Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Raymond Mhlaba

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

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| image_map = Map of the Eastern Cape with Raymond Mhlaba highlighted (2016).svg

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| coordinates = {{Coord|-32.77|26.63|display=title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Amathole

| seat = Fort Beaufort

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| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party = ANC

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Bandile Ketelo

| leader_title1 = Speaker

| leader_name1 = Anele Ntsangani (ANC)

| leader_title2 = Chief Whip

| leader_name2 = Lindelwa Penisi (ANC)

| area_footnotes = Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/276 Nkonkobe], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/277 Nxuba].

| area_total_km2 = 6358

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| population_total = 151379

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = EC129

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Raymond Mhlaba Municipality ({{langx|xh|uMasipala wase Raymond Mhlaba}}; {{langx|af|Raymond Mhlaba Munisipaliteit}}) is a local municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities.{{cite web|title=The Local Government Handbook|url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/locals/view/233/Raymond-Mhlaba-Local-Municipality|access-date=6 August 2016}}

Towns/villages in the municipal area

Politics

{{main|Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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-three seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Raymond Mhlaba |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/EC129 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=26026 |votes1_2=26940 |seats1=20 |seats1_2=13 |totseats1=33

|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=2277 |votes2_2=2806 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=3

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=2475 |votes3_2=2553 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=3

|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=5008 |votes4_2= |seats4=3 |seats4_2= |totseats4=3

|party5=Patriotic Alliance |votes5=587 |votes5_2=650 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=African Independent Congress |votes6= |votes6_2=998 |seats6= |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes7=250 |votes7_2=746 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1

|party8=African Transformation Movement |votes8=150 |votes8_2=632 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0

|party9=Freedom Front Plus |votes9=144 |votes9_2=159 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0

|party10=Congress of the People |votes10=47 |votes10_2=226 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0

|party11=Land Party |votes11=156 |votes11_2= |seats11=0 |seats11_2= |totseats11=0

|invalid=825 |invalid2=2167

|electorate=78861 |electorate2=78861

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References

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{{Municipalities of the Eastern Cape}}

Category:Local municipalities of the Amatole District Municipality