Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality
Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 municipal elections by the merging of Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.[2]
Inkosi Langalibalele | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uThukela |
Seat | Estcourt |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
Area | |
• Total | 3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 196,226 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN237 |
Politics
The municipal council consisted of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority. The African National Congress (ANC) and Al Jama-ah formed a coalition to govern the majority. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 30,479 | 31,079 | 61,558 | 49.5 | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
IFP | 24,720 | 24,709 | 49,429 | 39.7 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,589 | 2,590 | 5,179 | 4.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Al Jama-ah | 2,174 | 2,069 | 4,243 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 992 | 1,026 | 2,018 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peoples Revolutionary Movement | 344 | 439 | 783 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 758 | – | 758 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 68 | 154 | 222 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African Mantungwa Community | 20 | 167 | 187 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 43 | – | 43 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Total | 62,187 | 62,233 | 124,420 | 100.0 | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,236 | 1,275 | 2,511 |
References
- Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Imbabazane, uMtshezi.
- "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Estcourt/Loskop" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.