Msinga Local Municipality elections
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Msinga Local Municipality council consists of forty-one 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 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Event
! ANC ! DA ! EFF ! IFP ! Other ! Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 election
| 4 | 1 | - | 28 | 0 | 33 |
| 2006 election
| 4 | 1 | - | 28 | 1 | 34 |
| 2011 election
| 12 | 0 | - | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| 2016 election
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 election
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 41 |
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 — Msinga |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2000/KZ244 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=28452 |votes1_2=28994 |seats1=17 |seats1_2=11 |totseats1=28
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=4217 |votes2_2=4311 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=4 |totseats2=4
|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=1411 |votes3_2=1396 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=390 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0
|invalid=769 |invalid2=780
|electorate=57758 |electorate2=57758
}}
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 — Msinga |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2006/KZN244 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=30632 |votes1_2=30632 |seats1=16 |seats1_2=12 |totseats1=28
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=4747 |votes2_2=4747 |seats2=1 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=4
|party3=National Democratic Convention |votes3=956 |votes3_2=956 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1
|party4=Democratic Alliance |votes4=739 |votes4_2=739 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1
|invalid=681 |invalid2=681
|electorate=64284 |electorate2=64284
}}
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 — Msinga |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2011/KZN244 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=28210 |votes1_2=27958 |seats1=17 |seats1_2=4 |totseats1=21
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=15952 |votes2_2=16516 |seats2=2 |seats2_2=10 |totseats2=12
|party3=National Freedom Party |votes3=5060 |votes3_2=5136 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=4 |totseats3=4
|party4=Democratic Alliance |votes4=715 |votes4_2=484 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=0 |totseats4=0
|party5=Congress of the People |votes5=418 |votes5_2=221 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=0 |totseats5=0
|invalid=844 |invalid2=977
|electorate=75067 |electorate2=75067
}}
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 — Msinga |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2016/KZN244 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=37233 |votes1_2=37851 |seats1=18 |seats1_2=6 |totseats1=24
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=18083 |votes2_2=18092 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=12 |totseats2=12
|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=514 |votes3_2=494 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=0 |totseats3=0
|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=545 |votes4_2=380 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=0 |totseats4=0
|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=331 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0
|invalid=776 |invalid2=706
|electorate=85368 |electorate2=85368
}}
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 — Msinga |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN244 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=32104 |votes1_2=32546 |seats1=20 |seats1_2=7 |totseats1=27
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=12431 |votes2_2=12500 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=11 |totseats2=11
|party3=Abantu Batho Congress |votes3=1008 |votes3_2=1477 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=1880 |votes4_2= |seats4=1 |seats4_2= |totseats4=1
|party5=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes5=436 |votes5_2=463 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1
|party6=Democratic Alliance |votes6=276 |votes6_2=240 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0
|party7=National Freedom Party |votes7=208 |votes7_2=120 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0
|party8=Justice and Employment Party |votes8=128 |votes8_2=142 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0
|party9=United Democratic Movement |votes9=92 |votes9_2=90 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0
|party10=African Mantungwa Community |votes10=62 |votes10_2=53 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0
|party11=National People's Front |votes11=49 |votes11_2=61 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0
|party12=African Christian Democratic Party |votes12=33 |votes12_2=49 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0
|party13=African Transformation Movement |votes13=0 |votes13_2=22 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0
|invalid=820 |invalid2=1193
|electorate=86107 |electorate2=86107
}}
=By-elections from November 2021=
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.{{Cite web |title=Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/Downloads/MBE-Results |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=results.elections.org.za}}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Date | Ward | colspan=2| Party of the previous councillor | colspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2022 | 11 | {{Full party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}} | {{Full party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}} |
After the assassination of the previous IFP councillor in ward 11, a by-election was held on 30 November 2022. The IFP's candidate retained the seat for the party, winning 57% of the vote.{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2022-12-01 |title=NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC posts strong results in rural KZN and Eastern Cape |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-01-strong-anc-showing-tempered-by-loss-to-ifp-in-kzn/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}