Alfred Duma Local Municipality

Alfred Duma Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.[2]

Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatLadysmith
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
Area
  Total3,764 km2 (1,453 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total340,553
  Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN238

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 62,83664,422127,25863.6321446
Inkatha Freedom Party 21,75021,82443,57421.831316
Democratic Alliance 5,8876,13412,0216.0134
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,1455,14810,2935.1044
National Democratic Convention 9761,0612,0371.0011
National Peoples Ambassadors 9697211,6900.8011
Independent 1,0121,0120.500
African Mantungwa Community 3284968240.4000
Freedom Front Plus 3162535690.3000
African Christian Democratic Party 2382564940.3000
Pan Africanist Congress 71511580.1000
Congress of the People 1361360.1000
Total 99,600100,466200,066100.0363672
Spoilt votes 1,3961,7763,172

References

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

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