Mogale City Local Municipality elections

The Mogale City Local Municipality council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 plurality of thirty-one seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority by eight seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	IFP	Other	Total
2000 election	42	20	-	-	1	1	64
2006 election	42	16	-	2	1	3	64
2011 election	41	23	-	1	1	2	68
2016 election	38	27	9	2	1	0	77
2021 election	31	25	11	6	1	3	77

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	38,057	65.04	23	38,032	64.97	19	42
	Democratic Alliance	17,809	30.44	9	18,179	31.05	11	20
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,005	1.72	0	991	1.69	1	1
	Independent candidates	986	1.69	0				0
	United Democratic Movement	317	0.54	0	560	0.96	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	256	0.44	0	600	1.02	0	0
	Africa Women and Youth Party	79	0.14	0	179	0.31	0	0
Total		58,509	100.00	32	58,541	100.00	32	64

Valid votes		58,509	97.60		58,541	97.63
Invalid/blank votes		1,441	2.40		1,419	2.37
Total votes		59,950	100.00		59,960	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		130,222	46.04		130,222	46.04

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	44,425	64.76	24	44,461	65.06	18	42
	Democratic Alliance	16,874	24.60	8	16,864	24.68	8	16
	Freedom Front Plus	1,719	2.51	0	1,844	2.70	2	2
	Independent Democrats	1,787	2.60	0	1,722	2.52	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	919	1.34	0	910	1.33	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	855	1.25	0	850	1.24	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	814	1.19	0	794	1.16	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	344	0.50	0	718	1.05	0	0
	Independent candidates	699	1.02	0				0
	Christian Democratic Party	168	0.24	0	172	0.25	0	0
Total		68,604	100.00	32	68,335	100.00	32	64

Valid votes		68,604	98.48		68,335	98.16
Invalid/blank votes		1,057	1.52		1,280	1.84
Total votes		69,661	100.00		69,615	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		148,503	46.91		148,503	46.88

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	62,171	59.77	25	63,614	60.95	16	41
	Democratic Alliance	34,467	33.13	9	34,078	32.65	14	23
	People's Civic Organisation	1,804	1.73	0	1,617	1.55	1	1
	Congress of the People	1,605	1.54	0	1,544	1.48	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,560	1.50	0	1,362	1.30	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	679	0.65	0	643	0.62	1	1
	National Freedom Party	509	0.49	0	597	0.57	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	381	0.37	0	568	0.54	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	403	0.39	0	351	0.34	0	0
	Independent candidates	445	0.43	0				0
Total		104,024	100.00	34	104,374	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		104,024	98.73		104,374	98.93
Invalid/blank votes		1,337	1.27		1,129	1.07
Total votes		105,361	100.00		105,503	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		175,799	59.93		175,799	60.01

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	58,071	48.87	28	57,956	48.81	10	38
	Democratic Alliance	41,472	34.90	11	41,383	34.85	16	27
	Economic Freedom Fighters	13,860	11.67	0	13,805	11.63	9	9
	Freedom Front Plus	2,766	2.33	0	2,663	2.24	2	2
	Inkatha Freedom Party	804	0.68	0	881	0.74	1	1
	Congress of the People	453	0.38	0	424	0.36	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	387	0.33	0	474	0.40	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	357	0.30	0	498	0.42	0	0
	People's Civic Organisation	264	0.22	0	296	0.25	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	198	0.17	0	163	0.14	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	121	0.10	0	124	0.10	0	0
	Economic Growth Organisation	52	0.04	0	26	0.02	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	11	0.01	0	49	0.04	0	0
Total		118,816	100.00	39	118,742	100.00	38	77

Valid votes		118,816	98.84		118,742	98.82
Invalid/blank votes		1,393	1.16		1,420	1.18
Total votes		120,209	100.00		120,162	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		193,028	62.28		193,028	62.25

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	36,370	40.40	27	35,570	39.94	4	31
	Democratic Alliance	28,798	31.99	12	28,983	32.54	13	25
	Economic Freedom Fighters	12,477	13.86	0	12,396	13.92	11	11
	Freedom Front Plus	7,099	7.88	0	6,835	7.67	6	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,476	1.64	0	971	1.09	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	876	0.97	0	931	1.05	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	662	0.74	0	641	0.72	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	518	0.58	0	523	0.59	1	1
	African Independent Congress	147	0.16	0	740	0.83	0	0
	Congress of the People	309	0.34	0	264	0.30	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	267	0.30	0	304	0.34	0	0
	Independent candidates	379	0.42	0				0
	Activists Movement of South Africa	157	0.17	0	206	0.23	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	122	0.14	0	112	0.13	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	76	0.08	0	142	0.16	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	129	0.14	0	78	0.09	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	92	0.10	0	73	0.08	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	30	0.03	0	100	0.11	0	0
	National Freedom Party	24	0.03	0	72	0.08	0	0
	African Security Congress	15	0.02	0	68	0.08	0	0
	African People's Movement	9	0.01	0	47	0.05	0	0
Total		90,032	100.00	39	89,056	100.00	38	77

Valid votes		90,032	98.42		89,056	98.08
Invalid/blank votes		1,446	1.58		1,747	1.92
Total votes		91,478	100.00		90,803	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		188,367	48.56		188,367	48.21

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
30 November 2022	22		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance
24 April 2024^[7]	39		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

In ward 22, the previous DA councillor joined the provincial legislature. The DA candidate retained the seat for the party, with a similar vote share to 2021.^[8]

References

^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ Sussman, Wayne (25 April 2024). "Patriotic Alliance shocks ANC, DA in Swartland, Oudtshoorn". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC has strong showing but loses a seat to IFP in KZN contests". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[6] "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[dm_2024_04-7] Sussman, Wayne (25 April 2024). "Patriotic Alliance shocks ANC, DA in Swartland, Oudtshoorn". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

[8] Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC has strong showing but loses a seat to IFP in KZN contests". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 December 2022.