Greater Taung Local Municipality elections

Last updated April 19, 2023

The Greater Taung Local Municipality council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 twenty-eight seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FSD	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	—	29	—	1	—	—	9	0	40
2006 election	1	—	35	—	1	—	—	5	2	44
2011 election	1	—	43	2	3	—	—	—	2	51
2016 election	1	1	34	1	2	6	3	—	0	48
2021 election	1	1	28	0	1	11	2	0	4	48

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	24,691	73.77	19	26,560	74.79	10	29
	United Christian Democratic Party	7,594	22.69	1	7,286	20.52	8	9
	African Christian Democratic Party	781	2.33	0	833	2.35	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	402	1.20	0	832	2.34	1	1
Total		33,468	100.00	20	35,511	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		33,468	96.99		35,511	97.18
Invalid/blank votes		1,037	3.01		1,031	2.82
Total votes		34,505	100.00		36,542	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		70,667	48.83		70,667	51.71

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	33,216	74.97	21	35,514	81.19	14	35
	United Christian Democratic Party	5,066	11.43	0	5,820	13.30	5	5
	Independent candidates	3,270	7.38	1				1
	Independent Democrats	1,589	3.59	0	987	2.26	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	655	1.48	0	638	1.46	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	508	1.15	0	784	1.79	1	1
Total		44,304	100.00	22	43,743	100.00	22	44

Valid votes		44,304	97.34		43,743	95.89
Invalid/blank votes		1,212	2.66		1,877	4.11
Total votes		45,516	100.00		45,620	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		85,939	52.96		85,939	53.08

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	36,368	81.46	24	38,014	85.33	19	43
	Democratic Alliance	2,918	6.54	1	2,803	6.29	2	3
	Congress of the People	1,427	3.20	0	1,979	4.44	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,631	5.89	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,006	2.25	0	1,034	2.32	1	1
	African People's Convention	297	0.67	0	719	1.61	1	1
Total		44,647	100.00	26	44,549	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		44,647	97.16		44,549	96.51
Invalid/blank votes		1,306	2.84		1,610	3.49
Total votes		45,953	100.00		46,159	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		86,151	53.34		86,151	53.58

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	30,696	62.62	24	31,836	67.14	10	34
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,516	11.25	0	6,311	13.31	6	6
	Independent candidates	6,636	13.54	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	2,796	5.70	0	3,570	7.53	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,777	3.62	0	1,978	4.17	2	2
	African Independent Congress	305	0.62	0	1,673	3.53	1	1
	Congress of the People	482	0.98	0	857	1.81	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	376	0.77	0	570	1.20	1	1
	African People's Convention	165	0.34	0	369	0.78	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	273	0.56	0	253	0.53	0	0
Total		49,022	100.00	24	47,417	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		49,022	96.82		47,417	95.54
Invalid/blank votes		1,610	3.18		2,216	4.46
Total votes		50,632	100.00		49,633	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		89,546	56.54		89,546	55.43

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	23,392	56.42	23	23,528	58.03	5	28
	Economic Freedom Fighters	9,491	22.89	0	9,532	23.51	11	11
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	1,612	3.89	0	1,546	3.81	2	2
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,580	3.81	1	1,563	3.85	1	2
	Independent candidates	2,128	5.13	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	953	2.30	0	953	2.35	1	1
	African Independent Congress	265	0.64	0	846	2.09	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	395	0.95	0	380	0.94	1	1
	National Freedom Party	361	0.87	0	408	1.01	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	335	0.81	0	375	0.92	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	161	0.39	0	513	1.27	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	334	0.81	0	308	0.76	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	306	0.74	0	326	0.80	0	0
	Congress of the People	145	0.35	0	269	0.66	0	0
Total		41,458	100.00	24	40,547	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		41,458	97.63		40,547	96.04
Invalid/blank votes		1,005	2.37		1,671	3.96
Total votes		42,463	100.00		42,218	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		87,198	48.70		87,198	48.42

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[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Greater Taung". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Greater Taung". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Greater Taung". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

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