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King Cetshwayo

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

King Cetshwayo, KwaZulu-Natal
2021 boundaries
Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

44,0%–50,0%
50,0%–51,6%
51,6%–53,1%
53,1%–55,9%
55,9%–55,9%

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 PARTY47,0%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS6,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4,9%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY1,0%
Others (8)3,2%

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: 108 385 (47,0% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 478 559
Votes cast: 234 499
Turnout: 49,0%
Spoilt ballots: 3 715

How many votes did each contestant receive?13 contestants · 230 784 valid votes · totals of 562 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share	Share bar
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	108 385	47,0%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	85 488	37,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	16 025	6,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	11 216	4,9%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	2 254	1,0%
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION	1 592	0,7%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	1 526	0,7%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY	1 138	0,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 112	0,5%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	876	0,4%
Others (3 contestants together)	1 172	0,5%	Not compared

Show all 13 contestants

All 13 contestants13 contestants · 230 784 valid votes · totals of 562 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	108 385	47,0%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	85 488	37,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	16 025	6,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	11 216	4,9%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	2 254	1,0%
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION	1 592	0,7%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	1 526	0,7%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY	1 138	0,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1 112	0,5%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	876	0,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT	535	0,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	353	0,2%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	284	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

King Cetshwayo 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	9
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	7
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1
Total	18

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats: 18
Quota: 12 822
Valid votes counted: 230 784

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

King Cetshwayo’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 02023/24

Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

98 closed · 35 awarded · 8 cancelled tender notices · 12 awards published · all notices

KCDM.01.2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR PROVISION OF MAINTENANCE SERVICES (WATER AND SANITATION) FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS
advertised 14 May 2026 · closes 17 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
KCDM.02.2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PANEL OF CIVIL WORKS CONTRACTORS FOR MAINTENANCE SUPPORT IN WATER AND SANITATION WORKS FOR THE PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS WITHIN KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY
advertised 14 May 2026 · closes 17 May 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
KCDM.WSIG.03.2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CACENENI SPRING AND WATER SUPPLY SCHEME WARD 2 IN NKANDLA LM WITHIN KCDM
advertised 14 May 2026 · closes 1 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
KCDM.MIG.12.2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER FOR KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY REPAIRS AND REFURBISHMENT EMERGENCY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME FOR VARIOUS WATER TREATMENT WORKS IN UMLALAZI LM( CATHERINE BOOTH, MBONGOLWANE ESHOWE AND MTUNZINI)
advertised 14 May 2026 · closes 19 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
KCDM.MIG.13.2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026
TENDER FOR KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY REPAIRS AND REFURBISHMENT EMERGENCY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (MTUNZINI ASBESTOS PIPE REPLACEMENT)
advertised 14 May 2026 · closes 19 June 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of King Cetshwayo

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

5 municipalities2021 boundaries
Name	Type	Turnout
Mfolozi	Local municipality	53,1%
uMhlathuze	Local municipality	44,0%
uMlalazi	Local municipality	50,0%
Mthonjaneni	Local municipality	51,6%
Nkandla	Local municipality	55,9%

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.