uMngeni Local Municipality elections

The uMngeni Local Municipality council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councilors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

The African National Congress (ANC) won a majority in each of the 2000, 2006, 2011 and 2016 elections, while in the 2021 South African municipal elections the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of thirteen seats in the council.

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	DA	Other
2000 election	11	8	2
2006 election	12	8	1
2011 election	14	9	0
2016 election	13	10	0
2021 election	10	13	0

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	9,814	54.60	5	9,725	53.95	6	11
	Democratic Alliance	6,484	36.07	5	6,485	35.98	3	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,573	8.75	1	1,670	9.26	1	2
	Minority Front	75	0.42	0	145	0.80	0	0
	Independent candidates	30	0.17	0				0
Total		17,976	100.00	11	18,025	100.00	10	21
Valid votes		17,976	98.37		18,025	98.52
Invalid/blank votes		297	1.63		271	1.48
Total votes		18,273	100.00		18,296	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		32,209	56.73		32,209	56.80

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	11,898	57.65	7	11,782	57.35	5	12
	Democratic Alliance	7,109	34.45	4	7,246	35.27	4	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party	810	3.92	0	934	4.55	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	300	1.45	0	268	1.30	0	0
	Minority Front	252	1.22	0	205	1.00	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	115	0.56	0	109	0.53	0	0
	Independent candidates	153	0.74	0				0
Total		20,637	100.00	11	20,544	100.00	10	21
Valid votes		20,637	97.86		20,544	98.31
Invalid/blank votes		452	2.14		353	1.69
Total votes		21,089	100.00		20,897	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,708	57.45		36,708	56.93

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	16,206	54.39	8	17,517	59.32	6	14
	Democratic Alliance	11,253	37.77	4	11,292	38.24	5	9
	Independent candidates	1,639	5.50	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	527	1.77	0	523	1.77	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	171	0.57	0	197	0.67	0	0
Total		29,796	100.00	12	29,529	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		29,796	98.70		29,529	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		391	1.30		524	1.74
Total votes		30,187	100.00		30,053	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,832	67.33		44,832	67.03

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	19,347	55.67	8	19,469	55.91	5	13
	Democratic Alliance	14,306	41.17	4	14,301	41.07	6	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	489	1.41	0	484	1.39	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	387	1.11	0	385	1.11	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	190	0.55	0	183	0.53	0	0
	Congress of the People	31	0.09	0				0
Total		34,750	100.00	12	34,822	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		34,750	99.15		34,822	99.07
Invalid/blank votes		297	0.85		327	0.93
Total votes		35,047	100.00		35,149	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		51,564	67.97		51,564	68.17

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	14,035	46.47	5	14,310	48.37	8	13
	African National Congress	11,100	36.75	8	12,319	41.64	2	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,122	7.03	0	2,019	6.82	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,256	7.47	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	277	0.92	0	401	1.36	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	270	0.89	0	295	1.00	0	0
	National Freedom Party	44	0.15	0	73	0.25	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	44	0.15	0	59	0.20	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	39	0.13	0	53	0.18	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	13	0.04	0	54	0.18	0	0
Total		30,200	100.00	13	29,583	100.00	12	25
Valid votes		30,200	97.86		29,583	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		660	2.14		450	1.50
Total votes		30,860	100.00		30,033	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		54,063	57.08		54,063	55.55