Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
| Raymond Mhlaba | |
|---|---|
| Local municipality | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Seat | Fort Beaufort |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 6,358 km2 (2,455 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 151,379 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC129 |
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities.[2]
Towns/villages in the municipal area
- Fort Beaufort (seat)
- Adelaide
- Alice
- Balfour
- Bedford
- Healdtown township
- Hogsback
- Katberg
- Middledrift
- Seymour
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-six 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-three 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 34,232 | 35,725 | 69,957 | 78.8 | 23 | 15 | 38 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,338 | 4,517 | 8,855 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,097 | 2,711 | 4,808 | 5.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent | 3,129 | – | 3,129 | 3.5 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 457 | 298 | 755 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 225 | 454 | 679 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 48 | 322 | 370 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 67 | 164 | 231 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 44,593 | 44,191 | 88,784 | 100.0 | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| Spoilt votes | 957 | 1,314 | 2,271 | |||||
References
- 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Nkonkobe, Nxuba.
- ↑ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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