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Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality elections

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{{Politics of KwaZulu-Natal}}

The Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality council consists of seventy-one 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-five 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-seven seats on the council.

Results

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

class="wikitable"
Event

! ACDP

! AIC

! ANC

! DA

! EFF

! FF+

! IFP

! Other

! Total

2000 election

| 1

–2813––16058
2006 election

| 1

–397–19158
2011 election

| 0

–4111–03358
2016 election

| –

24714215071
2021 election

| 1

13714718271

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Ray Nkonyeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2000/KZ216 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{main|2000 South African municipal elections}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=21099 |votes1_2=21016 |seats1=16 |seats1_2=12 |totseats1=28

|party2=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes2=12194 |votes2_2=12012 |seats2=6 |seats2_2=10 |totseats2=16

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=9325 |votes3_2=9996 |seats3=7 |seats3_2=6 |totseats3=13

|party4=African Christian Democratic Party |votes4=1134 |votes4_2=1135 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1

|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=392 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0

|invalid=1130 |invalid2=1211

|electorate=95504 |electorate2=95504

}}

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 — Ray Nkonyeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2006/KZN216 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=36049 |votes1_2=36565 |seats1=23 |seats1_2=16 |totseats1=39

|party2=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes2=8688 |votes2_2=8663 |seats2=1 |seats2_2=8 |totseats2=9

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=6742 |votes3_2=6789 |seats3=5 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=7

|party4=African Christian Democratic Party |votes4=851 |votes4_2=821 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1

|party5=Freedom Front Plus |votes5=442 |votes5_2=667 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=Minority Front |votes6=497 |votes6_2=587 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=Independent candidates |votes7=903 |votes7_2= |seats7=0 |seats7_2= |totseats7=0

|party8=Independent Heritage South Party |votes8=13 |votes8_2=165 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0

|party9=National Democratic Convention |votes9=46 |votes9_2= |seats9=0 |seats9_2= |totseats9=0

|invalid=1020 |invalid2=1071

|electorate=105589 |electorate2=105589

}}

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 — Ray Nkonyeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2011/KZN216 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=54658 |votes1_2=55515 |seats1=21 |seats1_2=20 |totseats1=41

|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=14580 |votes2_2=14769 |seats2=8 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=11

|party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=4526 |votes3_2=4539 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=3

|party4=National Freedom Party |votes4=2347 |votes4_2=2189 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2

|party5=Congress of the People |votes5=608 |votes5_2=615 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=African Christian Democratic Party |votes6=375 |votes6_2=442 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0

|party7=Freedom Front Plus |votes7=356 |votes7_2=311 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|party8=Minority Front |votes8=217 |votes8_2=197 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0

|party9=United Democratic Movement |votes9=219 |votes9_2=140 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0

|party10=Independent candidates |votes10=278 |votes10_2= |seats10=0 |seats10_2= |totseats10=0

|invalid=1263 |invalid2=1000

|electorate=124629 |electorate2=124629

}}

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 — Ray Nkonyeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2016/KZN216 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=68387 |votes1_2=67021 |seats1=27 |seats1_2=20 |totseats1=47

|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=20082 |votes2_2=20075 |seats2=9 |seats2_2=5 |totseats2=14

|party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=7850 |votes3_2=7431 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=5 |totseats3=5

|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=3380 |votes4_2=3335 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2

|party5=African Independent Congress |votes5=797 |votes5_2=3216 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=2 |totseats5=2

|party6=Independent candidates |votes6=1359 |votes6_2= |seats6=0 |seats6_2= |totseats6=0

|party7=Freedom Front Plus |votes7=623 |votes7_2=729 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1

|invalid=1937 |invalid2=2171

|electorate=170849 |electorate2=170849

}}

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 — Ray Nkonyeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN216 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=41660 |votes1_2=41279 |seats1=25 |seats1_2=12 |totseats1=37

|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=15895 |votes2_2=15783 |seats2=10 |seats2_2=4 |totseats2=14

|party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=8912 |votes3_2=9017 |seats3=1 |seats3_2=7 |totseats3=8

|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=7843 |votes4_2=8137 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=7 |totseats4=7

|party5=Freedom Front Plus |votes5=1254 |votes5_2=1144 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=Independent candidates |votes6=1772 |votes6_2= |seats6=0 |seats6_2= |totseats6=0

|party7=African Independent Congress |votes7= |votes7_2=1307 |seats7= |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1

|party8=African Christian Democratic Party |votes8=616 |votes8_2=653 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=1 |totseats8=1

|party9=Justice and Employment Party |votes9=454 |votes9_2=576 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=1 |totseats9=1

|party10=African Transformation Movement |votes10=467 |votes10_2=546 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=1 |totseats10=1

|party11=People's Freedom Party |votes11=358 |votes11_2=329 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0

|party12=Abantu Batho Congress |votes12=313 |votes12_2=295 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0

|party13=United Democratic Movement |votes13=164 |votes13_2=198 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0

|party14=National Freedom Party |votes14=166 |votes14_2=168 |seats14=0 |seats14_2=0 |totseats14=0

|party15=Spectrum National Party |votes15=147 |votes15_2=109 |seats15=0 |seats15_2=0 |totseats15=0

|party16=The Organic Humanity Movement |votes16=135 |votes16_2=93 |seats16=0 |seats16_2=0 |totseats16=0

|party17=African People's Movement |votes17=52 |votes17_2=108 |seats17=0 |seats17_2=0 |totseats17=0

|party18=United Independent Movement |votes18=23 |votes18_2=111 |seats18=0 |seats18_2=0 |totseats18=0

|party19=National Religious Freedom Party |votes19= |votes19_2=55 |seats19= |seats19_2=0 |totseats19=0

|party20=Patriotic Alliance |votes20=4 |votes20_2=48 |seats20=0 |seats20_2=0 |totseats20=0

|invalid=1390 |invalid2=1632

|electorate=170946 |electorate2=170946

}}

=By-elections from November 2021=

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/downloads/mbe-results |title=Municipal By-elections results |publisher=Electoral Commission of South Africa |access-date=21 January 2023}}

class="wikitable"
DateWardcolspan=2| Party of the previous councillorcolspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor
8 Mar 202324{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}
13 Dec 2023{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2023-12-14 |title=ANC sweeps eThekwini, southern KZN; IFP makes gains in north |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-12-14-anc-silences-ethekwini-and-southern-kzn-critics-while-ifp-makes-pronounced-gains-in-provincial-north/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}23{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}
11 Sep 2024{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2024-09-12 |title=MK wins KZN ward, falls short in others, DA paints polls blue |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-09-12-mk-wins-kzn-ward-falls-short-in-others-da-paints-polls-blue/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}14{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|uMkhonto weSizwe (political party)}}
11 Sep 202424{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}

In a ward 24 by-election, held on 8 March 2023 after the resignation of the ANC councillor, the ANC retained the ward in spite of a large swing to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2023-03-09 |title=MARCH BY-ELECTIONS: IFP gives ANC wake-up call as it makes huge inroads in KwaZulu-Natal wards |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-09-ifp-gives-anc-wake-up-makes-huge-inroads-in-kwazulu-natal/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

After the 11 Sep 2024 by-elections, the council was reconfigured as below:

{{Election results

|seattype1=Ward|seattype2=List|seattype3=Total

|party1=African National Congress|votes1=|st1t1=24|st2t1=12|st3t1=36

|party2=Democratic Alliance|votes2=|st1t2=10|st2t2=4|st3t2=14

|party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=|st1t3=1|st2t3=7|st3t3=8

|party4=Economic Freedom Fighters|votes4=|st1t4=0|st2t4=7|st3t4=7

|party5=Freedom Front Plus|votes5=|st1t5=0|st2t5=1|st3t5=1

|party6=African Independent Congress|votes6=|st1t6=0|st2t6=1|st3t6=1

|party7=African Christian Democratic Party|votes7=|st1t7=0|st2t7=1|st3t7=1

|party8=Justice and Employment Party|votes8=|st1t8=0|st2t8=1|st3t8=1

|party9=African Transformation Movement|votes9=|st1t9=0|st2t9=1|st3t9=1

|party10=uMkhonto weSizwe (political party)|votes10=|st1t10=1|st2t10=0|st3t10=1

}}

References

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