Mhlontlo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the
OR Tambo District of
Eastern Cape in
South Africa
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.
Mhlontlo was a chief of the
Pondomise people during the 19th century.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
in twenty-six
wards
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, while the remaining twenty-five are chosen from
party list
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s 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
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(ANC) won a majority of forty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
Official Website
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Local municipalities of the OR Tambo District Municipality