| Elundini | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Joe Gqabi |
| Seat: | Maclear |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 17 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nonkongozelo Ruth Lengs |
| Leader Title1: | Speaker |
| Leader Name1: | Vangiwe Victoria Hokwana (ANC) |
| Leader Title2: | Chief Whip |
| Leader Name2: | Mamello Semakaleng Leteba (ANC) |
| Area Total Km2: | 5065 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 138141 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 98.1% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.7% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 70.1% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 24.8% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.7% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.6% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 1.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | EC141 |
Elundini Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Elundini; Sotho, Southern: Masepala wa Elundini) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from isiZulu and refers to the Drakensberg Mountains.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22601 | 676.98 | 17,492 | Xhosa | ||
| 22602 | 156.98 | 6,934 | Xhosa | ||
| 22603 | 90.82 | 5,102 | Xhosa | ||
| 22604 | 224.75 | 12,458 | Sotho | ||
| 22605 | 169.85 | 8,454 | Xhosa | ||
| 22606 | 720.18 | 32,079 | Sotho | ||
| 22608 | 125.92 | 4,872 | Xhosa | ||
| 22609 | 0.28 | 1,280 | Xhosa | ||
| 22610 | 7.24 | 4,908 | Xhosa | ||
| 22611 | 0.23 | 598 | Xhosa | ||
| 22612 | 0.25 | 1,762 | Xhosa | ||
| 22613 | 98.11 | 5,556 | Xhosa | ||
| Mount Fletcher Part 1 | 22614 | 10.70 | 9,406 | Xhosa | |
| Mount Fletcher Part 2 | 22620 | 108.32 | 3,371 | Xhosa | |
| 22615 | 162.30 | 8,521 | Xhosa | ||
| 22616 | 0.13 | 1,119 | Xhosa | ||
| 22617 | 0.15 | 159 | Xhosa | ||
| 22618 | 2.14 | 4,671 | Xhosa | ||
| 22619 | 18.21 | 3,585 | Xhosa | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 22607 | 2,782.47 | 5,279 | Xhosa |
See main article: Elundini Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6]