# Jozini Local Municipality elections

The Jozini Local Municipality council 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-four seats.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | Other | Total |
| 2000 election | 5 | - | - | 27 | 0 | 32 |
| 2006 election | 8 | 1 | - | 24 | 0 | 33 |
| 2011 election | 20 | 0 | - | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 2016 election | 19 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 2021 election | 16 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 45 |

## 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 | 25,182 | 84.78 | 15 | 25,244 | 84.84 | 12 | 27 |
| | African National Congress | 4,442 | 14.95 | 1 | 4,511 | 15.16 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent candidates | 79 | 0.27 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 29,703 | 100.00 | 16 | 29,755 | 100.00 | 16 | 32 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 29,703 | 97.47 | | 29,755 | 97.58 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 772 | 2.53 | | 738 | 2.42 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 30,475 | 100.00 | | 30,493 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 55,910 | 54.51 | | 55,910 | 54.54 | | |

## 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 | 26,652 | 73.37 | 16 | 26,662 | 73.43 | 8 | 24 |
| | African National Congress | 8,828 | 24.30 | 1 | 9,012 | 24.82 | 7 | 8 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 659 | 1.81 | 0 | 637 | 1.75 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 186 | 0.51 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 36,325 | 100.00 | 17 | 36,311 | 100.00 | 16 | 33 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,325 | 98.06 | | 36,311 | 98.14 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 720 | 1.94 | | 688 | 1.86 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 37,045 | 100.00 | | 36,999 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 64,953 | 57.03 | | 64,953 | 56.96 | | |

## 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 | 24,448 | 49.57 | 13 | 24,704 | 50.11 | 7 | 20 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 19,618 | 39.78 | 7 | 19,413 | 39.38 | 9 | 16 |
| | National Freedom Party | 4,874 | 9.88 | 0 | 4,689 | 9.51 | 4 | 4 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 59 | 0.12 | 0 | 278 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 218 | 0.44 | 0 | 96 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| | Federal Congress | 53 | 0.11 | 0 | 80 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | South African Democratic Congress | 6 | 0.01 | 0 | 39 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 43 | 0.09 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 49,319 | 100.00 | 20 | 49,299 | 100.00 | 20 | 40 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,319 | 98.86 | | 49,299 | 98.74 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 569 | 1.14 | | 630 | 1.26 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 49,888 | 100.00 | | 49,929 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 79,143 | 63.04 | | 79,143 | 63.09 | | |

## 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 | 28,352 | 46.76 | 10 | 29,676 | 48.99 | 9 | 19 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 27,774 | 45.81 | 9 | 28,201 | 46.56 | 9 | 18 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,242 | 2.05 | 0 | 1,173 | 1.94 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,303 | 3.80 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 935 | 1.54 | 0 | 886 | 1.46 | 1 | 1 |
| | Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters | | | | 420 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | 27 | 0.04 | 0 | 215 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 60,633 | 100.00 | 20 | 60,571 | 100.00 | 20 | 40 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 60,633 | 98.51 | | 60,571 | 98.37 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 920 | 1.49 | | 1,001 | 1.63 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 61,553 | 100.00 | | 61,572 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 95,445 | 64.49 | | 95,445 | 64.51 | | |

### August 2016 to November 2021 by-elections

The IFP, DA and EFF later gained an outright majority following a by-election held on 4 April 2018 in which 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 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| | African National Congress | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| | DA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | Total | 20 | 20 | 40 |

## 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 | 31,073 | 50.56 | 19 | 32,556 | 53.64 | 5 | 24 |
| | African National Congress | 20,739 | 33.74 | 2 | 22,253 | 36.66 | 14 | 16 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,617 | 4.26 | 0 | 2,884 | 4.75 | 2 | 2 |
| | Independent candidates | 5,485 | 8.92 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| | Academic Congress Union | | | | 981 | 1.62 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 340 | 0.55 | 0 | 348 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 290 | 0.47 | 0 | 356 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Christian Democratic Party | 264 | 0.43 | 0 | 244 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Alliance | 56 | 0.09 | 0 | 421 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 190 | 0.31 | 0 | 224 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 123 | 0.20 | 0 | 138 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Democratic Movement | 103 | 0.17 | 0 | 105 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 64 | 0.10 | 0 | 94 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| | National People's Front | 78 | 0.13 | 0 | 48 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | Black First Land First | 31 | 0.05 | 0 | 21 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Union Plus | 9 | 0.01 | 0 | 20 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 61,462 | 100.00 | 23 | 60,693 | 100.00 | 22 | 45 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 61,462 | 98.74 | | 60,693 | 97.83 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 784 | 1.26 | | 1,344 | 2.17 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 62,246 | 100.00 | | 62,037 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 103,712 | 60.02 | | 103,712 | 59.82 | | |