# UMlalazi Local Municipality elections

The uMlalazi Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | NFP | Other | Total |
| 2000 election | 7 | 1 | - | 44 | - | 0 | 52 |
| 2006 election | 13 | 1 | - | 37 | - | 1 | 52 |
| 2011 election | 24 | 1 | - | 18 | 9 | 0 | 52 |
| 2016 election | 30 | 1 | 1 | 22 | - | 0 | 54 |
| 2021 election | 18 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 55 |

## 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 | 36,791 | 84.50 | 26 | 35,972 | 82.76 | 18 | 44 |
| | African National Congress | 5,632 | 12.93 | 0 | 5,264 | 12.11 | 7 | 7 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 555 | 1.27 | 0 | 1,418 | 3.26 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 309 | 0.71 | 0 | 454 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Democratic Movement | 254 | 0.58 | 0 | 360 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 43,541 | 100.00 | 26 | 43,468 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,541 | 98.10 | | 43,468 | 97.90 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 844 | 1.90 | | 934 | 2.10 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 44,385 | 100.00 | | 44,402 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 88,839 | 49.96 | | 88,839 | 49.98 | | |

## 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 | 34,748 | 71.51 | 25 | 34,435 | 70.84 | 12 | 37 |
| | African National Congress | 11,735 | 24.15 | 1 | 11,603 | 23.87 | 12 | 13 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 911 | 1.87 | 0 | 1,061 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 |
| | National Democratic Convention | 345 | 0.71 | 0 | 591 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 |
| | United Independent Front | 196 | 0.40 | 0 | 604 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 209 | 0.43 | 0 | 318 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 451 | 0.93 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 48,595 | 100.00 | 26 | 48,612 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,595 | 98.14 | | 48,612 | 98.13 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 921 | 1.86 | | 928 | 1.87 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 49,516 | 100.00 | | 49,540 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 92,304 | 53.64 | | 92,304 | 53.67 | | |

## 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 | 26,262 | 44.48 | 14 | 27,446 | 46.44 | 10 | 24 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 20,859 | 35.33 | 10 | 19,888 | 33.65 | 8 | 18 |
| | National Freedom Party | 10,612 | 17.97 | 2 | 10,172 | 17.21 | 7 | 9 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 318 | 0.54 | 0 | 1,588 | 2.69 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 993 | 1.68 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 59,044 | 100.00 | 26 | 59,094 | 100.00 | 26 | 52 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 59,044 | 98.03 | | 59,094 | 97.86 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,188 | 1.97 | | 1,295 | 2.14 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 60,232 | 100.00 | | 60,389 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 96,727 | 62.27 | | 96,727 | 62.43 | | |

## 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 | 36,565 | 54.30 | 19 | 37,134 | 55.27 | 11 | 30 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 26,995 | 40.09 | 8 | 26,547 | 39.51 | 14 | 22 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,404 | 2.08 | 0 | 1,796 | 2.67 | 1 | 1 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,208 | 1.79 | 0 | 1,229 | 1.83 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 750 | 1.11 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Academic Congress Union | 301 | 0.45 | 0 | 271 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 119 | 0.18 | 0 | 206 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 67,342 | 100.00 | 27 | 67,183 | 100.00 | 27 | 54 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 67,342 | 98.73 | | 67,183 | 98.50 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 867 | 1.27 | | 1,026 | 1.50 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 68,209 | 100.00 | | 68,209 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 108,500 | 62.87 | | 108,500 | 62.87 | | |

### By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021

In a by-election held on 29 November 2017, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
| Party | Party | Ward | PR list | Total |
| | African National Congress | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| | DA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 27 | 27 | 54 |

## 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 | 27,555 | 52.75 | 24 | 28,287 | 54.17 | 6 | 30 |
| | African National Congress | 16,929 | 32.41 | 4 | 17,170 | 32.88 | 14 | 18 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,544 | 6.78 | 0 | 3,411 | 6.53 | 4 | 4 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 919 | 1.76 | 0 | 878 | 1.68 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 764 | 1.46 | 0 | 889 | 1.70 | 1 | 1 |
| | National Freedom Party | 469 | 0.90 | 0 | 578 | 1.11 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 986 | 1.89 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Party | 558 | 1.07 | 0 | 408 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 |
| | The Organic Humanity Movement | 143 | 0.27 | 0 | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 126 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Academic Congress Union | 92 | 0.18 | 0 | 75 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 55 | 0.11 | 0 | 87 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Movement | 43 | 0.08 | 0 | 61 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 22 | 0.04 | 0 | 73 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 37 | 0.07 | 0 | 56 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 52,234 | 100.00 | 28 | 52,217 | 100.00 | 27 | 55 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 52,234 | 97.98 | | 52,217 | 98.14 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,075 | 2.02 | | 991 | 1.86 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 53,309 | 100.00 | | 53,208 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 106,317 | 50.14 | | 106,317 | 50.05 | | |