Rustenburg Local Municipality elections

The Rustenburg Local Municipality council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 no party won a majority, with the African National Congress (ANC) winning the most seats, forty-three.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	BCM	DA	EFF	FSD	FF+	UCDP	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	—	—	45	—	14	—	—	1	5	2	2	69
2006 election	1	—	53	—	11	—	—	1	3	0	3	72
2011 election	1	—	55	—	15	—	—	1	1	0	3	76
2016 election	0	1	43	1	14	24	4	1	0	1	0	89
2021 election	1	1	43	1	13	17	1	3	0	1	9	90

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	31,108	64.75	30	31,407	65.20	15	45
	Democratic Alliance	9,819	20.44	5	9,971	20.70	9	14
	United Christian Democratic Party	3,436	7.15	0	3,693	7.67	5	5
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,392	2.90	0	1,397	2.90	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,440	3.00	0	1,252	2.60	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	388	0.81	0	453	0.94	1	1
	Independent candidates	460	0.96	0				0
Total		48,043	100.00	35	48,173	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		48,043	97.69		48,173	97.41
Invalid/blank votes		1,135	2.31		1,280	2.59
Total votes		49,178	100.00		49,453	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		169,024	29.10		169,024	29.26

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	51,828	72.54	31	51,674	73.61	22	53
	Democratic Alliance	10,828	15.16	5	10,761	15.33	6	11
	United Christian Democratic Party	2,247	3.14	0	2,612	3.72	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,215	1.70	0	1,071	1.53	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	984	1.38	0	904	1.29	1	1
	People's Progressive Party	787	1.10	0	732	1.04	1	1
	Independent Democrats	747	1.05	0	695	0.99	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,396	1.95	0				0
	United Independent Front	553	0.77	0	580	0.83	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	459	0.64	0	416	0.59	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	297	0.42	0	325	0.46	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	107	0.15	0	430	0.61	0	0
Total		71,448	100.00	36	70,200	100.00	36	72

Valid votes		71,448	97.48		70,200	96.76
Invalid/blank votes		1,849	2.52		2,352	3.24
Total votes		73,297	100.00		72,552	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		201,225	36.43		201,225	36.06

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	74,784	69.95	31	78,255	73.82	24	55
	Democratic Alliance	21,280	19.91	5	21,505	20.29	10	15
	Independent candidates	5,397	5.05	2				2
	Congress of the People	1,684	1.58	0	2,032	1.92	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	838	0.78	0	1,145	1.08	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	996	0.93	0	567	0.53	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	811	0.76	0	667	0.63	1	1
	African People's Convention	471	0.44	0	794	0.75	0	0
	South African Political Party	336	0.31	0	316	0.30	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	98	0.09	0	379	0.36	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	105	0.10	0	246	0.23	0	0
	Movement Democratic Party	105	0.10	0	95	0.09	0	0
Total		106,905	100.00	38	106,001	100.00	38	76

Valid votes		106,905	97.97		106,001	97.45
Invalid/blank votes		2,220	2.03		2,771	2.55
Total votes		109,125	100.00		108,772	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		242,435	45.01		242,435	44.87

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	71,149	48.83	34	69,868	48.27	9	43
	Economic Freedom Fighters	39,455	27.08	5	38,273	26.44	19	24
	Democratic Alliance	23,446	16.09	6	23,013	15.90	8	14
	Forum for Service Delivery	6,312	4.33	0	5,467	3.78	4	4
	African Independent Congress	1,036	0.71	0	2,919	2.02	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,973	1.35	0	1,852	1.28	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	529	0.36	0	974	0.67	1	1
	Botho Community Movement	630	0.43	0	565	0.39	1	1
	African People's Convention	390	0.27	0	415	0.29	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	125	0.09	0	505	0.35	0	0
	Independent candidates	577	0.40	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	83	0.06	0	419	0.29	0	0
	Congress of the People				404	0.28	0	0
	Agang South Africa	12	0.01	0	67	0.05	0	0
Total		145,717	100.00	45	144,741	100.00	44	89

Valid votes		145,717	98.16		144,741	97.86
Invalid/blank votes		2,731	1.84		3,171	2.14
Total votes		148,448	100.00		147,912	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		297,219	49.95		297,219	49.77

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	46,291	45.51	35	48,875	47.96	8	43
	Economic Freedom Fighters	17,574	17.28	1	18,896	18.54	16	17
	Democratic Alliance	14,322	14.08	7	14,016	13.75	6	13
	Tsogang Civic Movement	7,806	7.67	1	8,155	8.00	6	7
	Independent candidates	7,525	7.40	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	3,614	3.55	0	3,514	3.45	3	3
	Arona	540	0.53	0	1,603	1.57	1	1
	African Independent Congress	408	0.40	0	1,193	1.17	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	425	0.42	0	1,159	1.14	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	814	0.80	0	757	0.74	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	546	0.54	0	615	0.60	1	1
	Botho Community Movement	470	0.46	0	433	0.42	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	261	0.26	0	409	0.40	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	180	0.18	0	398	0.39	0	0
	Our City Matters	67	0.07	0	336	0.33	0	0
	African Economic Transformers	103	0.10	0	274	0.27	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	200	0.20	0	173	0.17	0	0
	African People's Convention	213	0.21	0	138	0.14	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	159	0.16	0	140	0.14	0	0
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	23	0.02	0	259	0.25	0	0
	United Independent Movement	2	0.00	0	264	0.26	0	0
	Congress of the People	37	0.04	0	153	0.15	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	97	0.10	0	83	0.08	0	0
	Forum for Democrats	26	0.03	0	67	0.07	0	0
	Christian Ambassadors Political Party	9	0.01	0				0
Total		101,712	100.00	45	101,910	100.00	45	90

Valid votes		101,712	97.96		101,910	97.29
Invalid/blank votes		2,118	2.04		2,836	2.71
Total votes		103,830	100.00		104,746	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		288,347	36.01		288,347	36.33

After the election, the African National Congress (ANC) formed a coalition with the African Independent Congress (AIC), the independent candidate and Arona, together controlling a majority of 46 of the 90 seats.^[6]

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

19 Jul 2023^[6]	11		African National Congress		African National Congress
28 Aug 2023^[7]	45		African National Congress		uMkhonto weSizwe