The uMfolozi Local Municipality council consists of thirty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.
In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a narrow majority of seventeen seats on the council.
In the election of 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of eighteen seats.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC DA EFF IFP NFP Other Total 2000 election 6 1 - 18 - - 25 2006 election 9 1 - 14 - 1 25 2011 election 17 0 - 10 3 0 30 2016 election 17 0 1 15 - 0 33 2021 election 13 0 3 18 1 0 35
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 3 Aug 2022 52801003 17 Dec 2025 17
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