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Umhlabuyalingana

20 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

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  • Umhlabuyalingana, Umkhanyakude
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 47,7%–54,5%
  • 54,5%–57,6%
  • 57,6%–59,6%
  • 59,6%–61,9%
  • 61,9%–65,5%

Votes cast ÷ registered voters, per ward. Classes split the wards shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Umhlabuyalingana · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
58 854
Turnout
64,7%
Registered
93 445
  1. UMKHONTO WESIZWE51,4%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY22,5%
  3. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS20,6%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,8%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1,0%
  6. All others2,7%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,3%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY37,8%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,6%
  4. ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT2,4%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,0%
  6. Others (11)6,9%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 265,5%
  2. Ward 965,3%
  3. Ward 862,5%
  4. Ward 1661,9%
  5. Ward 1461,6%
  6. Ward 661,3%
  7. Ward 760,2%
  8. Ward 1859,6%
  9. Ward 1359,0%
  10. Ward 2058,2%

All 20 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 21 884 (46,3% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
85 431
Votes cast
48 657
Turnout
57,0%
Spoilt ballots
1 429
How many votes did each contestant receive?16 contestants · 47 228 valid votes · totals of 90 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS21 88446,3%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY17 84937,8%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2 1674,6%
ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT1 1132,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE9512,0%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7281,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY6991,5%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6541,4%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS6161,3%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY2080,4%
Others (6 contestants together)3590,8%
Show all 16 contestants
All 16 contestants16 contestants · 47 228 valid votes · totals of 90 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS21 88446,3%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY17 84937,8%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2 1674,6%
ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT1 1132,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE9512,0%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7281,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY6991,5%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6541,4%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS6161,3%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY2080,4%
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST940,2%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY720,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT690,1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY530,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT450,1%
UMNOTHO DEMOCRATIC FRONT260,1%

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

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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

Umhlabuyalingana Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
PartyWardPRSeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS12618
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY8715
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS022
ABAHLALI BASE MKHANYAKUDE MOVEMENT011
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY011
Total201939

2021 seat calculation

Seats
39
Quota
2 369
Valid votes counted
92 376

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

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

Umhlabuyalingana’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.

The ward seats today differ from the 2021 calculation: a ward can change hands at a by-election, and a ward with no listed councillor and no by-election in the record is left out of the count.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 2 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, KwaZulu-Natal (54 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.
Source
IEC — List of current ward councillors, KwaZulu-Natal (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.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 47 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

46 closed · 1 awarded tender notices · 1 awards published · all notices

  • UMHL08/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Consultant for skhemelele sport field

    advertised 27 July 2026 · closes 24 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • UMHL06/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Consultant for Simanjemanje Access Road

    advertised 27 July 2026 · closes 24 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • UMHL07/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Consultant for Esicabazini Community Hall

    advertised 27 July 2026 · closes 24 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • UMHL09/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Consultant for connection of Manguzi internal road phase 1 & Manguzi Internal road phase 2

    advertised 27 July 2026 · closes 24 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • UMHL10/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Connection of library- post office & Manguzi internal road phase 2

    advertised 27 July 2026 · closes 24 August 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Umhlabuyalingana

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

20 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1THABISILE PRIMROSE MANZINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,5%
Ward 2JABULILE PRECIOUS ZIKHALIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY65,5%
Ward 3THABANI MNGOMEZULUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS55,1%
Ward 4LUCKY DENNIS TEMBEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS54,8%
Ward 5SENZENI MOSES MANUKUZAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY47,7%
Ward 6FANOZI SBUSISO MPANZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61,3%
Ward 7BONGINKOSI KHULEKANI MBUYAZIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY60,2%
Ward 8SIMPHIWE MSONGI TEMBEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS62,5%
Ward 9MAKAPANE VETTY MAHAMBAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY65,3%
Ward 10SAKHILE JACOB MABIKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,2%
Ward 11LINDELANI SIZWE NTULIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,4%
Ward 12BHEKIZENZO DINGAAN MTSHALIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,6%
Ward 13INNOCENT THABANE GWALAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY59,0%
Ward 14PETROS VELEMPINI KHATHWANEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY61,6%
Ward 15KWENZILE BONGUMUSA MTEMBUINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 12 February 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS54,5%
Ward 16NKOSINGIPHILE JOHN KHUMALOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY61,9%
Ward 17KHONANGENKOSI AUBREY BUTHELEZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS54,2%
Ward 18BONGANI ERIC BIYELAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY59,6%
Ward 19PHUMLANI SIFISO MABIKAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 26 April 2023AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS55,7%
Ward 20SENZO SIPHO MKHUMBUZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,2%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

Municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.