Lesedi Local Municipality elections

The Lesedi Local Municipality council consists of twenty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 seats on the council.

The planned abolition of the Lesedi, and its absorption into Ekurhuleni after the 2016 municipal elections, was blocked by the High Court of South Africa in 2015.^[1]

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	15	5	-	1	0	21
2006 election	15	4	-	1	1	21
2011 election	19	6	-	1	0	26
2016 election	16	6	3	1	0	26
2021 election	13	5	4	3	1	26

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	7,651	60.09	8	12,597	70.34	7	15
	Democratic Alliance	4,373	34.34	3	4,582	25.58	2	5
	Freedom Front Plus	561	4.41	0	461	2.57	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	148	1.16	0	270	1.51	0	0
Total		12,733	100.00	11	17,910	100.00	10	21

Valid votes		12,733	97.51		17,910	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		325	2.49		398	2.17
Total votes		13,058	100.00		18,308	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,296	38.07		34,296	53.38

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	13,998	70.49	9	13,915	70.27	6	15
	Democratic Alliance	4,063	20.46	2	4,083	20.62	2	4
	Freedom Front Plus	932	4.69	0	884	4.46	1	1
	Independent Democrats	738	3.72	0	675	3.41	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	53	0.27	0	138	0.70	0	0
	Economic Freedom Movement	73	0.37	0	106	0.54	0	0
Total		19,857	100.00	11	19,801	100.00	10	21

Valid votes		19,857	98.34		19,801	98.10
Invalid/blank votes		335	1.66		383	1.90
Total votes		20,192	100.00		20,184	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,521	51.09		39,521	51.07

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	19,080	70.37	10	19,444	71.22	9	19
	Democratic Alliance	6,654	24.54	3	6,613	24.22	3	6
	Freedom Front Plus	719	2.65	0	575	2.11	1	1
	Congress of the People	256	0.94	0	264	0.97	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	225	0.83	0	208	0.76	0	0
	National Freedom Party	158	0.58	0	105	0.38	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	20	0.07	0	93	0.34	0	0
Total		27,112	100.00	13	27,302	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		27,112	98.24		27,302	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		487	1.76		373	1.35
Total votes		27,599	100.00		27,675	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,483	62.04		44,483	62.21

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	18,829	61.94	10	18,888	62.23	6	16
	Democratic Alliance	7,207	23.71	3	7,235	23.84	3	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,070	10.10	0	3,005	9.90	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,041	3.42	0	1,058	3.49	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	118	0.39	0	167	0.55	0	0
	Independent candidates	133	0.44	0				0
Total		30,398	100.00	13	30,353	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		30,398	98.81		30,353	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		367	1.19		373	1.21
Total votes		30,765	100.00		30,726	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,336	63.65		48,336	63.57

November 2021 election

The ANC lost its majority for the first time, winning a plurality of thirteen. 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	12,140	50.40	10	12,175	50.47	3	13
	Democratic Alliance	4,893	20.31	3	4,905	20.33	2	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,258	13.53	0	3,266	13.54	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	2,227	9.25	0	2,129	8.83	3	3
	Socialist Economic Freedom Movement	580	2.41	0	504	2.09	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	316	1.31	0	331	1.37	0	0
	Black First Land First	258	1.07	0	296	1.23	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	118	0.49	0	172	0.71	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	131	0.54	0	125	0.52	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	50	0.21	0	117	0.48	0	0
	Congress of the People	77	0.32	0	70	0.29	0	0
	Community Solidarity Association	14	0.06	0	20	0.08	0	0
	New Horizon Movement	7	0.03	0	14	0.06	0	0
	Independent candidates	18	0.07	0				0
Total		24,087	100.00	13	24,124	100.00	13	26

Valid votes		24,087	98.58		24,124	98.53
Invalid/blank votes		346	1.42		360	1.47
Total votes		24,433	100.00		24,484	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,853	51.06		47,853	51.17

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[7]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
24 May 2023^[8]	8		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

References

^ "DA wins court case". 22 September 2015.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ Sussman, Wayne (25 May 2023). "MAY BY-ELECTIONS: ANC, DA reassert dominance with big wins in KZN and Gauteng". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[1] "DA wins court case". 22 September 2015.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[6] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[mbe-7] "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[8] Sussman, Wayne (25 May 2023). "MAY BY-ELECTIONS: ANC, DA reassert dominance with big wins in KZN and Gauteng". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

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