Moretele Local Municipality elections

The Moretele Local Municipality council consists of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	PAC	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	39	—	—	—	1	2	1	43
2006 election	41	—	1	—	2	2	1	47
2011 election	46	1	3	—	1	0	4	55
2016 election	38	1	4	8	0	—	1	52
2021 election	35	0	2	9	—	0	6	52

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	30,185	89.03	22	34,030	90.52	17	39
	United Christian Democratic Party	2,005	5.91	0	1,771	4.71	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	719	2.12	0	990	2.63	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	370	1.09	0	804	2.14	1	1
	Independent candidates	625	1.84	0				0
Total		33,904	100.00	22	37,595	100.00	21	43

Valid votes		33,904	97.83		37,595	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		753	2.17		716	1.87
Total votes		34,657	100.00		38,311	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		77,462	44.74		77,462	49.46

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	34,551	82.38	23	35,871	88.82	18	41
	Independent candidates	3,262	7.78	1				1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,500	3.58	0	1,346	3.33	2	2
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,389	3.31	0	1,367	3.38	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	750	1.79	0	1,144	2.83	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	320	0.76	0	282	0.70	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	169	0.40	0	375	0.93	0	0
Total		41,941	100.00	24	40,385	100.00	23	47

Valid votes		41,941	97.76		40,385	95.79
Invalid/blank votes		962	2.24		1,773	4.21
Total votes		42,903	100.00		42,158	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		87,704	48.92		87,704	48.07

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	41,346	82.45	27	42,196	84.07	19	46
	Democratic Alliance	3,165	6.31	0	2,953	5.88	3	3
	National Freedom Party	1,966	3.92	1	1,983	3.95	1	2
	African People's Convention	1,853	3.70	0	1,478	2.94	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	546	1.09	0	354	0.71	1	1
	Congress of the People	291	0.58	0	607	1.21	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	383	0.76	0	276	0.55	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	196	0.39	0	274	0.55	0	0
	Movement Democratic Party	232	0.46	0	72	0.14	0	0
	Independent candidates	170	0.34	0				0
Total		50,148	100.00	28	50,193	100.00	27	55

Valid votes		50,148	98.10		50,193	98.33
Invalid/blank votes		969	1.90		853	1.67
Total votes		51,117	100.00		51,046	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		92,703	55.14		92,703	55.06

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	36,394	72.03	26	36,751	72.09	12	38
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,030	15.89	0	7,850	15.40	8	8
	Democratic Alliance	3,597	7.12	0	3,784	7.42	4	4
	Agenda to Citizenry Governors	529	1.05	0	612	1.20	1	1
	Congress of the People	340	0.67	0	554	1.09	1	1
	African People's Convention	355	0.70	0	408	0.80	0	0
	Independent candidates	618	1.22	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	207	0.41	0	247	0.48	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	144	0.28	0	292	0.57	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	88	0.17	0	228	0.45	0	0
	African People's Socialist Party	136	0.27	0	105	0.21	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	89	0.18	0	146	0.29	0	0
Total		50,527	100.00	26	50,977	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		50,527	98.07		50,977	97.99
Invalid/blank votes		996	1.93		1,047	2.01
Total votes		51,523	100.00		52,024	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		97,823	52.67		97,823	53.18

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	25,468	63.35	26	26,922	67.15	9	35
	Economic Freedom Fighters	6,265	15.58	0	6,939	17.31	9	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,639	4.08	0	1,742	4.34	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,246	5.59	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	964	2.40	0	1,202	3.00	2	2
	Agenda to Citizenry Governors	1,092	2.72	0	910	2.27	1	1
	African Independent Congress	796	1.98	0	926	2.31	1	1
	Defenders of the People	565	1.41	0	475	1.18	1	1
	Economic Emancipation Forum	641	1.59	0	59	0.15	1	1
	Congress of the People	174	0.43	0	169	0.42	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	100	0.25	0	159	0.40	0	0
	African People's Movement	85	0.21	0	158	0.39	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	53	0.13	0	176	0.44	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	75	0.19	0	115	0.29	0	0
	The People's Voice	31	0.08	0	50	0.12	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	4	0.01	0	58	0.14	0	0
	Tsogang Civic Movement	4	0.01	0	33	0.08	0	0
Total		40,202	100.00	26	40,093	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		40,202	97.85		40,093	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		884	2.15		1,114	2.70
Total votes		41,086	100.00		41,207	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		94,713	43.38		94,713	43.51

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
13 Mar 2024^[7]	17		African National Congress		African National Congress
28 Aug 2024^[8]	26		African National Congress		African National Congress

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