Walter Sisulu Local Municipality elections

Last updated January 08, 2023

The Walter Sisulu Local Municipality council was formed in 2016,^[1] and consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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	ANC	DA	EFF	MCA	Total
2016 election	15	5	1	1	22
2021 election	12	5	3	2	22

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	13,686	66.85	10	13,805	66.89	5	15
	Democratic Alliance	4,638	22.65	1	4,630	22.43	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,158	5.66	0	1,173	5.68	1	1
	Maletswai Civic Association	878	4.29	0	1,030	4.99	1	1
	United Residents Front	62	0.30	0				0
	Independent candidates	51	0.25	0				0
Total		20,473	100.00	11	20,638	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		20,473	98.13		20,638	98.29
Invalid/blank votes		391	1.87		359	1.71
Total votes		20,864	100.00		20,997	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,607	56.99		36,607	57.36

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021

In a by-election held on 8 August 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the DA candidate.^[3] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	African National Congress	9	5	14
	Democratic Alliance	2	4	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
	Maletswai Civic Association	0	1	1
Total		11	11	22

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	9,325	55.41	9	9,367	55.71	3	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,871	23.00	2	3,842	22.85	3	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,201	13.08	0	2,100	12.49	3	3
	Maletswai Civic Association	1,147	6.82	0	1,237	7.36	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	284	1.69	0	267	1.59	0	0
Total		16,828	100.00	11	16,813	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		16,828	98.55		16,813	98.55
Invalid/blank votes		247	1.45		248	1.45
Total votes		17,075	100.00		17,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,110	47.29		36,110	47.25

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References

↑ "Walter Sisulu Local Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Walter Sisulu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
↑ "DA wins ANC ward in Eastern Cape by-election". The Citizen. 9 August 2018.
↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Walter Sisulu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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[1] "Walter Sisulu Local Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Walter Sisulu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[3] "DA wins ANC ward in Eastern Cape by-election". The Citizen. 9 August 2018.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Walter Sisulu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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