EThekwini elections

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ACDP ANC DA EFF IFP MF Other Total 2000 election 2 95 53 - 35 10 5 200 2006 election 3 117 34 - 23 13 10 200 2011 election 2 126 43 - 9 11 14 205 2016 election 1 126 61 8 10 1 12 219 2021 election 2 96 59 24 16 1 24 222

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election. Ethekwini local election, 5 December 2000 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 237,855 237,996 475,851 46.9% 61 34 95 127,028 137,970 264,998 26.1% 29 24 53 88,073 88,300 176,373 17.4% 7 28 35 26,007 23,656 49,663 4.9% 2 8 10 12,889 – 12,889 1.3% 1 – 1 3,828 8,114 11,942 1.2% 0 2 2 3,572 2,509 6,081 0.6% 0 1 1 2,544 2,534 5,078 0.5% 0 1 1 2,654 1,599 4,253 0.4% 0 1 1 742 1,337 2,079 0.2% 0 1 1 387 1,325 1,712 0.2% 0 0 0 – 1,662 1,662 0.2% – 0 0 394 907 1,301 0.1% 0 0 0 Total 505,973 507,909 1,013,882 100 100 200 Valid votes 505,973 507,909 1,013,882 98.3% Spoilt votes 8,834 8,336 17,170 1.7% Total votes cast 514,807 516,245 1,031,052 Voter turnout 517,341 Registered voters 1,233,786 Turnout percentage 41.9%

March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election. Ethekwini local election, 1 March 2006 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 340,307 352,763 693,070 57.6% 73 44 117 98,986 101,412 200,398 16.7% 16 18 34 65,828 67,668 133,496 11.1% 3 20 23 37,396 37,384 74,780 6.2% 7 6 13 27,439 – 27,439 2.3% 1 – 1 9,615 9,629 19,244 1.6% 0 3 3 5,708 6,386 12,094 1.0% 0 2 2 4,663 5,528 10,191 0.8% 0 2 2 4,239 4,193 8,432 0.7% 0 2 2 1,948 2,047 3,995 0.3% 0 1 1 1,791 1,931 3,722 0.3% 0 1 1 1,428 1,430 2,858 0.2% 0 1 1 889 1,528 2,417 0.2% 0 0 0 972 1,228 2,200 0.2% 0 0 0 244 1,757 2,001 0.2% 0 0 0 729 1,156 1,885 0.2% 0 0 0 1,007 722 1,729 0.1% 0 0 0 264 1,339 1,603 0.1% 0 0 0 361 1,127 1,488 0.1% 0 0 0 168 – 168 0.0% 0 – 0 Total 603,982 599,228 1,203,210 100 100 200 Valid votes 603,982 599,228 1,203,210 98.3% Spoilt votes 9,939 11,331 21,270 1.7% Total votes cast 613,921 610,559 1,224,480 Voter turnout 616,256 Registered voters 1,385,923 Turnout percentage 44.5%

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election. eThekwini local election, 18 May 2011 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 582,224 603,929 1,186,153 61.1% 78 48 126 195,770 212,409 408,179 21.0% 17 26 43 54,979 48,064 103,043 5.3% 6 5 11 47,688 43,606 91,294 4.7% 0 10 10 41,638 38,532 80,170 4.1% 1 8 9 17,226 – 17,226 0.9% 1 – 1 7,727 6,555 14,282 0.7% 0 2 2 7,994 6,026 14,020 0.7% 0 1 1 3,428 3,882 7,310 0.4% 0 1 1 1,914 3,970 5,884 0.3% 0 1 1 1,993 1,256 3,249 0.2% 0 0 0 1,400 1,238 2,638 0.1% 0 0 0 1,455 1,087 2,542 0.1% 0 0 0 1,158 949 2,107 0.1% 0 0 0 869 662 1,531 0.1% 0 0 0 531 492 1,023 0.1% 0 0 0 245 671 916 0.0% 0 0 0 172 400 572 0.0% 0 0 0 142 – 142 0.0% 0 – 0 Total 968,553 973,728 1,942,281 103 102 205 Valid votes 968,553 973,728 1,942,281 98.5% Spoilt votes 15,755 12,864 28,619 1.5% Total votes cast 984,308 986,592 1,970,900 Voter turnout 990,263 Registered voters 1,666,549 Turnout percentage 59.4%

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. eThekwini local election, 3 August 2016 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 593,621 652,891 1,246,512 56.0% 74 52 126 294,867 304,206 599,073 26.9% 30 31 61 93,432 – 93,432 4.2% 4 – 4 46,154 47,260 93,414 4.2% 2 8 10 36,552 40,087 76,639 3.4% 0 8 8 13,772 16,673 30,445 1.4% 0 3 3 6,147 5,956 12,103 0.5% 0 1 1 6,725 5,070 11,795 0.5% 0 1 1 6,714 4,801 11,515 0.5% 0 1 1 4,452 4,686 9,138 0.4% 0 1 1 3,870 3,018 6,888 0.3% 0 1 1 1,695 2,922 4,617 0.2% 0 1 1 2,284 2,003 4,287 0.2% 0 1 1 1,469 1,935 3,404 0.2% 0 0 0 1,873 1,469 3,342 0.2% 0 0 0 1,053 1,823 2,876 0.1% 0 0 0 944 1,498 2,442 0.1% 0 0 0 709 1,566 2,275 0.1% 0 0 0 1,122 1,129 2,251 0.1% 0 0 0 1,023 860 1,883 0.1% 0 0 0 790 1,041 1,831 0.1% 0 0 0 73 1,324 1,397 0.1% 0 0 0 537 439 976 0.0% 0 0 0 439 486 925 0.0% 0 0 0 413 476 889 0.0% 0 0 0 270 342 612 0.0% 0 0 0 18 328 346 0.0% 0 0 0 35 263 298 0.0% 0 0 0 Total 1,121,053 1,104,552 2,225,605 110 109 219 Valid votes 1,121,053 1,104,552 2,225,605 97.8% Spoilt votes 20,298 29,978 50,276 2.2% Total votes cast 1,141,351 1,134,530 2,275,881 Voter turnout 1,148,559 Registered voters 1,919,724 Turnout percentage 59.8%

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. eThekwini local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 324,137 329,307 653,444 42.1% 75 21 96 198,433 203,980 402,413 25.9% 34 25 59 78,748 83,699 162,447 10.5% 0 24 24 51,725 57,722 109,447 7.1% 2 14 16 32,987 – 32,987 2.1% 0 – 0 11,663 18,201 29,864 1.9% 0 4 4 8,025 6,239 14,264 0.9% 0 2 2 6,022 5,893 11,915 0.8% 0 2 2 5,866 4,998 10,864 0.7% 0 2 2 2,524 7,809 10,333 0.7% 0 2 2 5,131 4,418 9,549 0.6% 0 1 1 3,959 4,763 8,722 0.6% 0 1 1 4,739 3,439 8,178 0.5% 0 1 1 4,328 3,507 7,835 0.5% 0 1 1 3,661 3,900 7,561 0.5% 0 1 1 2,919 2,895 5,814 0.4% 0 1 1 3,084 2,226 5,310 0.3% 0 1 1 2,493 2,782 5,275 0.3% 0 1 1 1,903 2,184 4,087 0.3% 0 1 1 1,954 2,021 3,975 0.3% 0 1 1 1,822 1,871 3,693 0.2% 0 1 1 1,541 2,127 3,668 0.2% 0 1 1 2,058 1,558 3,616 0.2% 0 1 1 829 2,171 3,000 0.2% 0 1 1 1,578 1,368 2,946 0.2% 0 1 1 848 1,906 2,754 0.2% 0 0 0 993 1,522 2,515 0.2% 0 0 0 2,282 – 2,282 0.1% 0 – 0 1,192 1,071 2,263 0.1% 0 0 0 1,193 962 2,155 0.1% 0 0 0 899 990 1,889 0.1% 0 0 0 917 603 1,520 0.1% 0 0 0 621 823 1,444 0.1% 0 0 0 531 646 1,177 0.1% 0 0 0 376 728 1,104 0.1% 0 0 0 182 898 1,080 0.1% 0 0 0 374 626 1,000 0.1% 0 0 0 486 481 967 0.1% 0 0 0 247 521 768 0.0% 0 0 0 510 251 761 0.0% 0 0 0 323 408 731 0.0% 0 0 0 289 379 668 0.0% 0 0 0 290 343 633 0.0% 0 0 0 285 298 583 0.0% 0 0 0 352 203 555 0.0% 0 0 0 291 260 551 0.0% 0 0 0 168 376 544 0.0% 0 0 0 119 294 413 0.0% 0 0 0 64 323 387 0.0% 0 0 0 19 364 383 0.0% 0 0 0 – 207 207 0.0% – 0 0 19 175 194 0.0% 0 0 0 12 – 12 0.0% 0 – 0 4 – 4 0.0% 0 – 0 Total 776,015 774,736 1,550,751 111 111 222 Valid votes 776,015 774,736 1,550,751 97.9% Spoilt votes 14,555 18,841 33,396 2.1% Total votes cast 790,570 793,577 1,584,147 Voter turnout 804,545 Registered voters 1,909,125 Turnout percentage 42.1%

By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 2 Feb 2022 101 2 Nov 2022 10 14 Dec 2022 99 24 May 2023 73 28 Jun 2023 11 25 Oct 2023 9 13 Dec 2023 101 28 Aug 2024 34 11 Sep 2024 33 11 Sep 2024 35 11 Sep 2024 36 16 Apr 2025 110 17 Sep 2025 64

After the death of the DA councillor in ward 10, a by-election was held on 2 November 2022, consisting of candidates from the DA, ANC, IFP, EFF and eThekwini deputy mayor and Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) leader Philani Mavundla. The DA retained the seat, increasing its support from 80% to 95%, with Mavundla coming third, on 1%.

After the murder of the ANC councillor in ward 99, a by-election was held on 14 December 2022. The DA and the IFP agreed on an electoral pact, with the DA standing aside, and asking its supporters to vote for the IFP candidate. The IFP won 62% of the vote, with the ANC second on 36%.

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