Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji local municipalities.[2]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Seat | Komani |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Luleka Elizabeth Gubhula-Mqingwana (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Bongiwe Gladness van Heerden (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Nombuyiselo Selka Ndlebe (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,584 km2 (5,245 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 245,975 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC139 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 48,234 | 47,997 | 96,231 | 73.8 | 32 | 18 | 50 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 8,399 | 8,710 | 17,109 | 13.1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,119 | 5,142 | 10,261 | 7.9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| United Front of the Eastern Cape | 1,085 | 1,111 | 2,196 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| UDM | 704 | 954 | 1,658 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 630 | 840 | 1,470 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent Ratepayers Association of SA | 353 | 218 | 571 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 152 | 336 | 488 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 140 | 142 | 282 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 111 | – | 111 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 64,927 | 65,450 | 130,377 | 100.0 | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Spoilt votes | 966 | 1,003 | 1,969 | |||||
References
- Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji.
- "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsolwana/Inkwanca/Lukanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsolwana/Inkwanca/Lukanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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