City of Matlosana Local Municipality elections

Last updated September 13, 2024

The City of Matlosana Local Municipality council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 forty seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FSD	FF+	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	44	—	12	—	—	1	1	1	60
2006 election	1	46	—	9	—	—	2	1	2	61
2011 election	0	51	1	16	—	—	2	—	0	70
2016 election	—	46	1	17	7	2	3	—	1	77
2021 election	1	40	0	16	9	2	7	—	2	77

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	54,974	70.74	22	57,801	74.71	22	44
	Democratic Alliance	15,028	19.34	7	15,351	19.84	5	12
	Independent candidates	3,598	4.63	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,815	2.34	0	1,245	1.61	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,374	1.77	0	980	1.27	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	594	0.76	0	857	1.11	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	212	0.27	0	675	0.87	0	0
	Noordwes Forum	116	0.15	0	461	0.60	0	0
Total		77,711	100.00	30	77,370	100.00	30	60

Valid votes		77,711	97.63		77,370	97.23
Invalid/blank votes		1,888	2.37		2,203	2.77
Total votes		79,599	100.00		79,573	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		160,004	49.75		160,004	49.73

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	57,348	71.65	25	59,974	75.16	21	46
	Democratic Alliance	11,681	14.59	6	12,075	15.13	3	9
	Freedom Front Plus	2,261	2.82	0	2,141	2.68	2	2
	Independent candidates	4,385	5.48	0				0
	Independent Democrats	1,417	1.77	0	1,907	2.39	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	995	1.24	0	1,038	1.30	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	758	0.95	0	916	1.15	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	381	0.48	0	692	0.87	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	545	0.68	0	526	0.66	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	96	0.12	0	314	0.39	0	0
	United Independent Front	171	0.21	0	216	0.27	0	0
Total		80,038	100.00	31	79,799	100.00	30	61

Valid votes		80,038	98.03		79,799	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		1,610	1.97		2,515	3.06
Total votes		81,648	100.00		82,314	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		173,537	47.05		173,537	47.43

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	74,825	72.58	26	75,205	72.82	25	51
	Democratic Alliance	22,528	21.85	9	22,840	22.11	7	16
	Freedom Front Plus	2,290	2.22	0	1,931	1.87	2	2
	Congress of the People	1,769	1.72	0	1,596	1.55	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	565	0.55	0	469	0.45	0	0
	African People's Convention	390	0.38	0	573	0.55	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	173	0.17	0	150	0.15	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	112	0.11	0	185	0.18	0	0
	National Freedom Party	80	0.08	0	149	0.14	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	61	0.06	0	140	0.14	0	0
	Independent candidates	179	0.17	0				0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	103	0.10	0				0
	South African Political Party	19	0.02	0	41	0.04	0	0
Total		103,094	100.00	35	103,279	100.00	35	70

Valid votes		103,094	98.48		103,279	98.78
Invalid/blank votes		1,596	1.52		1,273	1.22
Total votes		104,690	100.00		104,552	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		184,971	56.60		184,971	56.52

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	65,309	60.92	31	62,375	59.70	15	46
	Democratic Alliance	22,721	21.20	8	22,722	21.75	9	17
	Economic Freedom Fighters	9,922	9.26	0	9,830	9.41	7	7
	Freedom Front Plus	4,255	3.97	0	4,146	3.97	3	3
	Forum for Service Delivery	3,220	3.00	0	2,896	2.77	2	2
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	1,409	1.31	0	1,102	1.05	1	1
	Congress of the People	188	0.18	0	1,108	1.06	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	46	0.04	0	198	0.19	0	0
	Movemeant of God	37	0.03	0	102	0.10	0	0
	Independent candidates	90	0.08	0				0
Total		107,197	100.00	39	104,479	100.00	38	77

Valid votes		107,197	98.38		104,479	97.76
Invalid/blank votes		1,767	1.62		2,391	2.24
Total votes		108,964	100.00		106,870	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		190,132	57.31		190,132	56.21

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	38,845	51.83	31	39,800	52.60	9	40
	Democratic Alliance	15,511	20.69	7	15,552	20.55	9	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,528	11.38	0	8,750	11.56	9	9
	Freedom Front Plus	6,670	8.90	1	6,571	8.68	6	7
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,737	2.32	0	1,828	2.42	2	2
	Patriotic Alliance	1,386	1.85	0	1,517	2.00	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	510	0.68	0	476	0.63	1	1
	Independent candidates	941	1.26	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	277	0.37	0	411	0.54	0	0
	Congress of the People	156	0.21	0	233	0.31	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	121	0.16	0	175	0.23	0	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	151	0.20	0	131	0.17	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	53	0.07	0	228	0.30	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	67	0.09	0				0
Total		74,953	100.00	39	75,672	100.00	38	77

Valid votes		74,953	97.82		75,672	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		1,672	2.18		1,504	1.95
Total votes		76,625	100.00		77,176	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		181,905	42.12		181,905	42.43

By-elections from November 2021

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

Date	Ward
11 Oct 2023^[7]	16	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
11 Oct 2023^[7]	17	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
17 Jul 2024^[8]	1	African National Congress	African National Congress
17 Jul 2024^[8]	25	African National Congress	African National Congress
11 Sep 2024^[9]	39	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

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[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

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