Ray Nkonyeni Municipality () is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. As of 2022 it has a population of 362,134.
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-one 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-five 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-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 68,387 67,021 135,408 66.3 27 20 47 20,082 20,075 40,157 19.7 9 5 14 7,850 7,431 15,281 7.5 0 5 5 3,380 3,335 6,715 3.3 0 2 2 797 3,216 4,013 2.0 0 2 2 1,359 – 1,359 0.7 0 – 0 623 729 1,352 0.7 0 1 1 Total 102,478 101,807 204,285 100.0 36 35 71 Spoilt votes 1,937 2,171 4,108
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