# Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality elections

The Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
It was established for the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ingwe and Kwa Sani local municipalities.
In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council. In 2021 it won a reduced majority of sixteen.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | IFP | Other | Total |
| 2016 election | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 2021 election | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 |

## 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 | 28,724 | 80.19 | 15 | 29,046 | 81.00 | 8 | 23 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 3,076 | 8.59 | 0 | 3,003 | 8.37 | 3 | 3 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 2,417 | 6.75 | 0 | 2,362 | 6.59 | 2 | 2 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,478 | 4.13 | 0 | 1,447 | 4.04 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 127 | 0.35 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 35,822 | 100.00 | 15 | 35,858 | 100.00 | 14 | 29 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 35,822 | 96.65 | | 35,858 | 96.85 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,240 | 3.35 | | 1,168 | 3.15 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 37,062 | 100.00 | | 37,026 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 56,529 | 65.56 | | 56,529 | 65.50 | | |

## 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 | 16,250 | 52.34 | 14 | 17,073 | 55.25 | 2 | 16 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,805 | 18.70 | 0 | 6,005 | 19.43 | 6 | 6 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 4,274 | 13.77 | 1 | 4,454 | 14.41 | 3 | 4 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,411 | 7.77 | 0 | 2,430 | 7.86 | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,632 | 5.26 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Party | 249 | 0.80 | 0 | 243 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 133 | 0.43 | 0 | 196 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 151 | 0.49 | 0 | 162 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 98 | 0.32 | 0 | 121 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 36 | 0.12 | 0 | 101 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 7 | 0.02 | 0 | 119 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 31,046 | 100.00 | 15 | 30,904 | 100.00 | 14 | 29 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,046 | 97.44 | | 30,904 | 97.30 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 817 | 2.56 | | 858 | 2.70 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 31,863 | 100.00 | | 31,762 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 57,336 | 55.57 | | 57,336 | 55.40 | | |