Ngqushwa Local Municipality
Ngqushwa 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 |
Amahlubi | | 25.88 | 1,095 |
Amambalu | | 64.29 | 144 |
Bhele | | 71.60 | 5,626 |
Dabi | | 9.96 | 1,010 |
Glenmore | | 13.18 | 1,373 |
Hamburg | | 3.30 | 193 |
Imidushane | | 345.41 | 15,216 |
Imiqayi | | 176.73 | 14,947 |
Mareledwana | | 243.17 | 10,774 |
Mhala | | 101.29 | 5,355 |
Mpheweni | | 0.28 | 27 |
Msuthu | | 70.89 | 4,515 |
Ngqushwa | | 158.71 | 233 |
Njokweni | | 86.22 | 4,667 |
Peddie Part 1 | | 653.47 | 10,791 |
Peddie Part 2 | | 9.77 | 3,696 |
Tyefu | | 211.15 | 4,583 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 twenty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.