# Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality elections

The Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality council was established in 2016 by the merging of the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities and consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 thirty-three seats.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | Other | Total |
| 2016 election | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2021 election | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 45 |

## 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 | 34,232 | 76.77 | 23 | 35,725 | 80.84 | 15 | 38 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 4,338 | 9.73 | 0 | 4,517 | 10.22 | 5 | 5 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,097 | 4.70 | 0 | 2,711 | 6.13 | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 3,129 | 7.02 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 457 | 1.02 | 0 | 298 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Democratic Movement | 225 | 0.50 | 0 | 454 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 48 | 0.11 | 0 | 322 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 67 | 0.15 | 0 | 164 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 44,593 | 100.00 | 23 | 44,191 | 100.00 | 23 | 46 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,593 | 97.90 | | 44,191 | 97.11 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 957 | 2.10 | | 1,314 | 2.89 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 45,550 | 100.00 | | 45,505 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 82,963 | 54.90 | | 82,963 | 54.85 | | |

## 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 | 26,026 | 70.11 | 20 | 26,940 | 75.44 | 13 | 33 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,277 | 6.13 | 0 | 2,806 | 7.86 | 3 | 3 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,475 | 6.67 | 0 | 2,553 | 7.15 | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 5,008 | 13.49 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| | Patriotic Alliance | 587 | 1.58 | 0 | 650 | 1.82 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Independent Congress | | | | 998 | 2.79 | 1 | 1 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 250 | 0.67 | 0 | 746 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 150 | 0.40 | 0 | 632 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 144 | 0.39 | 0 | 159 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 47 | 0.13 | 0 | 226 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 |
| | Land Party | 156 | 0.42 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 37,120 | 100.00 | 23 | 35,710 | 100.00 | 22 | 45 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,120 | 97.83 | | 35,710 | 94.28 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 825 | 2.17 | | 2,167 | 5.72 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 37,945 | 100.00 | | 37,877 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 78,861 | 48.12 | | 78,861 | 48.03 | | |

### 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 previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 20 Nov 2024 | 23 | | African National Congress | | African National Congress |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 4 | | African National Congress | | African National Congress |