title: Vulamehlo Local Municipality elections
text: # Vulamehlo Local Municipality elections
  
  The Vulamehlo Local Municipality council consisted of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.
  
  In 2016 the municipality was divided between eThekwini and uMdoni.
  
  ## Results
  
  The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
  
  | Event | ANC | IFP | NFP | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2000 election | 7 | 13 | - | - |
  | 2006 election | 11 | 9 | - | - |
  | 2011 election | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
  
  ## December 2000 election
  
  The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
  
  | Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
  | | Inkatha Freedom Party | 9,717 | 62.55 | 8 | 9,896 | 63.69 | 5 | 13 |
  | | African National Congress | 5,818 | 37.45 | 2 | 5,642 | 36.31 | 5 | 7 |
  | Total | Total | 15,535 | 100.00 | 10 | 15,538 | 100.00 | 10 | 20 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 15,535 | 97.61 | | 15,538 | 97.69 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 380 | 2.39 | | 367 | 2.31 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 15,915 | 100.00 | | 15,905 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 33,000 | 48.23 | | 33,000 | 48.20 | | |
  
  ## March 2006 election
  
  The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
  
  | Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
  | | African National Congress | 9,844 | 53.38 | 7 | 9,962 | 54.04 | 4 | 11 |
  | | Inkatha Freedom Party | 8,596 | 46.62 | 3 | 8,473 | 45.96 | 6 | 9 |
  | Total | Total | 18,440 | 100.00 | 10 | 18,435 | 100.00 | 10 | 20 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 18,440 | 97.18 | | 18,435 | 97.12 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 536 | 2.82 | | 546 | 2.88 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 18,976 | 100.00 | | 18,981 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 35,840 | 52.95 | | 35,840 | 52.96 | | |
  
  ## May 2011 election
  
  The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
  
  | Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
  | | African National Congress | 15,281 | 62.91 | 9 | 15,614 | 64.21 | 4 | 13 |
  | | National Freedom Party | 6,325 | 26.04 | 1 | 6,039 | 24.83 | 4 | 5 |
  | | Inkatha Freedom Party | 2,488 | 10.24 | 0 | 2,463 | 10.13 | 2 | 2 |
  | | African Christian Democratic Party | 195 | 0.80 | 0 | 202 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 24,289 | 100.00 | 10 | 24,318 | 100.00 | 10 | 20 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 24,289 | 97.94 | | 24,318 | 97.93 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 510 | 2.06 | | 515 | 2.07 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 24,799 | 100.00 | | 24,833 | 100.00 | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 37,839 | 65.54 | | 37,839 | 65.63 | | |
  