Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality

Inkosi Langalibalele
Local municipality
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThukela
Seat Estcourt
Government
  Type Municipal council
Area[1]
  Total 3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 196,226
  Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code KZN237

Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 municipal elections by the merging of Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.[2]

Politics

The municipal council consisted of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three 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. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority. The African National Congress (ANC) and Al Jama-ah formed a coalition to govern the majority. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 30,47931,07961,55849.5121123
Inkatha Freedom Party 24,72024,70949,42939.711718
Democratic Alliance 2,5892,5905,1794.2022
Al Jama-ah 2,1742,0694,2433.4022
Economic Freedom Fighters 9921,0262,0181.6011
Peoples Revolutionary Movement 3444397830.6000
Independent 7587580.600
Pan Africanist Congress 681542220.2000
African Mantungwa Community 201671870.2000
Congress of the People 43430.000
Total 62,18762,233124,420100.0232346
Spoilt votes 1,2361,2752,511

References

  1. 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Imbabazane, uMtshezi.
  2. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. "Seat Calculation Detail: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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