Mbhashe Local Municipality elections

Last updated February 07, 2022

The Mbhashe Local Municipality council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 forty-five seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	IND	PAC	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	28	—	—	—	0	—	19	—	47
2006 election	43	—	0	—	0	1	7	0	51
2011 election	41	9	1	—	2	0	7	1	61
2016 election	47	1	2	2	2	0	9	0	63
2021 election	45	0	1	4	1	1	8	3	63

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	27,682	59.17	17	27,753	59.90	11	28
	United Democratic Movement	18,413	39.36	7	18,580	40.10	12	19
	Independent candidates	690	1.47	0				0
Total		46,785	100.00	24	46,333	100.00	23	47

Valid votes		46,785	96.38		46,333	96.48
Invalid/blank votes		1,757	3.62		1,690	3.52
Total votes		48,542	100.00		48,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		80,639	60.20		80,639	59.55

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	52,865	84.35	26	52,367	83.54	17	43
	United Democratic Movement	7,931	12.65	0	8,996	14.35	7	7
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	960	1.53	0	714	1.14	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	379	0.60	0	289	0.46	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	259	0.41	0	322	0.51	0	0
	Independent candidates	277	0.44	0				0
Total		62,671	100.00	26	62,688	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		62,671	97.56		62,688	97.94
Invalid/blank votes		1,565	2.44		1,318	2.06
Total votes		64,236	100.00		64,006	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		100,465	63.94		100,465	63.71

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	39,997	61.91	28	41,962	70.26	13	41
	Congress of the People	9,026	13.97	0	9,086	15.21	9	9
	United Democratic Movement	6,719	10.40	1	6,798	11.38	6	7
	Independent candidates	7,256	11.23	2				2
	Democratic Alliance	654	1.01	0	678	1.14	1	1
	African People's Convention	269	0.42	0	515	0.86	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	243	0.38	0	302	0.51	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	277	0.43	0	263	0.44	0	0
	United Independent Front	165	0.26	0	116	0.19	0	0
Total		64,606	100.00	31	59,720	100.00	30	61

Valid votes		64,606	97.32		59,720	92.70
Invalid/blank votes		1,782	2.68		4,704	7.30
Total votes		66,388	100.00		64,424	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		113,875	58.30		113,875	56.57

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	48,135	70.54	30	50,370	75.73	17	47
	United Democratic Movement	9,309	13.64	0	10,147	15.26	9	9
	Independent candidates	6,442	9.44	2				2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,942	2.85	0	2,401	3.61	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,437	2.11	0	1,533	2.30	2	2
	Congress of the People	406	0.59	0	751	1.13	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	375	0.55	0	466	0.70	0	0
	African People's Convention	54	0.08	0	496	0.75	0	0
	United Front of the Eastern Cape	140	0.21	0	350	0.53	0	0
Total		68,240	100.00	32	66,514	100.00	31	63

Valid votes		68,240	98.14		66,514	96.08
Invalid/blank votes		1,294	1.86		2,716	3.92
Total votes		69,534	100.00		69,230	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		129,921	53.52		129,921	53.29

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	36,734	66.49	30	39,028	71.59	15	45
	United Democratic Movement	6,361	11.51	1	7,368	13.52	7	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,041	5.50	0	3,386	6.21	4	4
	Independent candidates	5,439	9.85	1				1
	African Transformation Movement	1,122	2.03	0	1,186	2.18	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	809	1.46	0	771	1.41	1	1
	Batho Pele Movement	554	1.00	0	596	1.09	1	1
	Alliance for Transformation for All	287	0.52	0	614	1.13	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	292	0.53	0	415	0.76	1	1
	African Democrats	192	0.35	0	410	0.75	0	0
	African People's Convention	195	0.35	0	191	0.35	0	0
	Congress of the People	63	0.11	0	322	0.59	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	155	0.28	0	88	0.16	0	0
	Power of Africans Unity	0	0.00	0	142	0.26	0	0
Total		55,244	100.00	32	54,517	100.00	31	63

Valid votes		55,244	97.64		54,517	96.78
Invalid/blank votes		1,334	2.36		1,813	3.22
Total votes		56,578	100.00		56,330	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		122,433	46.21		122,433	46.01

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↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

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[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

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