Engcobo Local Municipality

Engcobo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Ngcobo is an isiXhosa name for a sweet grass found in the area.[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population
Amantondo	22401	132.82	7,033
Amaqwati	22402	167.65	16,863
Dumalisile	22403	128.98	8,330
Ngcobo	22404	26.55	6,124
Gqutyini	22405	259.73	12,165
Hala	22406	185.31	13,339
Jumba	22407	279.27	16,774
Luhewini	22408	149.02	14,707
Moshi	22409	171.90	11,447
Sidindi	22410	386.90	23,005
Singqumeni	22411	166.64	6,113
Tara	22412	46.35	3,190
Upper Gqobonco	22413	157.67	9,319

The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

Engcobo local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	26,473	26,445	52,918	82.0%	20	12	32
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,774	1,804	3,578	5.5%	0	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,643	1,635	3,278	5.1%	0	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	965	981	1,946	3.0%	0	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	506	436	942	1.5%	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	256	272	528	0.8%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	141	–	141	0.2%	0	–	0
	5 other parties	557	648	1,205	1.9%	0	0	0
Total		32,315	32,221	64,536		20	19	39

Valid votes		32,315	32,221	64,536	98.2%
Spoilt votes		568	647	1,215	1.8%
Total votes cast		32,883	32,868	65,751

Voter turnout		33,118
Registered voters		70,369
Turnout percentage		47.1%

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