Engcobo Local Municipality elections

Last updated January 15, 2023

The Engcobo Local Municipality council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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-two seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	PAC	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	19	—	—	2	8	0	29
2006 election	26	—	—	2	3	0	31
2011 election	35	0	—	1	3	1	40
2016 election	33	1	2	0	2	1	39
2021 election	32	1	2	1	2	1	39

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	14,977	64.33	14	15,063	64.99	5	19
	United Democratic Movement	5,996	25.75	1	6,187	26.69	7	8
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,927	8.28	0	1,927	8.31	2	2
	Independent candidates	381	1.64	0				0
Total		23,281	100.00	15	23,177	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		23,281	97.34		23,177	96.89
Invalid/blank votes		637	2.66		743	3.11
Total votes		23,918	100.00		23,920	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,665	50.18		47,665	50.18

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	27,542	81.75	16	28,081	83.77	10	26
	United Democratic Movement	2,832	8.41	0	3,234	9.65	3	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,961	5.82	0	1,747	5.21	2	2
	Independent candidates	981	2.91	0				0
	United Independent Front	375	1.11	0	460	1.37	0	0
Total		33,691	100.00	16	33,522	100.00	15	31

Valid votes		33,691	97.28		33,522	96.92
Invalid/blank votes		941	2.72		1,067	3.08
Total votes		34,632	100.00		34,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,915	57.80		59,915	57.73

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	32,542	87.55	20	32,646	86.98	15	35
	United Democratic Movement	2,848	7.66	0	2,494	6.64	3	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	798	2.15	0	476	1.27	1	1
	National Freedom Party	420	1.13	0	540	1.44	1	1
	Congress of the People	91	0.24	0	784	2.09	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	363	0.98	0	182	0.48	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	48	0.13	0	265	0.71	0	0
	United Independent Front	30	0.08	0	74	0.20	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	30	0.08	0	73	0.19	0	0
Total		37,170	100.00	20	37,534	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		37,170	98.06		37,534	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		734	1.94		610	1.60
Total votes		37,904	100.00		38,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		69,485	54.55		69,485	54.90

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	31,044	83.32	20	30,492	83.28	13	33
	United Democratic Movement	2,199	5.90	0	2,254	6.16	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,331	3.57	0	1,545	4.22	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	760	2.04	0	646	1.76	1	1
	Independent candidates	877	2.35	0				0
	African Independent Congress	317	0.85	0	476	1.30	1	1
	United Front of the Eastern Cape	154	0.41	0	550	1.50	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	296	0.79	0	222	0.61	0	0
	African People's Convention	226	0.61	0	268	0.73	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	56	0.15	0	160	0.44	0	0
Total		37,260	100.00	20	36,613	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		37,260	97.95		36,613	97.63
Invalid/blank votes		781	2.05		888	2.37
Total votes		38,041	100.00		37,501	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,494	51.76		73,494	51.03

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	26,473	81.92	20	26,445	82.07	12	32
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,774	5.49	0	1,804	5.60	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,643	5.08	0	1,635	5.07	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	965	2.99	0	981	3.04	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	506	1.57	0	436	1.35	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	256	0.79	0	272	0.84	1	1
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	251	0.78	0	240	0.74	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	151	0.47	0	147	0.46	0	0
	God Save Africa	97	0.30	0	130	0.40	0	0
	Independent candidates	141	0.44	0				0
	African People's Movement	49	0.15	0	62	0.19	0	0
	National Freedom Party	9	0.03	0	69	0.21	0	0
Total		32,315	100.00	20	32,221	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		32,315	98.27		32,221	98.03
Invalid/blank votes		568	1.73		647	1.97
Total votes		32,883	100.00		32,868	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		70,369	46.73		70,369	46.71

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
16 March 2022^[6]	21307001		African National Congress		African National Congress

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[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Engcobo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Engcobo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Engcobo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Engcobo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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