Intsika Yethu Local Municipality elections
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Intsika Yethu Local Municipality council (within the South African Chris Hani District Municipality) consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| Event
! ANC ! DA ! EFF ! PAC ! UDM ! Other ! Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 election
| 37 | 0 | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | 46 |
| 2006 election
| 41 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2011 election
| 37 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
| 2016 election
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| 2021 election
| 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
December 2000 election
{{main|2000 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Intsika Yethu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2000/EC135 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=30835 |votes1_2=31771 |seats1=23 |seats1_2=14 |totseats1=37
|party2=United Democratic Movement |votes2=6336 |votes2_2=6091 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=7 |totseats2=7
|party3=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes3=1069 |votes3_2=1624 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=1459 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0
|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=226 |votes5_2=660 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=0 |totseats5=0
|invalid=1299 |invalid2=1303
|electorate=71334 |electorate2=71334
}}
March 2006 election
{{main|2006 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Intsika Yethu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2006/EC135 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=41329 |votes1_2=41955 |seats1=23 |seats1_2=18 |totseats1=41
|party2=United Democratic Movement |votes2=3110 |votes2_2=3287 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=3
|party3=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes3=1699 |votes3_2=1720 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=590 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0
|invalid=1149 |invalid2=1226
|electorate=78899 |electorate2=78899
}}
May 2011 election
{{main|2011 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Intsika Yethu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2011/EC135 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=37165 |votes1_2=37956 |seats1=21 |seats1_2=16 |totseats1=37
|party2=Congress of the People |votes2=1908 |votes2_2=1958 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=2 |totseats2=2
|party3=United Democratic Movement |votes3=1656 |votes3_2=1466 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2
|party4=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes4=517 |votes4_2=555 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1
|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=504 |votes5_2=445 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=0 |totseats5=0
|party6=African People's Convention |votes6=217 |votes6_2=360 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0
|party7=Pan Africanist Movement |votes7=276 |votes7_2=220 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0
|party8=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes8=55 |votes8_2= |seats8=0 |seats8_2= |totseats8=0
|party9=National Freedom Party |votes9=16 |votes9_2= |seats9=0 |seats9_2= |totseats9=0
|invalid=706 |invalid2=645
|electorate=72149 |electorate2=72149
}}
August 2016 election
{{main|2016 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Intsika Yethu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2016/EC135 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=35330 |votes1_2=36163 |seats1=21 |seats1_2=14 |totseats1=35
|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=2755 |votes2_2=2890 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=3
|party3=United Democratic Movement |votes3=1409 |votes3_2=2331 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=2816 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0
|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=974 |votes5_2=1027 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1
|party6=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes6=346 |votes6_2=597 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1
|party7=African People's Convention |votes7=279 |votes7_2=418 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0
|party8=Pan Africanist Movement |votes8=126 |votes8_2=341 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0
|party9=Congress of the People |votes9=19 |votes9_2=338 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0
|party10=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes10=26 |votes10_2=91 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0
|invalid=1061 |invalid2=914
|electorate=77938 |electorate2=77938
}}
November 2021 election
{{main|2021 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Intsika Yethu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/EC135 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=27300 |votes1_2=28280 |seats1=21 |seats1_2=14 |totseats1=35
|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=2995 |votes2_2=3249 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=4 |totseats2=4
|party3=Independent candidates |votes3=3590 |votes3_2= |seats3=0 |seats3_2= |totseats3=0
|party4=United Democratic Movement |votes4=783 |votes4_2=1192 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1
|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=680 |votes5_2=675 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1
|party6=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes6=369 |votes6_2=767 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1
|party7=African Transformation Movement |votes7=321 |votes7_2=489 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0
|party8=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes8=2 |votes8_2=192 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0
|invalid=809 |invalid2=1256
|electorate=75098 |electorate2=75098
}}
=By-elections from November 2021 =
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.