Alfred Duma Local Municipality

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Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatLadysmith
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total3,764 km2 (1,453 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total340,553
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN238

Alfred Duma Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.[2]

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="National Democratic Convention (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="National Peoples Ambassadors" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="African Mantungwa Community" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EC8713;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 62,836 64,422 127,258 63.6 32 14 46
IFP 21,750 21,824 43,574 21.8 3 13 16
DA 5,887 6,134 12,021 6.0 1 3 4
EFF 5,145 5,148 10,293 5.1 0 4 4
National Democratic Convention 976 1,061 2,037 1.0 0 1 1
National Peoples Ambassadors 969 721 1,690 0.8 0 1 1
Independent 1,012 1,012 0.5 0 0
African Mantungwa Community 328 496 824 0.4 0 0 0
VF+ 316 253 569 0.3 0 0 0
ACDP 238 256 494 0.3 0 0 0
PAC 7 151 158 0.1 0 0 0
COPE 136 136 0.1 0 0 0
Total 99,600 100,466 200,066 100.0 36 36 72
Spoilt votes 1,396 1,776 3,172

References

  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Emnambithi/Ladysmith, Indaka.
  2. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ladysmith/Waaihoek" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ladysmith/Waaihoek" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.