Mnquma Local Municipality
Mnquma Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area | Population |
Amabhele | | 526.95 | 32,672 |
Amahlubi | | 631.51 | 42,651 |
Amambalu | | 21.21 | 1,562 |
Amazizi | | 623.87 | 54,406 |
Butterworth | | 26.88 | 45,900 |
Fingo | | 105.70 | 6,481 |
Gcaleka | | 61.93 | 5,898 |
Gqogqora | | 39.39 | 2,302 |
Imidushane | | 64.07 | 4,239 |
Jalamba | | 90.71 | 7,795 |
Kentani Part 1 | | 4.44 | 784 |
Kentani Part 2 | | 2.99 | 528 |
Kwebulana | | 9.66 | 630 |
Lindinxiwa | | 55.14 | 2,602 |
Mac Vigar | | 134.74 | 6,410 |
Mazeppa Bay | | 0.57 | 42 |
Mazizini | | 43.39 | 2,040 |
Mnquma | | 56.03 | 727 |
Mtoto | | 52.88 | 4,260 |
Ngqwara | | 193.31 | 14,912 |
Ngubezulu | | 17.93 | 1,793 |
Ngusi | | 114.11 | 7,347 |
Nqadu | | 3.71 | 231 |
Nqamakwe | | 16.09 | 1,405 |
Ntshatshongo | | 0.72 | 0 |
Qolora Mouth | | 0.34 | 69 |
Qolora | | 201.39 | 20,265 |
Springs | | 0.80 | 116 |
Teko | | 61.74 | 5,686 |
Tutura | | 47.50 | 5,664 |
Tyhali | | 113.68 | 8,359 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 won a majority of forty-eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.