Lukhanji Local Municipality

Lukhanji
Local municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
Seat Queenstown
Wards 27
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Nozibele Makanda (ANC)
Area
 • Total 3,813 km2 (1,472 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 190,723
 • Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 92.6%
 • Coloured 3.8%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 2.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 86.8%
 • Afrikaans 5.5%
 • English 4.5%
 • Other 3.2%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code EC134

Lukhanji Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is a Xhosa name for the mountain that runs from the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side.[4] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places
(Note: only places with more than 1,000 inhibitants listed here):[5]

Place Census code Area (km2) Population
Angola, Lukhanji 2810373.781,693
Brakkloof 2810524.652,000
Embekweni 2810834.251,343
Ezibeleni 28101532.0930,113
EZweledinga 2810932.891,022
Hewu 2810682.002,193
Illinge 2810294.6510,689
KwaNkcwa 2810211.991,219
Lesseyton 2810132.532,715
Lower Didimana 2810502.391,288
McBride 2810382.392,127
Mlungisi 2810183.6724,901
Mtebele 2810233.751,705
New Deka 2810121.681,163
Queenstown 28101767.6343,971
Sada 2810674.5713,493
Tambo 2810554.063,056
Toisekraal 2810111.021,467
Whittlesea 28106615.3714,756
Remainder of the municipality 2810023,588.356,233

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party Votes Seats
Ward[Note 1] List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 38,507 39,655 78,162 82.8 26 19 45
Democratic Alliance 4,369 4,807 9,176 9.7 1 4 5
Congress of the People 880 2,194 3,074 3.3 0 2 2
United Democratic Movement 1,170 897 2,067 2.2 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 384 360 744 0.8 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Movement 357 151 508 0.5 0 0 0
Independent 380 – 380 0.4 0 – 0
People's Democratic Party 107 60 167 0.2 0 0 0
National Freedom Party 22 84 106 0.1 0 0 0
Total 46,176 48,208 94,384 100.0 27 27 54
Spoilt votes 927 625 1,552
  1. ↑ In one ward the ANC candidate was deemed elected without a ballot as no other candidates were nominated.

References

  1. ↑ "Mother of Six Appointed Executive Mayor of Lukhanji Municipality". Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Coordinates: 31°54′S 26°52′E / 31.900°S 26.867°E / -31.900; 26.867

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