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Umgungundlovu

7 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal
2021 boundaries
Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

40,2%–47,7%
47,7%–49,7%
49,7%–52,7%
52,7%–55,6%
55,6%–56,0%

Votes cast on the municipal PR ballot ÷ registered voters. Classes split the areas shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

Share of valid votes

District council PR ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE19,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS12,1%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY9,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1,6%
Others (13)5,6%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

2021 Local Government Elections

Held 1 November 2021 · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 134 849 (51,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 548 004
Votes cast: 268 016
Turnout: 48,9%
Spoilt ballots: 7 120

How many votes did each contestant receive?18 contestants · 260 896 valid votes · totals of 482 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share	Share bar
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	134 849	51,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	50 928	19,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	31 664	12,1%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	24 806	9,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	4 136	1,6%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	3 558	1,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 852	0,7%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	1 688	0,6%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY	1 571	0,6%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	1 181	0,5%
Others (8 contestants together)	4 663	1,8%	Not compared

Show all 18 contestants

All 18 contestants18 contestants · 260 896 valid votes · totals of 482 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	134 849	51,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	50 928	19,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	31 664	12,1%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	24 806	9,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	4 136	1,6%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	3 558	1,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 852	0,7%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	1 688	0,6%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY	1 571	0,6%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	1 181	0,5%
DEVOTED CITIZENS OF MSUNDUZI	1 083	0,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	751	0,3%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	687	0,3%
AL JAMA-AH	653	0,3%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	455	0,2%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY	404	0,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION	403	0,2%
SPECTRUM NATIONAL PARTY	227	0,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:38 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: IEC copyright notice (elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice, read 2026-10-07): material may be reproduced in unaltered form only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation; commercial use is a breach; all other rights reserved; reuse requests to the IEC Manager Legal Services. No separate terms for results data.
Attribution: Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Umgungundlovu District Municipality Council: the seats elected on the district ballot in 2021 (40% of the council; the rest are appointed by its local councils)

Directly elected seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation
Party	Seats	Share of seats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	10
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	4
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	3
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	2
Total	19

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats: 19
Quota: 13 732
Valid votes counted: 260 896

Seats on the district ballot are shared in proportion to votes. Appointed members are not listed here.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

Umgungundlovu’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, KwaZulu-Natal (54 councils) · retrieved 9 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, KwaZulu-Natal (54 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:19 SAST
Fingerprint: bb0023f5959f28f2e42be2398d7d54d5f07a4785f4c86fea948cb4ef057bbebbSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
Attribution: Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits

Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published

Irregular expenditure, reportedR 176 million2023/24

Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

75 closed · 6 awarded · 4 published · 3 cancelled tender notices · 2 awards published · all notices

13-2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
13-2026 Supply Personal Protective Equipment/Apparel
advertised 30 September 2026 · closes 4 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
02-2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
02 - 2026 Panel of Events Coordinators
advertised 30 September 2026 · closes 3 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
12 - 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
12 - 2026 Panel for Information Technology
advertised 30 September 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
14 - 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER 14 - 2026 TENDER SUPPLY, RENTAL & MAINTENANCE OF PRINTERS
advertised 23 September 2026 · closes 28 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
01 - 2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
01 - 2026 Panel for Media and Advertising Services
advertised 7 August 2026 · closes 8 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of Umgungundlovu

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

7 municipalities2021 boundaries
Name	Type	Turnout
uMshwathi	Local municipality	52,7%
uMngeni	Local municipality	55,6%
Mpofana	Local municipality	49,7%
Impendle	Local municipality	56,0%
The Msunduzi	Local municipality	47,7%
Mkhambathini	Local municipality	40,2%
Richmond	Local municipality	49,9%

District municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:58 SAST
Fingerprint: 71b7c5ea0ae57bcc5c729d5072de31ba49a96c11f209781e80247d36ad8e237cSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
Attribution: Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.