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Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality

Coordinates: 32°46′S 26°38′E / 32.77°S 26.63°E / -32.77; 26.63
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Raymond Mhlaba
Coordinates: 32°46′S 26°38′E / 32.77°S 26.63°E / -32.77; 26.63
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAmathole
SeatFort Beaufort
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBandile Ketelo (ANC)
 • SpeakerAnele Ntsangani (ANC)
 • Chief WhipLindelwa Penisi (ANC)
Area
 • Total6,358 km2 (2,455 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total151,379
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC129

Raymond Mhlaba Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Raymond Mhlaba; Afrikaans: Raymond Mhlaba Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities.[2]

Towns/villages in the municipal area

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Politics

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The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress26,02670.112026,94075.441333
Economic Freedom Fighters2,2776.1302,8067.8633
Democratic Alliance2,4756.6702,5537.1533
Independent candidates5,00813.4933
Patriotic Alliance5871.5806501.8211
African Independent Congress9982.7911
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania2500.6707462.0911
African Transformation Movement1500.4006321.7700
Freedom Front Plus1440.3901590.4500
Congress of the People470.1302260.6300
Land Party1560.4200
Total37,120100.002335,710100.002245
Valid votes37,12097.8335,71094.28
Invalid/blank votes8252.172,1675.72
Total votes37,945100.0037,877100.00
Registered voters/turnout78,86148.1278,86148.03

References

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  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Nkonkobe, Nxuba.
  2. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Raymond Mhlaba". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-03-03.