Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ray Nkonyeni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. As of 2022 it has a population of 362,134.
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-one 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-five 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-seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party |
Votes |
Seats
|
Ward |
List |
Total |
% |
Ward |
List |
Total
|
|
ANC
|
68,387 |
67,021 |
135,408 |
66.3 |
27 |
20 |
47
|
|
DA
|
20,082 |
20,075 |
40,157 |
19.7 |
9 |
5 |
14
|
|
IFP
|
7,850 |
7,431 |
15,281 |
7.5 |
0 |
5 |
5
|
|
EFF
|
3,380 |
3,335 |
6,715 |
3.3 |
0 |
2 |
2
|
|
AIC
|
797 |
3,216 |
4,013 |
2.0 |
0 |
2 |
2
|
|
Independent
|
1,359 |
– |
1,359 |
0.7 |
0 |
– |
0
|
|
VF+
|
623 |
729 |
1,352 |
0.7 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Total
|
102,478 |
101,807 |
204,285 |
100.0 |
36 |
35 |
71
|
Spoilt votes
|
1,937 |
2,171 |
4,108
|
References
External links
Media related to Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality at Wikimedia Commons