Enoch Mgijima | |
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Local municipality | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Chris Hani |
Seat | Queenstown |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Lindiwe Gunuza Nkwentsha (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 13,584 km2 (5,245 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 245,975 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
Municipal code | EC139 |
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji local municipalities.
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.