Alfred Duma Local Municipality

Alfred Duma Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.[2]

Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Seat	Ladysmith
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area [1]
• Total	3,764 km^2 (1,453 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	340,553
• Density	90/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN238

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-two 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-six 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-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	62,836	64,422	127,258	63.6	32	14	46
	IFP	21,750	21,824	43,574	21.8	3	13	16
	Democratic Alliance	5,887	6,134	12,021	6.0	1	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,145	5,148	10,293	5.1	0	4	4
	National Democratic Convention	976	1,061	2,037	1.0	0	1	1
	National Peoples Ambassadors	969	721	1,690	0.8	0	1	1
	Independent	1,012	–	1,012	0.5	0	–	0
	African Mantungwa Community	328	496	824	0.4	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	316	253	569	0.3	0	0	0
	ACDP	238	256	494	0.3	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	7	151	158	0.1	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	136	–	136	0.1	0	0	0
Total		99,600	100,466	200,066	100.0	36	36	72
Spoilt votes		1,396	1,776	3,172

References

1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Emnambithi/Ladysmith, Indaka.
2. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ladysmith/Waaihoek" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
4. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ladysmith/Waaihoek" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.