The Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality council was established in 2016 by the merging of the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities[1] and consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 thirty-three seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 election | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2021 election | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 45 |
See main article: 2016 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[2]
See main article: 2021 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[3]