Maquassi Hills Local Municipality elections

The Maquassi Hills Local Municipality council 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. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	MHG	EFF	FSD	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	10	0	3	—	—	—	2	0	15
2006 election	13	1	1	—	—	0	1	0	16
2011 election	17	3	—	—	—	—	—	1	21
2016 election	14	3	—	2	2	1	—	0	22
2021 election	13	2	—	4	1	1	—	1	22

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	8,015	61.70	7	8,487	65.15	3	10
	Die Maquassi Hills/Rante Gemeenskapsvereniging	2,468	19.00	1	1,954	15.00	2	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,577	12.14	0	1,664	12.77	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	230	1.77	0	783	6.01	0	0
	Independent candidates	618	4.76	0				0
	United Christian Democratic Party	82	0.63	0	139	1.07	0	0
Total		12,990	100.00	8	13,027	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		12,990	97.02		13,027	97.08
Invalid/blank votes		399	2.98		392	2.92
Total votes		13,389	100.00		13,419	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,151	51.20		26,151	51.31

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	14,065	81.23	8	13,850	80.98	5	13
	Democratic Alliance	823	4.75	0	985	5.76	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	891	5.15	0	826	4.83	1	1
	Die Maquassi Hills/Rante Gemeenskapsvereniging	835	4.82	0	688	4.02	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	400	2.31	0	403	2.36	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	302	1.74	0	351	2.05	0	0
Total		17,316	100.00	8	17,103	100.00	8	16

Valid votes		17,316	98.01		17,103	97.01
Invalid/blank votes		352	1.99		528	2.99
Total votes		17,668	100.00		17,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,460	52.80		33,460	52.69

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	14,880	76.42	10	15,410	79.82	7	17
	Democratic Alliance	2,904	14.91	1	2,883	14.93	2	3
	Congress of the People	462	2.37	0	444	2.30	1	1
	Independent candidates	747	3.84	0				0
	Lebaleng Communist Party	226	1.16	0	343	1.78	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	253	1.30	0	225	1.17	0	0
Total		19,472	100.00	11	19,305	100.00	10	21

Valid votes		19,472	97.21		19,305	96.28
Invalid/blank votes		558	2.79		745	3.72
Total votes		20,030	100.00		20,050	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		35,126	57.02		35,126	57.08

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	13,465	64.98	10	13,320	64.55	4	14
	Democratic Alliance	2,750	13.27	1	2,785	13.50	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,264	10.93	0	2,285	11.07	2	2
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,492	7.20	0	1,467	7.11	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	447	2.16	0	475	2.30	1	1
	Lebaleng Communist Party	143	0.69	0	146	0.71	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	32	0.15	0	91	0.44	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	57	0.28	0	66	0.32	0	0
	Independent candidates	72	0.35	0				0
Total		20,722	100.00	11	20,635	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		20,722	96.86		20,635	96.73
Invalid/blank votes		672	3.14		697	3.27
Total votes		21,394	100.00		21,332	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,475	57.09		37,475	56.92

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	10,628	62.70	11	9,877	58.59	2	13
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,616	15.43	0	2,643	15.68	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,887	11.13	0	1,826	10.83	2	2
	South African Political Association	648	3.82	0	786	4.66	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	597	3.52	0	625	3.71	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	343	2.02	0	318	1.89	1	1
	African Independent Congress				552	3.27	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	177	1.04	0	161	0.96	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	10	0.06	0	41	0.24	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	15	0.09	0	28	0.17	0	0
	Independent candidates	30	0.18	0				0
Total		16,951	100.00	11	16,857	100.00	11	22

Valid votes		16,951	97.57		16,857	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		423	2.43		472	2.72
Total votes		17,374	100.00		17,329	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,602	47.47		36,602	47.34

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
27 September 2023^[7]	3		African National Congress		Economic Freedom Fighters