Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality elections

The Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council.

In the 2021 election the ANC lost its majority, although it still won the most seats, and was unseated by a coalition led by the MAP16 Civic Movement.

Results

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

Event	AIC	ANC	DA	DP	EFF	IFP	PAC	Other
2000 election	-	51	3	10	-	1	1	1
2006 election	-	55	2	7	-	1	1	2
2011 election	-	52	4	10	-	0	0	3
2016 election	1	47	5	4	9	0	-	3
2021 election	1	28	5	3	7	0	-	26

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election. ^[1]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	49,473	73.89	33	49,984	74.76	18	51
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	9,031	13.49	0	10,206	15.26	10	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,987	4.46	1	3,381	5.06	2	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,259	1.88	0	1,134	1.70	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,136	3.19	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	722	1.08	0	937	1.40	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	939	1.40	0	630	0.94	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	407	0.61	0	589	0.88	0	0
Total		66,954	100.00	34	66,861	100.00	33	67
Valid votes		66,954	97.28		66,861	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		1,869	2.72		1,724	2.51
Total votes		68,823	100.00		68,585	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		156,482	43.98		156,482	43.83

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election. ^[2]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	62,713	80.31	33	62,826	80.41	22	55
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	7,885	10.10	0	8,631	11.05	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	2,963	3.79	1	2,657	3.40	1	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	815	1.04	0	1,035	1.32	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	779	1.00	0	989	1.27	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,607	2.06	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	588	0.75	0	682	0.87	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	544	0.70	0	703	0.90	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	198	0.25	0	611	0.78	0	0
Total		78,092	100.00	34	78,134	100.00	34	68
Valid votes		78,092	97.47		78,134	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,029	2.53		2,010	2.51
Total votes		80,121	100.00		80,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		168,286	47.61		168,286	47.62

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election. ^[3]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	67,914	74.99	35	68,764	75.47	17	52
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	13,106	14.47	0	12,629	13.86	10	10
	Democratic Alliance	5,910	6.53	0	5,433	5.96	4	4
	Congress of the People	593	0.65	0	1,431	1.57	1	1
	African People's Convention	390	0.43	0	835	0.92	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	536	0.59	0	495	0.54	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	670	0.74	0	193	0.21	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	335	0.37	0	441	0.48	0	0
	National Freedom Party	271	0.30	0	485	0.53	0	0
	Independent candidates	567	0.63	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	122	0.13	0	323	0.35	0	0
	United Residents Front	155	0.17	0	84	0.09	0	0
Total		90,569	100.00	35	91,113	100.00	34	69
Valid votes		90,569	97.67		91,113	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		2,165	2.33		1,747	1.88
Total votes		92,734	100.00		92,860	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		176,579	52.52		176,579	52.59

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. ^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	65,118	68.15	35	63,428	66.64	12	47
	Economic Freedom Fighters	11,774	12.32	0	11,941	12.55	9	9
	Democratic Alliance	7,158	7.49	0	7,258	7.63	5	5
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	4,851	5.08	0	5,228	5.49	4	4
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	3,416	3.57	0	2,638	2.77	2	2
	African Independent Congress	689	0.72	0	2,620	2.75	1	1
	African People's Convention	444	0.46	0	637	0.67	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	487	0.51	0	491	0.52	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	380	0.40	0	278	0.29	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	286	0.30	0	294	0.31	0	0
	Independent candidates	473	0.50	0				0
	African People's Socialist Party	175	0.18	0	193	0.20	0	0
	Congress of the People	241	0.25	0				0
	United Residents Front	63	0.07	0	168	0.18	0	0
Total		95,555	100.00	35	95,174	100.00	34	69
Valid votes		95,555	97.84		95,174	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,106	2.16		2,454	2.51
Total votes		97,661	100.00		97,628	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		185,843	52.55		185,843	52.53

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The 2021 election saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time. Although it still finished with the most seats, a rival grouping led by the MAP16 Civic Movement, founded by a group of ANC councillors who had been expelled for voting to unseat the ANC mayor, who was facing corruption charges, formed a coalition to take control. Maluti-a-Phofung became the first local municipality in the Free State not to be governed by the ANC. ^[5]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. ^[6]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	30,800	38.58	21	31,803	39.82	7	28
	MAP16 Civic Movement	22,970	28.77	13	22,627	28.33	7	20
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,678	9.62	0	8,043	10.07	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	5,595	7.01	1	5,901	7.39	4	5
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	3,131	3.92	0	3,760	4.71	3	3
	African Content Movement	1,679	2.10	0	1,544	1.93	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	1,375	1.72	0	1,388	1.74	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,411	3.02	0				0
	African Independent Congress	1,096	1.37	0	978	1.22	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	523	0.66	0	484	0.61	1	1
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	448	0.56	0	480	0.60	1	1
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	339	0.42	0	534	0.67	1	1
	Ikemeleng Free State	390	0.49	0	431	0.54	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	396	0.50	0	339	0.42	0	0
	African People's Convention	335	0.42	0	388	0.49	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	67	0.08	0	369	0.46	0	0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	234	0.29	0	172	0.22	0	0
	Agency for New Agenda	109	0.14	0	190	0.24	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	98	0.12	0	154	0.19	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	122	0.15	0	107	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	48	0.06	0	173	0.22	0	0
Total		79,844	100.00	35	79,865	100.00	35	70
Valid votes		79,844	98.04		79,865	98.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,600	1.96		1,633	2.00
Total votes		81,444	100.00		81,498	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		175,983	46.28		175,983	46.31

References

1. "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Nkandla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Nkandla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Nkandla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Nkandla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
5. "ANC kicked out of power in Maluti-a-Phufong as former councillors take over". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nkandla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 17 November 2021.