Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality elections

The Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-three seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	22	1	—	—	11	0	34
2006 election	25	1	—	—	8	0	34
2011 election	29	2	—	—	5	3	39
2016 election	23	2	6	1	1	5	38
2021 election	23	1	6	1	1	5	37
2021 election (recount)	23	1	5	1	1	6	37

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	17,797	63.19	14	18,040	63.98	8	22
	United Christian Democratic Party	8,789	31.21	3	8,950	31.74	8	11
	Democratic Alliance	834	2.96	0	1,003	3.56	1	1
	Independent candidates	614	2.18	0				0
	United Democratic Movement	131	0.47	0	203	0.72	0	0
Total		28,165	100.00	17	28,196	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		28,165	97.87		28,196	98.06
Invalid/blank votes		613	2.13		559	1.94
Total votes		28,778	100.00		28,755	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		56,608	50.84		56,608	50.80

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	21,238	70.93	16	22,130	74.20	9	25
	United Christian Democratic Party	6,444	21.52	0	6,494	21.78	8	8
	Democratic Alliance	1,251	4.18	1	1,199	4.02	0	1
	Independent candidates	1,008	3.37	0				0
Total		29,941	100.00	17	29,823	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		29,941	97.16		29,823	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		875	2.84		941	3.06
Total votes		30,816	100.00		30,764	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,108	48.83		63,108	48.75

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	24,589	72.17	20	25,009	75.33	9	29
	United Christian Democratic Party	4,161	12.21	0	4,261	12.83	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	2,079	6.10	0	1,835	5.53	2	2
	Congress of the People	1,183	3.47	0	1,203	3.62	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,183	3.47	0				0
	Working-Together Political Party	322	0.95	0	338	1.02	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	298	0.87	0	272	0.82	0	0
	South African Political Party	257	0.75	0	283	0.85	0	0
Total		34,072	100.00	20	33,201	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		34,072	97.68		33,201	96.71
Invalid/blank votes		808	2.32		1,129	3.29
Total votes		34,880	100.00		34,330	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		65,392	53.34		65,392	52.50

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	21,207	59.60	19	21,349	61.18	4	23
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,042	14.17	0	5,094	14.60	6	6
	Are Ageng Afrika	2,948	8.29	0	3,048	8.73	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,086	5.86	0	2,324	6.66	2	2
	United Christian Democratic Party	916	2.57	0	1,051	3.01	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,508	4.24	0				0
	Agang South Africa	506	1.42	0	574	1.64	1	1
	Working-Together Political Party	492	1.38	0	504	1.44	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	456	1.28	0	464	1.33	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	213	0.60	0	264	0.76	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	208	0.58	0	224	0.64	0	0
Total		35,582	100.00	19	34,896	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		35,582	97.80		34,896	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		801	2.20		843	2.36
Total votes		36,383	100.00		35,739	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		68,743	52.93		68,743	51.99

November 2021 election

In the aftermath of the election, the Forum for Democrats (FFD) contested the results, claiming a counting error by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The IEC acknowledged the error, which saw the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) allocated six seats. Correcting the error would have seen one of these seats instead allocated to the FFD, but the municipality did not take action to replace the EFF councillor. The FFD (along with the Freedom Advocacy Network) approached the North West High Court, and the judgement awarded the seat to the FFD in March 2022.^[5]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election after the recount.^[6]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	19,746	61.50	19	19,634	61.30	4	23
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,485	13.97	0	4,543	14.18	5	5
	Forum for Service Delivery	4,222	13.15	0	4,264	13.31	5	5
	Freedom Front Plus	1,060	3.30	0	973	3.04	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	808	2.52	0	838	2.62	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	705	2.20	0	929	2.90	1	1
	Forum for Democrats	268	0.83	0	229	0.71	1	1
	Independent candidates	339	1.06	0				0
	Abantu Batho Congress	174	0.54	0	162	0.51	0	0
	Progressive Change	151	0.47	0	158	0.49	0	0
	Economic Emancipation Forum	92	0.29	0	63	0.20	0	0
	Congress of the People	8	0.02	0	135	0.42	0	0
	Are Ageng Afrika	45	0.14	0	58	0.18	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	4	0.01	0	44	0.14	0	0
Total		32,107	100.00	19	32,030	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		32,107	97.91		32,030	97.72
Invalid/blank votes		687	2.09		746	2.28
Total votes		32,794	100.00		32,776	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		68,421	47.93		68,421	47.90

By-elections from November 2021

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
6 December 2023^[7]	6		African National Congress		African National Congress

References

^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Zeerust". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "North West councillor gets back seat wrongly given to EFF after IEC vote-counting mishap". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
^ Sussman, Wayne (2023-12-07). "EFF beats ANC for major upset in Saldanha Bay by-election". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Zeerust". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[5] "North West councillor gets back seat wrongly given to EFF after IEC vote-counting mishap". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[6] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ramotshere Moiloa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[dm_2023_12-7] Sussman, Wayne (2023-12-07). "EFF beats ANC for major upset in Saldanha Bay by-election". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

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