Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality

Inkosi Langalibalele
Local municipality
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThukela
Seat Estcourt
Government
 • Type Municipal council
Area[1]
 • Total 3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 196,226
 • Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN237

Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 municipal elections by the merging of Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.[2]

Politics

The municipal council consisted of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority. The African National Congress (ANC) and Al Jama-ah formed a coalition to govern the majority. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 30,479 31,079 61,558 49.5 12 11 23
Inkatha Freedom Party 24,720 24,709 49,429 39.7 11 7 18
Democratic Alliance 2,589 2,590 5,179 4.2 0 2 2
Al Jama-ah 2,174 2,069 4,243 3.4 0 2 2
Economic Freedom Fighters 992 1,026 2,018 1.6 0 1 1
Peoples Revolutionary Movement 344 439 783 0.6 0 0 0
Independent 758 – 758 0.6 0 – 0
Pan Africanist Congress 68 154 222 0.2 0 0 0
African Mantungwa Community 20 167 187 0.2 0 0 0
Congress of the People 43 – 43 0.0 0 – 0
Total 62,187 62,233 124,420 100.0 23 23 46
Spoilt votes 1,236 1,275 2,511

References

  1. 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Imbabazane, uMtshezi.
  2. ↑ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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