2026 · Inkosi uMtubatuba council results
River View, KwaZulu-Natal
No party has a majority
Results
Council seats
Municipal PR votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties18.8%11 691 votes
How the vote changed
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History data & sources
Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the election-year selector to explore its results and places.
The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.
- All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
- IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow.
- Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
- Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.
Council government
Who has governed here
Administrations & sources
MISTRA records the administrations that governed after the 2021 election, through 28 February 2026. The latest recorded administration is shown below, followed by its predecessors. Party roles and officeholders are recorded at formation; later changes may appear in the notes.
Members at formation · minority administration · 30 Jan 2023 · recorded active at source cutoff
Inaugural mayor: M. Mthethwa (IFP)
Source notes: A by-election in February 2023 moved a second seat from the ANC to the IFP during this administration, taking the IFP from twenty seats to twenty-one. N. Mthethwa (EFF) was deputy mayor in February 2023, when the EFF instructed its deputy mayors to resign. M. Z. Shobede was deputy mayor at 30 June 2024.
The recorded partners in 2026
18 / 45 seats
5 short of a seat majority · 23 needed
Hypothetical total for the recorded members at formation. Excludes outside supporters. It does not establish a current agreement, government retention, or a takeover.
Test these parties in Coalition Chaos3 recorded administrations · 2021–February 2026
- IFP
30 Jan 2023 → Active at cutoff · 28 Feb 2026
Members at formation. Inaugural mayor: M. Mthethwa.
A by-election in February 2023 moved a second seat from the ANC to the IFP during this administration, taking the IFP from twenty seats to twenty-one. N. Mthethwa (EFF) was deputy mayor in February 2023, when the EFF instructed its deputy mayors to resign. M. Z. Shobede was deputy mayor at 30 June 2024.
- EFF + IFP
03 Feb 2022 → 30 Jan 2023 · Recomposition
Members at formation. Outside support: DA. Inaugural mayor: M. Mthethwa.
A by-election in January 2023 caused a seat to switch from the ANC to the IFP during this administration, taking the IFP from nineteen seats to twenty.
- ANC
23 Nov 2021 → 03 Feb 2022 · MONC
Members at formation. Outside support: AIC + NFP + UDM + Independents (grouped). Inaugural mayor: M. Gina.
Ward results
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Wards covering River View
2 wards
Sources & result details
IEC: 08 Nov 2026, 21:21 SAST · checked 09 Nov 2026, 16:50 SAST
IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow. Reporting progress measures voting districts, not turnout.
Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.
Government comparisons use the confirmed pre-election administration when available, otherwise the latest dated record. The new government appears when its membership is confirmed. A retained or changed government requires confirmed records on both sides; seats alone cannot establish it.
Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.
Seat calculation & source
These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The totals add up to all 45 council seats. IEC declared the 2026 results on 8 November 2026. Feed coverage and seat allocations are separate from the national declaration: missing figures remain missing and estimates remain estimates. Corrections and re-votes may follow. A seat majority does not establish a governing agreement or who will become mayor.
IEC result time: 08 Nov 2026, 21:21 SAST · Source figures ↗
Ward vs PR ballots
Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.
The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.
PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.
Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.
Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.
IEC guide to council seatsThe council results cover all of Inkosi uMtubatuba. Ward results include areas outside River View.
This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 2 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.
Positive-area intersections of the full-precision 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Display simplification is applied separately. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area. Small boundary alignment differences were excluded using a 10-metre precision tolerance, a combined foreign area below 0.01% of the place, and agreement with the source municipality.