Metsimaholo Local Municipality elections

Last updated July 21, 2023

The Metsimaholo Local Municipality council consists of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three 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, no party won a majority on the council. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) formed a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC). The EFF's Selloane Motjeane was elected mayor, while Lucas Fisher of the ANC was elected Speaker and Fikile Msokweni of the ANC the Council Whip. Shortly after, the EFF ordered the mayor to stand down, as the party rejected working with the ANC.^[1]

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	18	9	-	-	1	5	33
2006 election	24	8	-	1	2	1	36
2011 election	26	15	-	1	-	0	42
2016 election	19	12	8	1	-	2	42
2021 election	16	12	12	3	-	3	46

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	14,838	54.57	12	14,823	54.67	6	18
	Democratic Alliance	7,127	26.21	4	7,276	26.84	5	9
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	3,272	12.03	1	3,121	11.51	3	4
	United Democratic Movement	1,129	4.15	0	1,103	4.07	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	345	1.27	0	290	1.07	1	1
	Alliance 2000+	274	1.01	0	219	0.81	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	204	0.75	0	281	1.04	0	0
Total		27,189	100.00	17	27,113	100.00	16	33

Valid votes		27,189	98.67		27,113	98.49
Invalid/blank votes		367	1.33		416	1.51
Total votes		27,556	100.00		27,529	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		54,230	50.81		54,230	50.76

March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	19,288	65.37	14	19,226	65.45	10	24
	Democratic Alliance	6,220	21.08	4	6,184	21.05	4	8
	United Democratic Movement	1,459	4.94	0	1,513	5.15	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	761	2.58	0	760	2.59	1	1
	United Independent Front	775	2.63	0	679	2.31	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	381	1.29	0	341	1.16	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	343	1.16	0	342	1.16	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	181	0.61	0	332	1.13	0	0
	Independent candidates	100	0.34	0				0
Total		29,508	100.00	18	29,377	100.00	18	36

Valid votes		29,508	98.22		29,377	97.84
Invalid/blank votes		536	1.78		648	2.16
Total votes		30,044	100.00		30,025	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,063	48.41		62,063	48.38

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	24,404	62.66	16	24,697	63.42	10	26
	Democratic Alliance	13,770	35.36	5	13,662	35.08	10	15
	Freedom Front Plus	627	1.61	0	584	1.50	1	1
	Independent candidates	113	0.29	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	30	0.08	0				0
Total		38,944	100.00	21	38,943	100.00	21	42

Valid votes		38,944	98.84		38,943	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		457	1.16		443	1.12
Total votes		39,401	100.00		39,386	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,068	54.67		72,068	54.65

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	20,454	45.38	16	20,037	44.77	3	19
	Democratic Alliance	13,074	29.00	5	12,954	28.94	7	12
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,982	17.71	0	8,075	18.04	8	8
	Metsimaholo Community Association	2,163	4.80	0	2,246	5.02	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	956	2.12	0	966	2.16	1	1
	Congress of the People	66	0.15	0	143	0.32	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	81	0.18	0	117	0.26	0	0
	Independent candidates	189	0.42	0				0
	African People's Convention	26	0.06	0	136	0.30	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	59	0.13	0	57	0.13	0	0
	Alternative African Allegiance	26	0.06	0	23	0.05	0	0
Total		45,076	100.00	21	44,754	100.00	21	42

Valid votes		45,076	98.61		44,754	98.52
Invalid/blank votes		637	1.39		674	1.48
Total votes		45,713	100.00		45,428	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		79,675	57.37		79,675	57.02

November 2021 election

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	12,612	34.23	15	12,860	34.71	1	16
	Democratic Alliance	9,612	26.09	6	9,744	26.30	6	12
	Economic Freedom Fighters	9,160	24.86	2	9,521	25.69	10	12
	Freedom Front Plus	1,826	4.96	0	1,842	4.97	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,178	3.20	0				0
	African Independent Congress	588	1.60	0	526	1.42	1	1
	Metsimaholo Community Association	418	1.13	0	492	1.33	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	387	1.05	0	459	1.24	1	1
	Agency for New Agenda	132	0.36	0	346	0.93	0	0
	Batho Ba Qetile	189	0.51	0	180	0.49	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	169	0.46	0	183	0.49	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	166	0.45	0	163	0.44	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	90	0.24	0	206	0.56	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	109	0.30	0	155	0.42	0	0
	Metsimaholo Progressive People Forum	91	0.25	0	166	0.45	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	52	0.14	0	44	0.12	0	0
	United Independent Movement	30	0.08	0	61	0.16	0	0
	Congress of the People	13	0.04	0	66	0.18	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	24	0.07	0	40	0.11	0	0
Total		36,846	100.00	23	37,054	100.00	23	46

Valid votes		36,846	98.33		37,054	98.66
Invalid/blank votes		625	1.67		502	1.34
Total votes		37,471	100.00		37,556	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		81,379	46.05		81,379	46.15

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