The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
[10][11] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
[12] After the death of the DA councillor in ward 10, a by-election was held on 2 November 2022, consisting of candidates from the DA, ANC, IFP, EFF and eThekwini deputy mayor and Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) leader Philani Mavundla.
The DA retained the seat, increasing its support from 80% to 95%, with Mavundla coming third, on 1%.