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Richmond

KZN227 · Local council · 17 seats

Majority
Voting districts in
100%
45 of 45
Wards declared
9
of 9
Majority line
9
of 17 seats
Registered voters
38,506

IEC report

Seats (declared)

As of
The IEC has declared this council. These are the final seat numbers.
MKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsMKP: 10 seatsANC: 5 seatsANC: 5 seatsANC: 5 seatsANC: 5 seatsANC: 5 seatsDA: 2 seatsDA: 2 seats179 for majority
Seats by party
PartyVotesWardsSeats
MKP56.3%810
ANC30.1%15
DA8.9%02

Coalition calculator

As of

Tap parties to add their seats together. This is seat arithmetic only: it shows which combinations hold enough seats between them, not whether those parties would agree to govern together.

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Minimal winning combinations

Every set of up to four of the ten largest parties that reaches the majority line, where dropping any one member would fall short. Independents are left out because each votes individually. Seats are final.

Ward map

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Closest wards

As of
Wards decided or led by less than 5 points on the ward ballot, and how many more votes the runner-up needed.
  1. Ward 5MKP won, ahead of ANCby 2 (0.1%) · needed 3
  2. Ward 6ANC won, ahead of MKPby 44 (2.2%) · needed 45

Wards (9)

As of
Ward-ballot results. Margin is the gap between the first two candidates as a share of valid ward votes.
Wards declared
100%
Ward ballot results by ward
WardWinner or leaderMarginVotesVDs in
1MKPDerrick Paul Thompsonwon15.0%2,3494/4
2MKPReginald Sibongiseni Ngcobowon24.3%2,9196/6
3MKPSwelihle Trevor Dumakudewon43.3%2,2685/5
4MKPNkululeko Sizwe Khubonewon26.1%2,2992/2
5MKPMduduzi Nkosinathi Wandawon0.1%1,8729/9
6ANCMelikhaya Knowledge Ngcongowon2.2%1,9789/9
7MKPKwazikwakhe Mbejewon50.5%2,6692/2
8MKPSinqobile Praisegod Nkabindewon25.5%2,5654/4
9MKPBonginkosi David Ndlovuwon28.9%2,7364/4