Dihlabeng Local Municipality elections

Last updated January 20, 2023

The Dihlabeng Local Municipality council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	21	6	-	-	5	2	34
2006 election	29	5	-	2	1	0	37
2011 election	30	8	-	1	0	1	40
2016 election	25	8	3	1	-	2	39
2021 election	23	7	4	2	-	4	40

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	16,773	61.52	13	17,053	62.41	8	21
	Democratic Alliance	4,577	16.79	3	4,902	17.94	3	6
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,455	12.67	1	3,577	13.09	4	5
	Bohlokong Civic Association	967	3.55	0	1,027	3.76	1	1
	Alliance 2000+	1,063	3.90	0	763	2.79	1	1
	Independent candidates	431	1.58	0				0
Total		27,266	100.00	17	27,322	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		27,266	97.91		27,322	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		582	2.09		521	1.87
Total votes		27,848	100.00		27,843	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		55,271	50.38		55,271	50.38

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	22,932	78.25	16	21,940	76.27	13	29
	Democratic Alliance	3,770	12.86	3	3,513	12.21	2	5
	Freedom Front Plus	1,355	4.62	0	1,221	4.24	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	899	3.07	0	1,410	4.90	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	318	1.09	0	563	1.96	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	31	0.11	0	121	0.42	0	0
Total		29,305	100.00	19	28,768	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		29,305	97.15		28,768	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		860	2.85		666	2.26
Total votes		30,165	100.00		29,434	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		61,684	48.90		61,684	47.72

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	28,494	73.39	18	28,903	74.41	12	30
	Democratic Alliance	7,918	20.40	2	7,730	19.90	6	8
	Freedom Front Plus	1,020	2.63	0	738	1.90	1	1
	Congress of the People	753	1.94	0	877	2.26	1	1
	African People's Convention	357	0.92	0	438	1.13	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	207	0.53	0	156	0.40	0	0
	Independent candidates	74	0.19	0				0
Total		38,823	100.00	20	38,842	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		38,823	98.09		38,842	98.35
Invalid/blank votes		754	1.91		650	1.65
Total votes		39,577	100.00		39,492	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		66,738	59.30		66,738	59.17

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	25,299	59.86	17	27,565	66.02	8	25
	Democratic Alliance	8,267	19.56	1	9,285	22.24	7	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,610	6.18	0	3,094	7.41	3	3
	Independent candidates	4,697	11.11	2				2
	Freedom Front Plus	619	1.46	0	644	1.54	1	1
	Leihlo La Setjhaba Rainbow	208	0.49	0	312	0.75	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	238	0.56	0	242	0.58	0	0
	Congress of the People	177	0.42	0	273	0.65	0	0
	African People's Convention	100	0.24	0	237	0.57	0	0
	United Residents Front	51	0.12	0	99	0.24	0	0
Total		42,266	100.00	20	41,751	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		42,266	97.87		41,751	96.78
Invalid/blank votes		920	2.13		1,388	3.22
Total votes		43,186	100.00		43,139	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,214	58.99		73,214	58.92

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	19,420	55.28	18	19,595	56.11	5	23
	Democratic Alliance	4,962	14.12	1	6,450	18.47	6	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,450	9.82	0	3,708	10.62	4	4
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	1,731	4.93	0	1,530	4.38	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,861	8.14	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,046	2.98	0	1,602	4.59	2	2
	Forum for Service Delivery	867	2.47	0	827	2.37	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	208	0.59	0	358	1.03	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	181	0.52	0	200	0.57	0	0
	Leihlo La Setjhaba Rainbow	174	0.50	0	194	0.56	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	83	0.24	0	156	0.45	0	0
	Patriotic Front of Azania	75	0.21	0	130	0.37	0	0
	Congress of the People	26	0.07	0	123	0.35	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	48	0.14	0	52	0.15	0	0
Total		35,132	100.00	20	34,925	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		35,132	97.95		34,925	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		735	2.05		952	2.65
Total votes		35,867	100.00		35,877	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,298	49.61		72,298	49.62

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↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

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[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

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