uMuziwabantu Local Municipality elections

The uMuziwabantu Local Municipality council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 fourteen seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	7	1	-	10	0	18
2006 election	12	0	-	6	0	18
2011 election	12	1	-	2	4	19
2016 election	14	1	1	4	-	20
2021 election	10	1	2	5	3	21

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,656	57.20	6	8,467	56.02	4	10
	African National Congress	5,792	38.28	3	5,748	38.03	4	7
	Democratic Alliance	532	3.52	0	567	3.75	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	152	1.00	0	332	2.20	0	0
Total		15,132	100.00	9	15,114	100.00	9	18
Valid votes		15,132	97.93		15,114	97.81
Invalid/blank votes		320	2.07		338	2.19
Total votes		15,452	100.00		15,452	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,635	52.14		29,635	52.14

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	12,260	64.56	7	12,479	65.72	5	12
	Inkatha Freedom Party	6,206	32.68	2	5,903	31.09	4	6
	Democratic Alliance	398	2.10	0	396	2.09	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	127	0.67	0	209	1.10	0	0
Total		18,991	100.00	9	18,987	100.00	9	18
Valid votes		18,991	98.01		18,987	98.04
Invalid/blank votes		386	1.99		380	1.96
Total votes		19,377	100.00		19,367	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,116	56.80		34,116	56.77

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	15,265	63.23	9	15,620	64.65	3	12
	National Freedom Party	4,753	19.69	1	4,530	18.75	3	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,920	12.10	0	2,797	11.58	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	910	3.77	0	929	3.85	1	1
	Congress of the People	294	1.22	0	284	1.18	0	0
Total		24,142	100.00	10	24,160	100.00	9	19
Valid votes		24,142	97.94		24,160	97.98
Invalid/blank votes		508	2.06		499	2.02
Total votes		24,650	100.00		24,659	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,819	65.18		37,819	65.20

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	19,852	71.13	9	20,106	72.02	5	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	6,077	21.77	1	5,881	21.07	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,055	3.78	0	1,041	3.73	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	926	3.32	0	890	3.19	1	1
Total		27,910	100.00	10	27,918	100.00	10	20
Valid votes		27,910	97.71		27,918	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		653	2.29		671	2.35
Total votes		28,563	100.00		28,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		46,019	62.07		46,019	62.12

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
	African National Congress	11,330	47.57	9	11,234	46.98	1	10
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,680	23.85	1	5,789	24.21	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,958	8.22	0	2,016	8.43	2	2
	Al Jama-ah	1,646	6.91	1	1,617	6.76	1	2
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,194	5.01	0	1,170	4.89	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	813	3.41	0	773	3.23	1	1
	African Independent Congress	348	1.46	0	492	2.06	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	331	1.39	0	347	1.45	0	0
	National Freedom Party	195	0.82	0	370	1.55	0	0
	Independent candidates	215	0.90	0				0
	People's Freedom Party	108	0.45	0	106	0.44	0	0
Total		23,818	100.00	11	23,914	100.00	10	21
Valid votes		23,818	97.03		23,914	96.96
Invalid/blank votes		729	2.97		750	3.04
Total votes		24,547	100.00		24,664	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,078	54.45		45,078	54.71

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
13 October 2022	11		Al Jama-ah		Inkatha Freedom Party

Most of ward 11 consists of the town of Harding, which was severely affected by the unrest in July 2021. A new ward, it was won by Sheikh Mondli Ncane from Al Jama-ah (AJ). An ANC coalition saw Ncane elected deputy-mayor. In June 2022, Ncane was ousted as deputy mayor, and replaced by a candidate from ANC coalition partner Abantu Batho Congress (ABC). Ncane quit his party, standing as a candidate for the Sizwe Ummah Nation (SUN) in the by-election. The seat was won by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), which increased its share from 6% to 53%. Ncane got 31%, while the candidate from his previous party, AJ, got 1%.