Mangaung elections

Last updated December 28, 2022

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality council consists of one hundred and one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifty-one wards, while the remaining fifty are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	1	60	-	18	-	-	2	5	86
2006 election	1	65	-	15	-	3	2	3	89
2011 election	0	65	3	26	-	2	0	1	97
2016 election	0	58	1	27	9	2	0	3	100
2021 election	1	51	0	26	12	5	-	6	101

December 2000 election

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

Mangaung local election, 5 December 2000
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	108,544	109,437	217,981	69.7%	33	27	60
	Democratic Alliance	32,088	32,656	64,744	20.7%	10	8	18
	United Christian Democratic Party	3,810	4,289	8,099	2.6%	0	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,478	3,305	6,783	2.2%	0	2	2
	Alliance 2000+	2,116	2,114	4,230	1.4%	0	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	1,491	1,605	3,096	1.0%	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,451	1,561	3,012	1.0%	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	859	1,733	2,592	0.8%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,389	–	2,389	0.8%	0	–	0
Total		156,226	156,700	312,926		43	43	86

Valid votes		156,226	156,700	312,926	98.2%
Spoilt votes		2,943	2,631	5,574	1.8%
Total votes cast		159,169	159,331	318,500

Voter turnout		159,758
Registered voters		314,428
Turnout percentage		50.8%

March 2006 election

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

Mangaung local election, 1 March 2006
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	106,801	108,483	215,284	71.5%	37	28	65
	Democratic Alliance	24,349	24,098	48,447	16.1%	8	7	15
	Freedom Front Plus	5,472	5,419	10,891	3.6%	0	3	3
	United Christian Democratic Party	2,762	3,443	6,205	2.1%	0	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	2,964	2,656	5,620	1.9%	0	2	2
	Independent candidates	5,037	–	5,037	1.7%	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,446	2,186	3,632	1.2%	0	1	1
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	925	846	1,771	0.6%	0	1	1
	Independent Democrats	598	1,077	1,675	0.6%	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	379	652	1,031	0.3%	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Forum	361	494	855	0.3%	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	154	441	595	0.2%	0	0	0
Total		151,248	149,795	301,043		45	44	89

Valid votes		151,248	149,795	301,043	97.6%
Spoilt votes		3,223	4,249	7,472	2.4%
Total votes cast		154,471	154,044	308,515

Voter turnout		154,947
Registered voters		343,594
Turnout percentage		45.1%

May 2011 election

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

Mangaung local election, 18 May 2011
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	132,282	134,441	266,723	66.3%	38	27	65
	Democratic Alliance	54,958	54,164	109,122	27.1%	11	15	26
	Congress of the People	6,062	6,661	12,723	3.2%	0	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	3,247	2,826	6,073	1.5%	0	2	2
	African People's Convention	786	1,113	1,899	0.5%	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	585	1,123	1,708	0.4%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	1,191	–	1,191	0.3%	0	–	0
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	443	512	955	0.2%	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	417	526	943	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	395	274	669	0.2%	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Party	182	300	482	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		200,548	201,940	402,488		49	48	97

Valid votes		200,548	201,940	402,488	98.6%
Spoilt votes		3,146	2,597	5,743	1.4%
Total votes cast		203,694	204,537	408,231

Voter turnout		204,967
Registered voters		372,692
Turnout percentage		55.0%

August 2016 election

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

Mangaung local election, 3 August 2016
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	135,351	135,294	270,645	56.5%	38	20	58
	Democratic Alliance	61,874	62,449	124,323	26.0%	12	15	27
	Economic Freedom Fighters	20,383	21,072	41,455	8.7%	0	9	9
	Independent candidates	11,847	–	11,847	2.5%	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	4,776	4,411	9,187	1.9%	0	2	2
	African Independent Congress	1,551	6,527	8,078	1.7%	0	2	2
	Agency for New Agenda	507	3,753	4,260	0.9%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	1,508	1,343	2,851	0.6%	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	941	925	1,866	0.4%	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	416	584	1,000	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	276	678	954	0.2%	0	0	0
	Botshabelo Unemployed Movement	216	288	504	0.1%	0	0	0
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	274	224	498	0.1%	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	200	272	472	0.1%	0	0	0
	Azanian Alliance Congress	137	299	436	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	225	211	436	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		240,482	238,330	478,812		50	50	100

Valid votes		240,482	238,330	478,812	98.1%
Spoilt votes		4,037	5,215	9,252	1.9%
Total votes cast		244,519	243,545	488,064

Voter turnout		245,908
Registered voters		425,211
Turnout percentage		57.8%

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]

Mangaung local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	87,100	90,672	177,772	50.6%	40	11	51
	Democratic Alliance	45,482	44,857	90,339	25.7%	11	15	26
	Economic Freedom Fighters	19,681	20,018	39,699	11.3%	0	12	12
	Freedom Front Plus	7,970	7,771	15,741	4.5%	0	5	5
	Patriotic Alliance	3,196	3,126	6,322	1.8%	0	2	2
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	2,821	2,220	5,041	1.4%	0	2	2
	African Independent Congress	2,970	1,484	4,454	1.3%	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,292	1,224	2,516	0.7%	0	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	1,018	1,071	2,089	0.6%	0	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	658	675	1,333	0.4%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	992	–	992	0.3%	0	–	0
	Congress of the People	276	534	810	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Independent Movement	290	293	583	0.2%	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	354	216	570	0.2%	0	0	0
	Africa's New Dawn	241	236	477	0.1%	0	0	0
	Botshabelo Unemployed Movement	208	244	452	0.1%	0	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	124	288	412	0.1%	0	0	0
	Mangaung Community Forum	27	366	393	0.1%	0	0	0
	Agency for New Agenda	105	241	346	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	110	84	194	0.1%	0	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	109	73	182	0.1%	0	0	0
	National Freedom Party	33	138	171	0.0%	0	0	0
	International Party	2	140	142	0.0%	0	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	18	55	73	0.0%	0	0	0
Total		175,077	176,026	351,103		51	50	101

Valid votes		175,077	176,026	351,103	98.4%
Spoilt votes		2,850	2,736	5,586	1.6%
Total votes cast		177,927	178,762	356,689

Voter turnout		179,703
Registered voters		410,785
Turnout percentage		43.7%

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References

↑ "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
↑ "Local Government Elections 2021 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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[1] "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[2] "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[3] "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[5] "Local Government Elections 2021 - Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality [Bloemfontein]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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