Mnquma Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
Amabhele | 21101 | 526.95 | 32,672 |
Amahlubi | 21102 | 631.51 | 42,651 |
Amambalu | 21103 | 21.21 | 1,562 |
Amazizi | 21104 | 623.87 | 54,406 |
Butterworth | 21105 | 26.88 | 45,900 |
Fingo | 21106 | 105.70 | 6,481 |
Gcaleka | 21107 | 61.93 | 5,898 |
Gqogqora | 21108 | 39.39 | 2,302 |
Imidushane | 21109 | 64.07 | 4,239 |
Jalamba | 21110 | 90.71 | 7,795 |
Kentani Part 1 | 21111 | 4.44 | 784 |
Kentani Part 2 | 21131 | 2.99 | 528 |
Kwebulana | 21112 | 9.66 | 630 |
Lindinxiwa | 21113 | 55.14 | 2,602 |
Mac Vigar | 21114 | 134.74 | 6,410 |
Mazeppa Bay | 21115 | 0.57 | 42 |
Mazizini | 21116 | 43.39 | 2,040 |
Mnquma | 21117 | 56.03 | 727 |
Mtoto | 21118 | 52.88 | 4,260 |
Ngqwara | 21119 | 193.31 | 14,912 |
Ngubezulu | 21120 | 17.93 | 1,793 |
Ngusi | 21121 | 114.11 | 7,347 |
Nqadu | 21122 | 3.71 | 231 |
Nqamakwe | 21123 | 16.09 | 1,405 |
Ntshatshongo | 21124 | 0.72 | 0 |
Qolora Mouth | 21126 | 0.34 | 69 |
Qolora | 21125 | 201.39 | 20,265 |
Springs | 21127 | 0.80 | 116 |
Teko | 21128 | 61.74 | 5,686 |
Tutura | 21129 | 47.50 | 5,664 |
Tyhali | 21130 | 113.68 | 8,359 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats |
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
|
African National Congress |
48,440 | 50,346 | 98,786 | 75.0 | 31 | 16 | 47 |
|
Congress of the People |
7,296 | 7,445 | 14,741 | 11.2 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
|
United Democratic Movement |
4,192 | 3,968 | 8,160 | 6.2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|
Democratic Alliance |
2,287 | 2,228 | 4,515 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
Pan Africanist Congress |
1,225 | 1,053 | 2,278 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Independent |
1,999 | – | 1,999 | 1.5 | 0 | – | 0 |
|
African Christian Democratic Party |
422 | 290 | 712 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
African People's Convention |
75 | 533 | 608 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total |
65,936 | 65,863 | 131,799 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 |
Spoilt votes |
1,274 | 1,343 | 2,617 |
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Coordinates: 32°19′S 28°08′E / 32.317°S 28.133°E / -32.317; 28.133