# Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality elections

The Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality council consists of forty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received
It was established for the 2016 South African municipal elections by the merging of Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.
In the election of 1 November 2021, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a plurality of twenty-one seats on the council.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | ALJ | DA | EFF | IFP | NFP | Other | Total |
| 2016 election | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | - | 0 | 46 |
| 2021 election | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 47 |

## 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 | 30,479 | 49.01 | 12 | 31,079 | 49.94 | 11 | 23 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 24,720 | 39.75 | 11 | 24,709 | 39.70 | 7 | 18 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,589 | 4.16 | 0 | 2,590 | 4.16 | 2 | 2 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 2,174 | 3.50 | 0 | 2,069 | 3.32 | 2 | 2 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 992 | 1.60 | 0 | 1,026 | 1.65 | 1 | 1 |
| | People's Revolutionary Movement | 344 | 0.55 | 0 | 439 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 758 | 1.22 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 68 | 0.11 | 0 | 154 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 20 | 0.03 | 0 | 167 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 43 | 0.07 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 62,187 | 100.00 | 23 | 62,233 | 100.00 | 23 | 46 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 62,187 | 98.05 | | 62,233 | 97.99 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,236 | 1.95 | | 1,275 | 2.01 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 63,423 | 100.00 | | 63,508 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 97,033 | 65.36 | | 97,033 | 65.45 | | |

## 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 | 23,102 | 43.13 | 14 | 24,209 | 45.13 | 7 | 21 |
| | African National Congress | 18,490 | 34.52 | 8 | 19,303 | 35.99 | 9 | 17 |
| | National Freedom Party | 3,094 | 5.78 | 0 | 3,013 | 5.62 | 3 | 3 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,700 | 5.04 | 0 | 2,764 | 5.15 | 3 | 3 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,664 | 4.97 | 1 | 2,737 | 5.10 | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,036 | 3.80 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | African People's Movement | 443 | 0.83 | 0 | 430 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Cultural Movement | 372 | 0.69 | 0 | 322 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 230 | 0.43 | 0 | 210 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Mantungwa Community | 82 | 0.15 | 0 | 200 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 122 | 0.23 | 0 | 128 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 99 | 0.18 | 0 | 69 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 34 | 0.06 | 0 | 133 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| | Black First Land First | 84 | 0.16 | 0 | 51 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 14 | 0.03 | 0 | 72 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 53,566 | 100.00 | 24 | 53,641 | 100.00 | 23 | 47 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 53,566 | 98.35 | | 53,641 | 98.23 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 901 | 1.65 | | 964 | 1.77 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 54,467 | 100.00 | | 54,605 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 98,630 | 55.22 | | 98,630 | 55.36 | | |

### By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 5 | Inkatha Freedom Party | Inkatha Freedom Party |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 14 | Inkatha Freedom Party | African National Congress |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 21 | Inkatha Freedom Party | Inkatha Freedom Party |
| 13 Dec 2023 | 11 | Inkatha Freedom Party | Inkatha Freedom Party |