Nongoma Local Municipality elections
{{Short description|Elections in South Africa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The Nongoma Local Municipality council 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 3 August 2016 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council. The party lost its majority in the election of 1 November 2021, obtaining a plurality of twenty-one seats.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| Event
! ANC ! DA ! EFF ! IFP ! NFP ! Other ! Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 election
| 1 | 0 | - | 37 | - | - | 38 |
| 2006 election
| 2 | 1 | - | 35 | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2011 election
| 6 | 0 | - | 17 | 19 | 0 | 42 |
| 2016 election
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 22 | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2021 election
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 45 |
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 — Nongoma |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2000/KZ265 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=34681 |votes1_2=34906 |seats1=19 |seats1_2=18 |totseats1=37
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=788 |votes2_2=676 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=1 |totseats2=1
|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=475 |votes3_2=427 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=0 |totseats3=0
|invalid=454 |invalid2=429
|electorate=66538 |electorate2=66538
}}
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 — Nongoma |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2006/KZN265 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=39163 |votes1_2=38983 |seats1=19 |seats1_2=16 |totseats1=35
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=1869 |votes2_2=2254 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=2 |totseats2=2
|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=773 |votes3_2=460 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1
|party4=National Democratic Convention |votes4=18 |votes4_2=252 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=0 |totseats4=0
|invalid=813 |invalid2=689
|electorate=72517 |electorate2=72517
}}
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 — Nongoma |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2011/KZN265 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=National Freedom Party |votes1=23079 |votes1_2=22984 |seats1=13 |seats1_2=6 |totseats1=19
|party2=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes2=21138 |votes2_2=21277 |seats2=8 |seats2_2=9 |totseats2=17
|party3=African National Congress |votes3=6807 |votes3_2=7435 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=6 |totseats3=6
|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=675 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0
|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=179 |votes5_2=380 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=0 |totseats5=0
|invalid=773 |invalid2=712
|electorate=81552 |electorate2=81552
}}
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 — Nongoma |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2016/KZN265 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=29104 |votes1_2=29073 |seats1=21 |seats1_2=1 |totseats1=22
|party2=African National Congress |votes2=17020 |votes2_2=16861 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=13 |totseats2=13
|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=6559 |votes3_2=7473 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=5 |totseats3=5
|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=1970 |votes4_2=1725 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2
|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=61 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0
|invalid=954 |invalid2=627
|electorate=96207 |electorate2=96207
}}
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 — Nongoma |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN265 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=22376 |votes1_2=23568 |seats1=20 |seats1_2=1 |totseats1=21
|party2=National Freedom Party |votes2=14557 |votes2_2=14819 |seats2=3 |seats2_2=10 |totseats2=13
|party3=African National Congress |votes3=8453 |votes3_2=8411 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=8 |totseats3=8
|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=1922 |votes4_2=1885 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2
|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=1059 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0
|party6=National People's Front |votes6=423 |votes6_2=509 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1
|party7=African Christian Democratic Party |votes7=323 |votes7_2=326 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0
|party8=Democratic Alliance |votes8=301 |votes8_2=306 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0
|party9=Abantu Batho Congress |votes9=133 |votes9_2=91 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0
|party10=African Transformation Movement |votes10=51 |votes10_2=49 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0
|party11=African People's Movement |votes11=39 |votes11_2=58 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0
|invalid=684 |invalid2=697
|electorate=98137 |electorate2=98137
}}
=By-elections from November 2021=
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.
The council had been governed by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with the support of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) since the 2021 election. The IFP lost control after the National Freedom Party's win in ward 20 and the withdrawal of EFF support, and an NFP, African National Congress (ANC) and EFF coalition took over the council in February 2023. IFP mayor Albert Mncwango was replaced by the NFP's Clifford Ndabandaba, and IFP Speaker, Prince Bheki Zulu was replaced by the ANC's Babongiwe Sithole.{{Cite web |last=Ndou |first=Clive |date=2023-02-21 |title=IFP booted out of power in Nongoma |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/witness/politics/ifp-booted-out-of-power-in-nongoma/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Witness |language=en}}