eThekwini elections

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.[1]

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ACDP	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	MF	Other	Total
2000 election	2	95	53	-	35	10	5	200
2006 election	3	117	34	-	23	13	10	200
2011 election	2	126	43	-	9	11	14	205
2016 election	1	126	61	8	10	1	12	219
2021 election	2	96	59	24	16	1	24	222

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[2][3]

Ethekwini local election, 5 December 2000
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	237,855	237,996	475,851	46.9%	61	34	95
	Democratic Alliance	127,028	137,970	264,998	26.1%	29	24	53
	Inkatha Freedom Party	88,073	88,300	176,373	17.4%	7	28	35
	Minority Front	26,007	23,656	49,663	4.9%	2	8	10
	Independent candidates	12,889	–	12,889	1.3%	1	–	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	3,828	8,114	11,942	1.2%	0	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,572	2,509	6,081	0.6%	0	1	1
	Action Independent Peoples Party	2,544	2,534	5,078	0.5%	0	1	1
	ECOPEACE Party	2,654	1,599	4,253	0.4%	0	1	1
	National United People's Organisation	742	1,337	2,079	0.2%	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	387	1,325	1,712	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	–	1,662	1,662	0.2%	–	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	394	907	1,301	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		505,973	507,909	1,013,882		100	100	200

Valid votes		505,973	507,909	1,013,882	98.3%
Spoilt votes		8,834	8,336	17,170	1.7%
Total votes cast		514,807	516,245	1,031,052

Voter turnout		517,341
Registered voters		1,233,786
Turnout percentage		41.9%

March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[4][5]

Ethekwini local election, 1 March 2006
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	340,307	352,763	693,070	57.6%	73	44	117
	Democratic Alliance	98,986	101,412	200,398	16.7%	16	18	34
	Inkatha Freedom Party	65,828	67,668	133,496	11.1%	3	20	23
	Minority Front	37,396	37,384	74,780	6.2%	7	6	13
	Independent candidates	27,439	–	27,439	2.3%	1	–	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	9,615	9,629	19,244	1.6%	0	3	3
	National Democratic Convention	5,708	6,386	12,094	1.0%	0	2	2
	Independent Democrats	4,663	5,528	10,191	0.8%	0	2	2
	Truly Alliance	4,239	4,193	8,432	0.7%	0	2	2
	Scara Civic Party	1,948	2,047	3,995	0.3%	0	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	1,791	1,931	3,722	0.3%	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,428	1,430	2,858	0.2%	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	889	1,528	2,417	0.2%	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	972	1,228	2,200	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Independent Front	244	1,757	2,001	0.2%	0	0	0
	ECOPEACE Party	729	1,156	1,885	0.2%	0	0	0
	National United People's Organisation	1,007	722	1,729	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	264	1,339	1,603	0.1%	0	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	361	1,127	1,488	0.1%	0	0	0
	Izwi Lethu Party	168	–	168	0.0%	0	–	0
Total		603,982	599,228	1,203,210		100	100	200

Valid votes		603,982	599,228	1,203,210	98.3%
Spoilt votes		9,939	11,331	21,270	1.7%
Total votes cast		613,921	610,559	1,224,480

Voter turnout		616,256
Registered voters		1,385,923
Turnout percentage		44.5%

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[6][7]

eThekwini local election, 18 May 2011
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	582,224	603,929	1,186,153	61.1%	78	48	126
	Democratic Alliance	195,770	212,409	408,179	21.0%	17	26	43
	Minority Front	54,979	48,064	103,043	5.3%	6	5	11
	National Freedom Party	47,688	43,606	91,294	4.7%	0	10	10
	Inkatha Freedom Party	41,638	38,532	80,170	4.1%	1	8	9
	Independent candidates	17,226	–	17,226	0.9%	1	–	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	7,727	6,555	14,282	0.7%	0	2	2
	Truly Alliance	7,994	6,026	14,020	0.7%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	3,428	3,882	7,310	0.4%	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	1,914	3,970	5,884	0.3%	0	1	1
	United Action Front	1,993	1,256	3,249	0.2%	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,400	1,238	2,638	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	1,455	1,087	2,542	0.1%	0	0	0
	African Christian Alliance-Afrikaner Christen Alliansie	1,158	949	2,107	0.1%	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	869	662	1,531	0.1%	0	0	0
	Socialist Green Coalition	531	492	1,023	0.1%	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Party	245	671	916	0.0%	0	0	0
	Solidarity Party	172	400	572	0.0%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	142	–	142	0.0%	0	–	0
Total		968,553	973,728	1,942,281		103	102	205

Valid votes		968,553	973,728	1,942,281	98.5%
Spoilt votes		15,755	12,864	28,619	1.5%
Total votes cast		984,308	986,592	1,970,900

Voter turnout		990,263
Registered voters		1,666,549
Turnout percentage		59.4%

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[8][9]

eThekwini local election, 3 August 2016
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	593,621	652,891	1,246,512	56.0%	74	52	126
	Democratic Alliance	294,867	304,206	599,073	26.9%	30	31	61
	Independent candidates	93,432	–	93,432	4.2%	4	–	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	46,154	47,260	93,414	4.2%	2	8	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	36,552	40,087	76,639	3.4%	0	8	8
	African Independent Congress	13,772	16,673	30,445	1.4%	0	3	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	6,147	5,956	12,103	0.5%	0	1	1
	Minority Front	6,725	5,070	11,795	0.5%	0	1	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	6,714	4,801	11,515	0.5%	0	1	1
	Truly Alliance	4,452	4,686	9,138	0.4%	0	1	1
	Minorities of South Africa	3,870	3,018	6,888	0.3%	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	1,695	2,922	4,617	0.2%	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	2,284	2,003	4,287	0.2%	0	1	1
	African Mantungwa Community	1,469	1,935	3,404	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Peoples Party	1,873	1,469	3,342	0.2%	0	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	1,053	1,823	2,876	0.1%	0	0	0
	Independent People's Party	944	1,498	2,442	0.1%	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	709	1,566	2,275	0.1%	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	1,122	1,129	2,251	0.1%	0	0	0
	Allied Movement for Change	1,023	860	1,883	0.1%	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	790	1,041	1,831	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	73	1,324	1,397	0.1%	0	0	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	537	439	976	0.0%	0	0	0
	Academic Congress Union	439	486	925	0.0%	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	413	476	889	0.0%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	270	342	612	0.0%	0	0	0
	South African Political Party	18	328	346	0.0%	0	0	0
	The Promise of Freedom	35	263	298	0.0%	0	0	0
Total		1,121,053	1,104,552	2,225,605		110	109	219

Valid votes		1,121,053	1,104,552	2,225,605	97.8%
Spoilt votes		20,298	29,978	50,276	2.2%
Total votes cast		1,141,351	1,134,530	2,275,881

Voter turnout		1,148,559
Registered voters		1,919,724
Turnout percentage		59.8%

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[10][11]

eThekwini local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	324,137	329,307	653,444	42.1%	75	21	96
	Democratic Alliance	198,433	203,980	402,413	25.9%	34	25	59
	Economic Freedom Fighters	78,748	83,699	162,447	10.5%	0	24	24
	Inkatha Freedom Party	51,725	57,722	109,447	7.1%	2	14	16
	Independent candidates	32,987	–	32,987	2.1%	0	–	0
	ActionSA	11,663	18,201	29,864	1.9%	0	4	4
	Active Citizens Coalition	8,025	6,239	14,264	0.9%	0	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	6,022	5,893	11,915	0.8%	0	2	2
	Abantu Batho Congress	5,866	4,998	10,864	0.7%	0	2	2
	African Independent Congress	2,524	7,809	10,333	0.7%	0	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	5,131	4,418	9,549	0.6%	0	1	1
	Justice and Employment Party	3,959	4,763	8,722	0.6%	0	1	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	4,739	3,439	8,178	0.5%	0	1	1
	African Democratic Change	4,328	3,507	7,835	0.5%	0	1	1
	Minority Front	3,661	3,900	7,561	0.5%	0	1	1
	United Independent Movement	2,919	2,895	5,814	0.4%	0	1	1
	Minorities of South Africa	3,084	2,226	5,310	0.3%	0	1	1
	National Freedom Party	2,493	2,782	5,275	0.3%	0	1	1
	People's Revolutionary Movement	1,903	2,184	4,087	0.3%	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,954	2,021	3,975	0.3%	0	1	1
	Truly Alliance	1,822	1,871	3,693	0.2%	0	1	1
	KZN Independence	1,541	2,127	3,668	0.2%	0	1	1
	People's Freedom Party	2,058	1,558	3,616	0.2%	0	1	1
	African People First	829	2,171	3,000	0.2%	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	1,578	1,368	2,946	0.2%	0	1	1
	Independent People's Party	848	1,906	2,754	0.2%	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	993	1,522	2,515	0.2%	0	0	0
	Cape Coloured Congress	2,282	–	2,282	0.1%	0	–	0
	Good	1,192	1,071	2,263	0.1%	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,193	962	2,155	0.1%	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	899	990	1,889	0.1%	0	0	0
	Activists Movement of South Africa	917	603	1,520	0.1%	0	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	621	823	1,444	0.1%	0	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	531	646	1,177	0.1%	0	0	0
	Black First Land First	376	728	1,104	0.1%	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	182	898	1,080	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	374	626	1,000	0.1%	0	0	0
	Advanced Dynamic Alliance	486	481	967	0.1%	0	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	247	521	768	0.0%	0	0	0
	Allied Movement for Change	510	251	761	0.0%	0	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	323	408	731	0.0%	0	0	0
	Academic Congress Union	289	379	668	0.0%	0	0	0
	Democratic People's Congress	290	343	633	0.0%	0	0	0
	African People's Movement	285	298	583	0.0%	0	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	352	203	555	0.0%	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	291	260	551	0.0%	0	0	0
	God Save Africa	168	376	544	0.0%	0	0	0
	United Cultural Movement	119	294	413	0.0%	0	0	0
	African Federal Convention	64	323	387	0.0%	0	0	0
	International Party	19	364	383	0.0%	0	0	0
	African Basic Republicans	–	207	207	0.0%	–	0	0
	Spectrum National Party	19	175	194	0.0%	0	0	0
	Federal Party SA	12	–	12	0.0%	0	–	0
	Land Party	4	–	4	0.0%	0	–	0
Total		776,015	774,736	1,550,751		111	111	222

Valid votes		776,015	774,736	1,550,751	97.9%
Spoilt votes		14,555	18,841	33,396	2.1%
Total votes cast		790,570	793,577	1,584,147

Voter turnout		804,545
Registered voters		1,909,125
Turnout percentage		42.1%

References

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"Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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[1] "ANC scores comfortable win in eThekwini | IOL". Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[2] "Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[3] "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[4] "Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[5] "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[6] "Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[7] "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[8] "Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[9] "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[10] "Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[11] "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2021.