Dipaleseng Local Municipality elections

Last updated April 16, 2023

The Dipaleseng Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining 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 eight seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	8	3	—	0	11
2006 election	8	2	—	1	11
2011 election	7	2	—	3	12
2016 election	9	2	1	0	12
2021 election	8	1	2	1	12

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	5,994	69.49	5	6,022	69.82	3	8
	Democratic Alliance	1,893	21.95	1	1,982	22.98	2	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	368	4.27	0	365	4.23	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	190	2.20	0	178	2.06	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	115	1.33	0	78	0.90	0	0
	Independent candidates	66	0.77	0				0
Total		8,626	100.00	6	8,625	100.00	5	11

Valid votes		8,626	97.24		8,625	97.02
Invalid/blank votes		245	2.76		265	2.98
Total votes		8,871	100.00		8,890	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,547	50.56		17,547	50.66

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	7,282	75.28	5	7,350	76.02	3	8
	Democratic Alliance	1,497	15.48	1	1,481	15.32	1	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	537	5.55	0	527	5.45	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	154	1.59	0	212	2.19	0	0
	Economic Freedom Movement	88	0.91	0	98	1.01	0	0
	Independent candidates	115	1.19	0				0
Total		9,673	100.00	6	9,668	100.00	5	11

Valid votes		9,673	96.89		9,668	96.70
Invalid/blank votes		310	3.11		330	3.30
Total votes		9,983	100.00		9,998	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,892	52.84		18,892	52.92

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	5,433	47.04	4	6,816	61.52	3	7
	Independent candidates	3,378	29.25	1				1
	Democratic Alliance	1,483	12.84	1	1,574	14.21	1	2
	Socialist Civic Movement	772	6.68	0	2,125	19.18	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	310	2.68	0	364	3.29	0	0
	Congress of the People	173	1.50	0	200	1.81	0	0
Total		11,549	100.00	6	11,079	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		11,549	95.81		11,079	93.19
Invalid/blank votes		505	4.19		809	6.81
Total votes		12,054	100.00		11,888	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,547	61.67		19,547	60.82

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	9,541	75.86	6	9,560	76.46	3	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,635	13.00	0	1,628	13.02	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	485	3.86	0	503	4.02	1	1
	Socialist Civic Movement	446	3.55	0	475	3.80	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	167	1.33	0	189	1.51	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	148	1.18	0	149	1.19	0	0
	Independent candidates	155	1.23	0				0
Total		12,577	100.00	6	12,504	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		12,577	97.88		12,504	97.60
Invalid/blank votes		272	2.12		307	2.40
Total votes		12,849	100.00		12,811	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,413	60.01		21,413	59.83

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	5,275	56.17	6	5,542	59.40	2	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,304	13.89	0	1,738	18.63	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	664	7.07	0	671	7.19	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	601	6.40	0	673	7.21	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,105	11.77	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	174	1.85	0	205	2.20	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	134	1.43	0	185	1.98	0	0
	Socialist Civic Movement	49	0.52	0	129	1.38	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	56	0.60	0	108	1.16	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	29	0.31	0	79	0.85	0	0
Total		9,391	100.00	6	9,330	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		9,391	97.55		9,330	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		236	2.45		261	2.72
Total votes		9,627	100.00		9,591	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,948	45.96		20,948	45.78

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
5 April 2023^[7]	5		African National Congress		African National Congress

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↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
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↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
↑ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
↑ Sussman, Wayne (2023-04-06). "APRIL BY-ELECTIONS: Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

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[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[mbe-6] "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

[7] Sussman, Wayne (2023-04-06). "APRIL BY-ELECTIONS: Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

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