Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ray Nkonyeni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities.
Ray Nkonyeni | |
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| Coordinates: 30°47′S 30°15′E / 30.78°S 30.25°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Ugu |
| Seat | Port Shepstone |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,487 km2 (574 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 308,675 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN216 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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 forty-seven 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 | 68,387 | 67,021 | 135,408 | 66.3 | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| DA | 20,082 | 20,075 | 40,157 | 19.7 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| IFP | 7,850 | 7,431 | 15,281 | 7.5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| EFF | 3,380 | 3,335 | 6,715 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| AIC | 797 | 3,216 | 4,013 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 1,359 | – | 1,359 | 0.7 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| VF+ | 623 | 729 | 1,352 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 102,478 | 101,807 | 204,285 | 100.0 | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,937 | 2,171 | 4,108 | |||||
References
External links
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