The uMhlathuze Local Municipality council consists of sixty-seven 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-three are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
[1] In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-three seats on the council.
In the 2021 South African municipal elections the ANC lost its majority, winning a plurality of twenty-seven seats on the council.
[7] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.