Madibeng Local Municipality elections

The Madibeng Local Municipality council consists of eighty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining forty-one 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 forty-four seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FSD	FF+	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	—	48	—	6	—	—	—	2	3	60
2006 election	1	—	52	—	5	—	—	1	1	2	62
2011 election	1	—	54	1	14	—	—	1	0	1	72
2016 election	0	1	45	1	16	14	2	2	0	0	81
2021 election	1	1	44	0	12	14	1	4	0	5	82

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	51,515	76.23	27	53,435	79.09	21	48
	Democratic Alliance	6,884	10.19	3	7,639	11.31	3	6
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,986	2.94	0	2,193	3.25	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,908	4.30	0				0
	United Democratic Movement	1,359	2.01	0	1,377	2.04	1	1
	Greater Brits Civic Organisation	1,086	1.61	0	1,241	1.84	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,286	1.90	0	907	1.34	1	1
	Noordwes Forum	552	0.82	0	768	1.14	1	1
Total		67,576	100.00	30	67,560	100.00	30	60

Valid votes		67,576	97.66		67,560	98.02
Invalid/blank votes		1,616	2.34		1,365	1.98
Total votes		69,192	100.00		68,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		156,043	44.34		156,043	44.17

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	65,955	82.24	28	65,601	82.93	24	52
	Democratic Alliance	6,238	7.78	3	6,089	7.70	2	5
	Freedom Front Plus	1,562	1.95	0	1,582	2.00	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,337	1.67	0	1,516	1.92	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,267	1.58	0	1,257	1.59	1	1
	African Christian Alliance-Afrikaner Christen Alliansie	1,090	1.36	0	971	1.23	1	1
	United Independent Front	606	0.76	0	734	0.93	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	590	0.74	0	693	0.88	0	0
	Independent candidates	1,237	1.54	0				0
	Independent Democrats	223	0.28	0	452	0.57	0	0
	People's Progressive Party	95	0.12	0	210	0.27	0	0
Total		80,200	100.00	31	79,105	100.00	31	62

Valid votes		80,200	98.04		79,105	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		1,600	1.96		1,656	2.05
Total votes		81,800	100.00		80,761	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		181,972	44.95		181,972	44.38

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	78,052	74.08	31	79,553	75.31	23	54
	Democratic Alliance	20,923	19.86	5	20,440	19.35	9	14
	Congress of the People	2,036	1.93	0	1,965	1.86	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	921	0.87	0	760	0.72	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	661	0.63	0	583	0.55	1	1
	African People's Convention	441	0.42	0	776	0.73	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	525	0.50	0	548	0.52	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	248	0.24	0	380	0.36	0	0
	Independent candidates	578	0.55	0				0
	United Independent Front	290	0.28	0	212	0.20	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	310	0.29	0	164	0.16	0	0
	Movement Democratic Party	350	0.33	0	117	0.11	0	0
	National Freedom Party	25	0.02	0	137	0.13	0	0
Total		105,360	100.00	36	105,635	100.00	36	72

Valid votes		105,360	98.01		105,635	98.40
Invalid/blank votes		2,134	1.99		1,716	1.60
Total votes		107,494	100.00		107,351	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		203,510	52.82		203,510	52.75

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	63,676	54.90	34	62,254	53.89	11	45
	Democratic Alliance	22,820	19.67	6	22,634	19.59	10	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	20,143	17.37	1	19,899	17.23	13	14
	Forum for Service Delivery	2,958	2.55	0	3,127	2.71	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,867	1.61	0	1,958	1.69	2	2
	African Independent Congress	674	0.58	0	2,606	2.26	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,738	1.50	0				0
	Congress of the People	416	0.36	0	469	0.41	1	1
	African People's Convention	246	0.21	0	484	0.42	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	209	0.18	0	448	0.39	0	0
	Active Movement for Change	223	0.19	0	333	0.29	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	251	0.22	0	299	0.26	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	173	0.15	0	338	0.29	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	248	0.21	0	172	0.15	0	0
	Independent Party	223	0.19	0	149	0.13	0	0
	Agang South Africa	58	0.05	0	113	0.10	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	18	0.02	0	144	0.12	0	0
	Agenda to Citizenry Governors	12	0.01	0	59	0.05	0	0
	Building a Cohesive Society	33	0.03	0	32	0.03	0	0
Total		115,986	100.00	41	115,518	100.00	40	81

Valid votes		115,986	98.02		115,518	97.85
Invalid/blank votes		2,347	1.98		2,540	2.15
Total votes		118,333	100.00		118,058	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		224,109	52.80		224,109	52.68

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	47,233	52.91	36	47,780	53.42	8	44
	Economic Freedom Fighters	15,176	17.00	1	15,847	17.72	13	14
	Democratic Alliance	12,928	14.48	4	12,658	14.15	8	12
	Freedom Front Plus	4,628	5.18	0	4,528	5.06	4	4
	Save Madibeng	2,971	3.33	0	3,180	3.56	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,884	2.11	0				0
	Al Jama-ah	598	0.67	0	586	0.66	1	1
	African Independent Congress	375	0.42	0	772	0.86	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	506	0.57	0	520	0.58	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	528	0.59	0	489	0.55	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	486	0.54	0	414	0.46	1	1
	Tsogang Civic Movement	350	0.39	0	504	0.56	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	248	0.28	0	286	0.32	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	245	0.27	0	203	0.23	0	0
	Active Movement for Change	288	0.32	0	149	0.17	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	26	0.03	0	383	0.43	0	0
	Defenders of the People	150	0.17	0	178	0.20	0	0
	Independent Party	170	0.19	0	119	0.13	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	86	0.10	0	197	0.22	0	0
	African People's Convention	177	0.20	0	89	0.10	0	0
	Congress of the People	42	0.05	0	171	0.19	0	0
	United Independent Movement	0	0.00	0	157	0.18	0	0
	Agency for New Agenda	68	0.08	0	71	0.08	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	56	0.06	0	68	0.08	0	0
	African People's Movement	30	0.03	0	51	0.06	0	0
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	11	0.01	0	47	0.05	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	9	0.01	0				0
Total		89,269	100.00	41	89,447	100.00	41	82

Valid votes		89,269	98.17		89,447	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		1,661	1.83		1,608	1.77
Total votes		90,930	100.00		91,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		222,804	40.81		222,804	40.87

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

Date	Ward
23 Aug 2023^[6]	25	African National Congress	African National Congress
27 Sep 2023^[7]	3	African National Congress	African National Congress
14 Feb 2024^[8]	7	African National Congress	African National Congress
15 May 2024^[9]	1	African National Congress	African National Congress
28 Aug 2024^[10]	17	African National Congress	African National Congress
28 Aug 2024^[10]	17	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

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