Nongoma Local Municipality elections

The Nongoma Local Municipality council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council. The party lost its majority in the election of 1 November 2021, obtaining a plurality of twenty-one seats.

Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.

March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.

November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

By-elections from November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

The council had been governed by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with the support of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) since the 2021 election. The IFP lost control after the National Freedom Party's win in ward 20 and the withdrawal of EFF support, and an NFP, African National Congress (ANC) and EFF coalition took over the council in February 2023. IFP mayor Albert Mncwango was replaced by the NFP's Clifford Ndabandaba, and IFP Speaker, Prince Bheki Zulu was replaced by the ANC's Babongiwe Sithole.