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Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality

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Big Five Hlabisa
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Big Five Hlabisa highlighted
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Big Five Hlabisa highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatHlabisa
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total3,466 km2 (1,338 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total107,183
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN276
Websitewww.big5hlabisa.gov.za/index.php/en/

Big Five Hlabisa Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Big Five Hlabisa) is a local municipality within the uMkhanyakude District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging The Big 5 False Bay and Hlabisa local municipalities.[2]

Politics

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The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of fifteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party16,90853.931317,96857.25215
African National Congress10,20632.56010,60233.7899
Economic Freedom Fighters1,0433.3301,0933.4811
Independent candidates1,7015.4311
National Freedom Party6652.1206302.0111
Democratic Alliance3381.0803601.1500
KZN Independence2110.6703921.2500
Independent Alliance1300.4101830.5800
African Christian Democratic Party560.180450.1400
Abantu Batho Congress560.180420.1300
United Christian Democratic Party320.100390.1200
African Transformation Movement30.010290.0900
Total31,349100.001431,383100.001327
Valid votes31,34998.5131,38398.57
Invalid/blank votes4751.494551.43
Total votes31,824100.0031,838100.00
Registered voters/turnout56,21256.6156,21256.64

References

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  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for The Big 5 False Bay, Hlabisa.
  2. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Big Five Hlabisa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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