Tswaing Local Municipality elections

Last updated May 03, 2023

The Tswaing Local Municipality council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	20	1	—	—	3	1	25
2006 election	21	2	—	1	1	1	26
2011 election	22	7	—	0	1	0	30
2016 election	20	5	3	1	0	0	29
2021 election	19	4	4	1	0	0	28

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	15,274	77.07	13	15,369	78.09	7	20
	United Christian Democratic Party	2,524	12.74	0	2,394	12.16	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	559	2.82	0	1,227	6.23	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,118	5.64	0				0
	Noordwes Forum	135	0.68	0	428	2.17	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	208	1.05	0	262	1.33	0	0
Total		19,818	100.00	13	19,680	100.00	12	25

Valid votes		19,818	96.82		19,680	96.93
Invalid/blank votes		650	3.18		624	3.07
Total votes		20,468	100.00		20,304	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,884	48.87		41,884	48.48

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	19,179	73.18	13	20,040	80.44	8	21
	Independent candidates	3,222	12.29	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	1,396	5.33	0	1,736	6.97	2	2
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,076	4.11	0	1,419	5.70	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	749	2.86	0	961	3.86	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	535	2.04	0	758	3.04	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	52	0.20	0				0
Total		26,209	100.00	13	24,914	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		26,209	97.00		24,914	92.19
Invalid/blank votes		810	3.00		2,111	7.81
Total votes		27,019	100.00		27,025	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,854	54.20		49,854	54.21

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	19,588	72.52	13	20,079	74.51	9	22
	Democratic Alliance	5,857	21.68	2	5,881	21.82	5	7
	United Christian Democratic Party	450	1.67	0	504	1.87	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	519	1.92	0	262	0.97	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	217	0.80	0	223	0.83	0	0
	Independent candidates	381	1.41	0				0
Total		27,012	100.00	15	26,949	100.00	15	30

Valid votes		27,012	97.39		26,949	97.10
Invalid/blank votes		723	2.61		806	2.90
Total votes		27,735	100.00		27,755	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,357	55.08		50,357	55.12

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	17,180	67.80	15	17,682	68.61	5	20
	Democratic Alliance	4,267	16.84	0	4,255	16.51	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,474	9.76	0	2,392	9.28	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	440	1.74	0	372	1.44	1	1
	Congress of the People	310	1.22	0	259	1.00	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	255	1.01	0	290	1.13	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	122	0.48	0	230	0.89	0	0
	African People's Convention	99	0.39	0	158	0.61	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	41	0.16	0	99	0.38	0	0
	Independent candidates	136	0.54	0				0
	Agang South Africa	15	0.06	0	35	0.14	0	0
Total		25,339	100.00	15	25,772	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		25,339	97.43		25,772	97.19
Invalid/blank votes		669	2.57		745	2.81
Total votes		26,008	100.00		26,517	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		51,737	50.27		51,737	51.25

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	13,205	64.41	14	13,140	65.51	5	19
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,600	12.68	0	2,810	14.01	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,585	12.61	0	2,549	12.71	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	574	2.80	0	608	3.03	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,082	5.28	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	221	1.08	0	250	1.25	0	0
	Congress of the People	18	0.09	0	419	2.09	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	116	0.57	0	159	0.79	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	100	0.49	0	124	0.62	0	0
Total		20,501	100.00	14	20,059	100.00	14	28

Valid votes		20,501	97.74		20,059	95.65
Invalid/blank votes		473	2.26		913	4.35
Total votes		20,974	100.00		20,972	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,900	42.89		48,900	42.89

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[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Tswaing". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

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