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eThekwini elections

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The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/anc-scores-comfortable-win-in-ethekwini-2054113|title=ANC scores comfortable win in eThekwini {{!}} IOL|access-date=2016-08-15}}

Results

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

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Event

! ACDP

! ANC

! DA

! EFF

! IFP

! MF

! Other

! Total

2000 election

| 2

9553-35105200
2006 election

| 3

11734-231310200
2011 election

| 2

12643-91114205
2016 election

| 1

12661810112219
2021 election

| 2

96592416124222

December 2000 election

{{main|2000 South African municipal elections}}

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/2/Detailed%20Results/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/2/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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!colspan="9" align="center"| Ethekwini local election, 5 December 2000

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Partycolspan="4" align="center"| Votescolspan="3" align="center"| Seats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}

| 237,855

237,996475,85146.9%613495
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 127,028

137,970264,99826.1%292453
{{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}

| 88,073

88,300176,37317.4%72835
{{Full party name with color |Minority Front}}

| 26,007

23,65649,6634.9%2810
{{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}

| 12,889

–12,8891.3%1–1
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 3,828

8,11411,9421.2%022
{{Full party name with color |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 3,572

2,5096,0810.6%011
{{Full party name with color |Action Independent Peoples Party}}

| 2,544

2,5345,0780.5%011
{{Full party name with color |ECOPEACE Party}}

| 2,654

1,5994,2530.4%011
{{Full party name with color |National United People's Organisation}}

| 742

1,3372,0790.2%011
{{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}

| 387

1,3251,7120.2%000
{{Full party name with color |United Democratic Movement}}

| –

1,6621,6620.2%–00
{{Full party name with color |Socialist Party of Azania}}

| 394

9071,3010.1%000
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 505,973

507,9091,013,882100100200
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colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 505,973

507,9091,013,88298.3%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 8,834

8,33617,1701.7%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 514,807

516,2451,031,052
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colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 517,341

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 1,233,786

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 41.9%

March 2006 election

{{main|2006 South African municipal elections}}

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/95/Detailed%20Results/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/95/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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!colspan="9" align="center"| Ethekwini local election, 1 March 2006

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Partycolspan="4" align="center"| Votescolspan="3" align="center"| Seats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}

| 340,307

352,763693,07057.6%7344117
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 98,986

101,412200,39816.7%161834
{{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}

| 65,828

67,668133,49611.1%32023
{{Full party name with color |Minority Front}}

| 37,396

37,38474,7806.2%7613
{{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}

| 27,439

–27,4392.3%1–1
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 9,615

9,62919,2441.6%033
{{Full party name with color |National Democratic Convention (South Africa)}}

| 5,708

6,38612,0941.0%022
{{Full party name with color |Independent Democrats}}

| 4,663

5,52810,1910.8%022
{{Full party name with color |Truly Alliance}}

| 4,239

4,1938,4320.7%022
{{Full party name with color |Scara Civic Party}}

| 1,948

2,0473,9950.3%011
{{Full party name with color |United Democratic Movement}}

| 1,791

1,9313,7220.3%011
{{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}

| 1,428

1,4302,8580.2%011
{{Full party name with color |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 889

1,5282,4170.2%000
{{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}

| 972

1,2282,2000.2%000
{{Full party name with color |United Independent Front}}

| 244

1,7572,0010.2%000
{{Full party name with color |ECOPEACE Party}}

| 729

1,1561,8850.2%000
{{Full party name with color |National United People's Organisation}}

| 1,007

7221,7290.1%000
{{Full party name with color |United Christian Democratic Party}}

| 264

1,3391,6030.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Socialist Party of Azania}}

| 361

1,1271,4880.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Izwi Lethu Party}}

| 168

–1680.0%0–0
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 603,982

599,2281,203,210100100200
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colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 603,982

599,2281,203,21098.3%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 9,939

11,33121,2701.7%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 613,921

610,5591,224,480
colspan="6"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 616,256

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 1,385,923

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 44.5%

May 2011 election

{{main|2011 South African municipal elections}}

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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!colspan="9" align="center"| eThekwini local election, 18 May 2011

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Partycolspan="4" align="center"| Votescolspan="3" align="center"| Seats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}

| 582,224

603,9291,186,15361.1%7848126
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 195,770

212,409408,17921.0%172643
{{Full party name with color |Minority Front}}

| 54,979

48,064103,0435.3%6511
{{Full party name with color |National Freedom Party}}

| 47,688

43,60691,2944.7%01010
{{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}

| 41,638

38,53280,1704.1%189
{{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}

| 17,226

–17,2260.9%1–1
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 7,727

6,55514,2820.7%022
{{Full party name with color |Truly Alliance}}

| 7,994

6,02614,0200.7%011
{{Full party name with color |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 3,428

3,8827,3100.4%011
{{Full party name with color |African People's Convention}}

| 1,914

3,9705,8840.3%011
{{Full party name with color |United Action Front}}

| 1,993

1,2563,2490.2%000
{{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}

| 1,400

1,2382,6380.1%000
{{Full party name with color |United Democratic Movement}}

| 1,455

1,0872,5420.1%000
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Alliance-Afrikaner Christen Alliansie}}

| 1,158

9492,1070.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}

| 869

6621,5310.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Socialist Green Coalition}}

| 531

4921,0230.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Black Consciousness Party}}

| 245

6719160.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Solidarity Party (South Africa)}}

| 172

4005720.0%000
{{Full party name with color |United Residents Front}}

| 142

–1420.0%0–0
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 968,553

973,7281,942,281103102205
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colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 968,553

973,7281,942,28198.5%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 15,755

12,86428,6191.5%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 984,308

986,5921,970,900
colspan="6"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 990,263

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 1,666,549

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 59.4%

August 2016 election

{{main|2016 South African municipal elections}}

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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!colspan="9" align="center"| eThekwini local election, 3 August 2016

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Partycolspan="4" align="center"| Votescolspan="3" align="center"| Seats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}

| 593,621

652,8911,246,51256.0%7452126
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 294,867

304,206599,07326.9%303161
{{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}

| 93,432

–93,4324.2%4–4
{{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}

| 46,154

47,26093,4144.2%2810
{{Full party name with color |Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 36,552

40,08776,6393.4%088
{{Full party name with color |African Independent Congress}}

| 13,772

16,67330,4451.4%033
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 6,147

5,95612,1030.5%011
{{Full party name with color |Minority Front}}

| 6,725

5,07011,7950.5%011
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Liberal Congress}}

| 6,714

4,80111,5150.5%011
{{Full party name with color |Truly Alliance}}

| 4,452

4,6869,1380.4%011
{{Full party name with color |Minorities of South Africa}}

| 3,870

3,0186,8880.3%011
{{Full party name with color |African People's Convention}}

| 1,695

2,9224,6170.2%011
{{Full party name with color |Al Jama-ah}}

| 2,284

2,0034,2870.2%011
{{Full party name with color |African Mantungwa Community}}

| 1,469

1,9353,4040.2%000
{{Full party name with color |United Peoples Party (South Africa)}}

| 1,873

1,4693,3420.2%000
{{Full party name with color |People's Revolutionary Movement}}

| 1,053

1,8232,8760.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Independent People's Party (South Africa)}}

| 944

1,4982,4420.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 709

1,5662,2750.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}

| 1,122

1,1292,2510.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Allied Movement for Change}}

| 1,023

8601,8830.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 790

1,0411,8310.1%000
{{Full party name with color |United Democratic Movement}}

| 73

1,3241,3970.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Independent Ratepayers Association of SA}}

| 537

4399760.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Academic Congress Union}}

| 439

4869250.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}

| 413

4768890.0%000
{{Full party name with color |United Residents Front}}

| 270

3426120.0%000
{{Full party name with color |South African Political Party}}

| 18

3283460.0%000
{{Full party name with color |The Promise of Freedom}}

| 35

2632980.0%000
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 1,121,053

1,104,5522,225,605110109219
colspan="9"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 1,121,053

1,104,5522,225,60597.8%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 20,298

29,97850,2762.2%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 1,141,351

1,134,5302,275,881
colspan="6"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 1,148,559

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 1,919,724

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 59.8%

November 2021 election

{{main|2021 South African municipal elections}}

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: eThekwini |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/ETH.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Tshwane City |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=12 November 2021}}

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!colspan="9" align="center"| eThekwini local election, 1 November 2021

rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Partycolspan="4" align="center"| Votescolspan="3" align="center"| Seats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}

| 324,137

329,307653,44442.1%752196
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 198,433

203,980402,41325.9%342559
{{Full party name with color |Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 78,748

83,699162,44710.5%02424
{{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}

| 51,725

57,722109,4477.1%21416
{{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}

| 32,987

–32,9872.1%0–0
{{Full party name with color |ActionSA}}

| 11,663

18,20129,8641.9%044
{{Full party name with color |Active Citizens Coalition}}

| 8,025

6,23914,2640.9%022
{{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 6,022

5,89311,9150.8%022
{{Full party name with color |Abantu Batho Congress}}

| 5,866

4,99810,8640.7%022
{{Full party name with color |African Independent Congress}}

| 2,524

7,80910,3330.7%022
{{Full party name with color |African Transformation Movement}}

| 5,131

4,4189,5490.6%011
{{Full party name with color |Justice and Employment Party}}

| 3,959

4,7638,7220.6%011
{{Full party name with color |Democratic Liberal Congress}}

| 4,739

3,4398,1780.5%011
{{Full party name with color |African Democratic Change}}

| 4,328

3,5077,8350.5%011
{{Full party name with color |Minority Front}}

| 3,661

3,9007,5610.5%011
{{Full party name with color |United Independent Movement}}

| 2,919

2,8955,8140.4%011
{{Full party name with color |Minorities of South Africa}}

| 3,084

2,2265,3100.3%011
{{Full party name with color |National Freedom Party}}

| 2,493

2,7825,2750.3%011
{{Full party name with color |People's Revolutionary Movement}}

| 1,903

2,1844,0870.3%011
{{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}

| 1,954

2,0213,9750.3%011
{{Full party name with color |Truly Alliance}}

| 1,822

1,8713,6930.2%011
{{Full party name with color |KZN Independence}}

| 1,541

2,1273,6680.2%011
{{Full party name with color |People's Freedom Party (South Africa)}}

| 2,058

1,5583,6160.2%011
{{Full party name with color |African People First}}

| 829

2,1713,0000.2%011
{{Full party name with color |Al Jama-ah}}

| 1,578

1,3682,9460.2%011
{{Full party name with color |Independent People's Party (South Africa)}}

| 848

1,9062,7540.2%000
{{Full party name with color |Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 993

1,5222,5150.2%000
{{Full party name with color |Cape Coloured Congress}}

| 2,282

–2,2820.1%0–0
{{Full party name with color |Good (political party)}}

| 1,192

1,0712,2630.1%000
{{Full party name with color |African People's Convention}}

| 1,193

9622,1550.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 899

9901,8890.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Activists Movement of South Africa}}

| 917

6031,5200.1%000
{{Full party name with color |African Freedom Revolution}}

| 621

8231,4440.1%000
{{Full party name with color |African Mantungwa Community}}

| 531

6461,1770.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Black First Land First}}

| 376

7281,1040.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 182

8981,0800.1%000
{{Full party name with color |United Christian Democratic Party}}

| 374

6261,0000.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Advanced Dynamic Alliance}}

| 486

4819670.1%000
{{Full party name with color |Forum for Service Delivery}}

| 247

5217680.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Allied Movement for Change}}

| 510

2517610.0%000
{{Full party name with color |The Organic Humanity Movement}}

| 323

4087310.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Academic Congress Union}}

| 289

3796680.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Democratic People's Congress (South Africa)}}

| 290

3436330.0%000
{{Full party name with color |African People's Movement}}

| 285

2985830.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Africa Restoration Alliance}}

| 352

2035550.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}

| 291

2605510.0%000
{{Full party name with color |God Save Africa}}

| 168

3765440.0%000
{{Full party name with color |United Cultural Movement}}

| 119

2944130.0%000
{{Full party name with color |African Federal Convention}}

| 64

3233870.0%000
{{Full party name with color |International Party (South Africa)}}

| 19

3643830.0%000
{{Full party name with color |African Basic Republicans}}

| –

2072070.0%–00
{{Full party name with color |Spectrum National Party}}

| 19

1751940.0%000
{{Full party name with color |Federal Party SA}}

| 12

–120.0%0–0
{{Full party name with color |Land Party (South Africa)}}

| 4

–40.0%0–0
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 776,015

774,7361,550,751111111222
colspan="9"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 776,015

774,7361,550,75197.9%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 14,555

18,84133,3962.1%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 790,570

793,5771,584,147
colspan="6"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 804,545

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 1,909,125

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 42.1%

=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=3 November 2022}}

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DateWardcolspan=2| Party of the previous councillorcolspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor
2 Feb 2022{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2022-02-03 |title=Resilient NFP makes sufficient KZN gains to worry slumping ANC and IFP |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-02-03-nfp-makes-a-comeback-in-kzn-to-irk-slumping-anc-while-ifp-shows-mixed-performance/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}101{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}
2 Nov 202210{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
14 Dec 202299{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}}
24 May 2023{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2023-05-25 |title=MAY BY-ELECTIONS: ANC, DA reassert dominance with big wins in KZN and Gauteng |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-25-anc-da-reassert-dominance-with-big-wins-in-kzn-and-gauteng/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}73{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
28 Jun 2023{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2023-06-29 |title=JUNE BY-ELECTIONS: PA benefits from absent DA to trounce ANC in Joburg ward, but ruling party records crucial win over IFP in KZN |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-06-29-patriotic-alliance-trounces-anc-in-ennerdale-finetown-by-election/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}11{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
25 Oct 2023{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2023-10-26 |title=October by-elections: ANC wins back seats in KZN, Mpumalanga |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-26-october-by-elections-anc-wins-back-seats-in-kzn-mpumalanga/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}9{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}{{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}}101{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}{{Full party name with color|African National Congress}}
28 Aug 2024{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2024-08-29 |title=MK shocks ANC, EFF in Marikana by-elections |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-29-august-by-elections/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}34{{Full party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
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After the death of the DA councillor in ward 10, a by-election was held on 2 November 2022, consisting of candidates from the DA, ANC, IFP, EFF and eThekwini deputy mayor and Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) leader Philani Mavundla. The DA retained the seat, increasing its support from 80% to 95%, with Mavundla coming third, on 1%.{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2022-11-03 |title=NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: DA wins big in KZN’s Kloof while eThekwini deputy mayor learns winning is not as simple as ABC |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-03-da-wins-big-in-kloof-deputy-mayor-learns-winning-not-as-simple-as-abc/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

After the murder of the ANC councillor in ward 99, a by-election was held on 14 December 2022. The DA and the IFP agreed on an electoral pact, with the DA standing aside, and asking its supporters to vote for the IFP candidate. The IFP won 62% of the vote, with the ANC second on 36%.{{Cite web |last=Sussman |first=Wayne |date=2022-12-15 |title=DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS: North West misery – ANC hammered in Ditsobotla as EFF delivers blows in townships, villages, farm areas |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-15-anc-hammered-as-eff-delivers-blows-in-ditsobotla-north-west/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

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