Blouberg Local Municipality elections

Last updated March 19, 2023

The Blouberg Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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-three seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	—	29	—	3	—	—	32
2006 election	1	31	—	3	—	1	36
2011 election	1	37	1	2	—	0	41
2016 election	0	33	1	2	8	0	44
2021 election	—	33	2	1	7	1	44

December 2000 election

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	11,592	85.95	16	18,607	88.04	13	29
	Democratic Alliance	1,895	14.05	0	2,528	11.96	3	3
Total		13,487	100.00	16	21,135	100.00	16	32

Valid votes		13,487	97.65		21,135	98.08
Invalid/blank votes		325	2.35		414	1.92
Total votes		13,812	100.00		21,549	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		53,667	25.74		53,667	40.15

March 2006 election

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	25,986	84.65	18	26,475	86.73	13	31
	Democratic Alliance	2,087	6.80	0	2,145	7.03	3	3
	United Independent Front	701	2.28	0	730	2.39	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,231	4.01	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	406	1.32	0	487	1.60	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	122	0.40	0	427	1.40	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	166	0.54	0	262	0.86	0	0
Total		30,699	100.00	18	30,526	100.00	18	36

Valid votes		30,699	98.71		30,526	98.18
Invalid/blank votes		400	1.29		566	1.82
Total votes		31,099	100.00		31,092	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,772	48.77		63,772	48.75

May 2011 election

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	31,873	87.62	21	32,461	88.91	16	37
	Democratic Alliance	1,487	4.09	0	1,421	3.89	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	529	1.45	0	1,714	4.69	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,873	5.15	0				0
	Congress of the People	523	1.44	0	636	1.74	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	77	0.21	0	179	0.49	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	16	0.04	0	97	0.27	0	0
Total		36,378	100.00	21	36,508	100.00	20	41

Valid votes		36,378	98.38		36,508	98.70
Invalid/blank votes		599	1.62		482	1.30
Total votes		36,977	100.00		36,990	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,151	51.25		72,151	51.27

August 2016 election

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	30,986	73.46	22	31,347	74.15	11	33
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,450	17.66	0	7,277	17.21	8	8
	Democratic Alliance	2,279	5.40	0	2,229	5.27	2	2
	Congress of the People	843	2.00	0	781	1.85	1	1
	Agang South Africa	273	0.65	0	291	0.69	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	253	0.60	0	241	0.57	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	97	0.23	0	111	0.26	0	0
Total		42,181	100.00	22	42,277	100.00	22	44

Valid votes		42,181	98.66		42,277	98.71
Invalid/blank votes		574	1.34		552	1.29
Total votes		42,755	100.00		42,829	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		84,327	50.70		84,327	50.79

November 2021 election

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	26,230	71.54	22	26,887	74.42	11	33
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,679	15.49	0	5,878	16.27	7	7
	Congress of the People	1,220	3.33	0	1,117	3.09	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	945	2.58	0	956	2.65	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,457	3.97	0				0
	Abantu Batho Congress	362	0.99	0	322	0.89	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	263	0.72	0	259	0.72	0	0
	Party of Action	107	0.29	0	131	0.36	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	102	0.28	0	99	0.27	0	0
	African People's Convention	106	0.29	0	93	0.26	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	64	0.17	0	67	0.19	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	41	0.11	0	70	0.19	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	30	0.08	0	72	0.20	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	12	0.03	0	52	0.14	0	0
	Kingdom Covenant Democratic Party	1	0.00	0	63	0.17	0	0
	Prophetic Movement Army	39	0.11	0	25	0.07	0	0
	Agang South Africa	5	0.01	0	40	0.11	0	0
Total		36,663	100.00	22	36,131	100.00	22	44

Valid votes		36,663	98.56		36,131	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		537	1.44		754	2.04
Total votes		37,200	100.00		36,885	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		82,935	44.85		82,935	44.47

By-elections from November 2021

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
25 January 2023	17		African National Congress		African National Congress

In a ward 17 by-election on 25 January, held after the death of the ANC councillor, the ANC candidate retained the seat for the party with a reduced majority of 51%, from 78% in 2021.^[7]

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[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Blouberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Blouberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Blouberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Blouberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Blouberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

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