The uMlalazi Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC DA EFF IFP NFP Other Total 2000 election 7 1 - 44 - 0 52 2006 election 13 1 - 37 - 1 52 2011 election 24 1 - 18 9 0 52 2016 election 30 1 1 22 - 0 54 2021 election 18 1 4 30 1 1 55
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.
By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021
In a by-election held on 29 November 2017, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
Party Ward PR list Total 18 11 29 9 14 23 0 1 1 0 1 1 Total 27 27 54
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
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