The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council was established in 2016, and consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 44 seats. The largest town in the municipality is Komani (also known as Queenstown). It is named after Enoch Mgijima, a Xhosa prophet and evangelist, and survivor of the Bulhoek massacre.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event ANC DA EFF UDM Other Total 2016 election 50 9 6 1 2 68 2021 election 44 7 6 1 10 68
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 November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 20 April 2022 33 30 November 2022 33 23 August 2023 25 4 Dec 2024 31
A by-election was held in ward 33 on 20 April 2022 after the court ordered a rerun due to irregularities. Independent candidate Ntombekhaya Kortman, who had lost by 4 votes in 2021, won the rerun. Kortman died later that year after an illness, and in a by-election held on 30 November, the ANC regained the seat.
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