Endumeni Local Municipality elections

The Endumeni Local Municipality council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	4	4	-	4	0	12
2006 election	6	2	-	4	0	12
2011 election	6	3	-	2	1	12
2016 election	6	2	1	4	0	13
2021 election	5	2	0	5	1	13

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,659	29.67	1	2,981	33.84	3	4
	African National Congress	2,508	27.98	3	3,012	34.20	1	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,294	25.60	2	2,815	31.96	2	4
	Independent candidates	1,501	16.75	0				0
Total		8,962	100.00	6	8,808	100.00	6	12
Valid votes		8,962	97.13		8,808	95.50
Invalid/blank votes		265	2.87		415	4.50
Total votes		9,227	100.00		9,223	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,611	49.58		18,611	49.56

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,024	47.24	5	5,053	47.43	1	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,333	31.34	1	3,307	31.04	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,522	14.31	0	1,809	16.98	2	2
	National Democratic Convention	397	3.73	0	405	3.80	0	0
	Independent candidates	346	3.25	0				0
	Royal Loyal Progress	13	0.12	0	80	0.75	0	0
Total		10,635	100.00	6	10,654	100.00	6	12
Valid votes		10,635	97.57		10,654	97.69
Invalid/blank votes		265	2.43		252	2.31
Total votes		10,900	100.00		10,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,425	50.88		21,425	50.90

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	6,981	51.05	5	7,131	51.66	1	6
	Democratic Alliance	2,879	21.05	1	2,765	20.03	2	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,256	16.50	0	2,174	15.75	2	2
	National Freedom Party	1,484	10.85	0	1,650	11.95	1	1
	Congress of the People	71	0.52	0	85	0.62	0	0
	Federal Congress	4	0.03	0				0
Total		13,675	100.00	6	13,805	100.00	6	12
Valid votes		13,675	98.28		13,805	98.33
Invalid/blank votes		240	1.72		235	1.67
Total votes		13,915	100.00		14,040	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,500	56.80		24,500	57.31

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	8,112	48.51	5	8,452	50.55	1	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,227	31.25	1	4,981	29.79	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,522	15.08	1	2,692	16.10	1	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	684	4.09	0	595	3.56	1	1
	Independent candidates	179	1.07	0				0
Total		16,724	100.00	7	16,720	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		16,724	98.38		16,720	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		276	1.62		306	1.80
Total votes		17,000	100.00		17,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,061	58.50		29,061	58.59

No party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).^[5][6]

August 2016 to November 2021 by-elections

In a by-election held in March 2019 the ANC won a ward previously held by the IFP, giving the party an outright majority. This majority was expanded further when ANC won another ward from the DA in June the same year. The council was reconstituted as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	ANC	7	1	8
	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	3	3
	DA	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
Total		7	6	13

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[7]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,322	36.08	3	5,350	36.29	2	5
	Inkatha Freedom Party	5,084	34.46	2	5,314	36.05	3	5
	Democratic Alliance	2,159	14.64	1	2,155	14.62	1	2
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,137	7.71	1	1,076	7.30	0	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	524	3.55	0	511	3.47	0	0
	National Freedom Party	129	0.87	0	134	0.91	0	0
	Independent candidates	186	1.26	0				0
	Patriotic Alliance	75	0.51	0	75	0.51	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	64	0.43	0	66	0.45	0	0
	African People's Movement	51	0.35	0	45	0.31	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	21	0.14	0	16	0.11	0	0
Total		14,752	100.00	7	14,742	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		14,752	98.72		14,742	98.67
Invalid/blank votes		191	1.28		198	1.33
Total votes		14,943	100.00		14,940	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,725	50.27		29,725	50.26

References

1. "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
7. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.