.03 | 0 | 33 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Basic Republicans | | | | 37 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 34,081 | 100.00 | 19 | 34,044 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,081 | 98.25 | | 34,044 | 97.83 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 606 | 1.75 | | 756 | 2.17 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 34,687 | 100.00 | | 34,800 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 71,831 | 48.29 | | 71,831 | 48.45 | | |

### By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 27 Jul 2022 | 13 | Democratic Alliance | African National Congress |
| 30 Nov 2022 | 10 | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance |
| 11 Sep 2024 | 15 | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance |
After the resignation of the previous DA ward 10 councillor, a by-election was held on 30 November 2022. The DA's candidate retained the seat for the party, winning an 88% share.
After the 27 July by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Ward | List | Total |
| | African National Congress | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | Allied Movement for Change | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 18 | 37 |