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Umkhanyakude

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

Umkhanyakude, KwaZulu-Natal
2021 boundaries
Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

56,6%–57,0%
57,0%–57,3%
57,3%–59,8%
59,8%–59,8%

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

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY47,4%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1,4%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY1,2%
Others (14)5,8%

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

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY received the most PR-ballot votes: 92 977 (47,4% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 346 363
Votes cast: 200 889
Turnout: 58,0%
Spoilt ballots: 4 640

How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 196 249 valid votes · totals of 365 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share	Share bar
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	92 977	47,4%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	75 894	38,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	11 151	5,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 662	1,4%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	2 263	1,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 935	1,0%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1 731	0,9%
ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT	1 197	0,6%
KZN INDEPENDENCE	1 056	0,5%
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION	1 053	0,5%
Others (9 contestants together)	4 330	2,2%	Not compared

Show all 19 contestants

All 19 contestants19 contestants · 196 249 valid votes · totals of 365 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	92 977	47,4%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	75 894	38,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	11 151	5,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 662	1,4%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	2 263	1,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 935	1,0%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1 731	0,9%
ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT	1 197	0,6%
KZN INDEPENDENCE	1 056	0,5%
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION	1 053	0,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	972	0,5%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	744	0,4%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY	684	0,3%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	668	0,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT	490	0,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	421	0,2%
AL JAMA-AH	137	0,1%
DEMOCRATIC UNION PLUS	121	0,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	93	0,0%

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

Umkhanyakude 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
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	7
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	6
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1
Total	14

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats: 14
Quota: 14 018
Valid votes counted: 196 249

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

Umkhanyakude’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 1,2 billion2023/24

Audit opinionQualified2023/24 · Auditor-General

106 closed · 12 cancelled · 1 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

SCMU005/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR LEGAL ATTORNEYS FOR PERIOD OF THREE(3) YEARS
advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
SCMU005Cancelled as published on 11 October 2026
APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR LEGAL ATTORNEYS FOR PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS
advertised 4 September 2026 · closes 5 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
SCMU006/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026
APPOINTMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDER FOR MANAGEMENT, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED BULK DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE (36 MONTHS) CIDB GRADING:7ME OR HIGHER
advertised 4 September 2026 · closes 5 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
SCMU007/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026
INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICITY SMART METERS AT KWAMSANE TOWNSHIP AND INGWAVUMA CIDB GRADING:2EP AND ABOVE OR HIGHER
advertised 4 September 2026 · closes 17 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
SCMU008/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026
SUPPLY,DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF A 315KVA 11000V 50HZ STANDARD MINIATURE SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER AT KWAMSANE TOWNSHIP CIDB GRADING:3EP/PE OR HIGHER
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Municipalities of Umkhanyakude

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

4 municipalities2021 boundaries
Name	Type	Turnout
Umhlabuyalingana	Local municipality	57,0%
Jozini	Local municipality	59,8%
Mtubatuba	Local municipality	57,3%
Big Five Hlabisa	Local municipality	56,6%

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.