City of Ekurhuleni elections

The

election of 1 November 2021

, no party obtained a majority of seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	IFP	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	2	99	-	55	-	1	6	4	8	175
2006 election	2	108	-	45	-	2	5	3	10	175
2011 election	1	125	2	62	-	1	2	2	7	202
2016 election	1	109	1	77	25	2	2	1	6	224
2021 election	2	86	1	65	31	8	3	1	27	224

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]

Ekurhuleni local election, 5 December 2000
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	283,150	286,003	569,153	56.5%	62	37	99
	Democratic Alliance	157,875	156,622	314,497	31.2%	25	30	55
	Inkatha Freedom Party	16,751	15,175	31,926	3.2%	0	6	6
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	12,551	12,069	24,620	2.4%	1	3	4
	African Christian Democratic Party	4,945	6,064	11,009	1.1%	0	2	2
	East Rand Forum/Oosrand Forum	6,165	4,565	10,730	1.1%	0	2	2
	Simunye in Christ Organisation	5,056	5,486	10,542	1.0%	0	2	2
	Daveyton Community Peace Committee	3,169	4,567	7,736	0.8%	0	1	1
	Displacees Rate-Payers Association	3,161	4,479	7,640	0.8%	0	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	2,229	4,030	6,259	0.6%	0	1	1
	Thembisa Concerned Residents Association	1,848	2,214	4,062	0.4%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	4,011	–	4,011	0.4%	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	2,105	1,543	3,648	0.4%	0	1	1
	Socialist Party of Azania	333	702	1,035	0.1%	0	0	0
	Regte Party/Right Party	–	413	413	0.0%	–	0	0
Total		503,349	503,932	1,007,281		88	87	175

Valid votes		503,349	503,932	1,007,281	98.4%
Spoilt votes		8,515	8,199	16,714	1.6%
Total votes cast		511,864	512,131	1,023,995

Voter turnout		513,676
Registered voters		1,137,951
Turnout percentage		45.1%

March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]

Ekurhuleni local election, 1 March 2006
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	322,691	320,043	642,734	61.3%	63	45	108
	Democratic Alliance	135,194	135,173	270,367	25.8%	25	20	45
	Inkatha Freedom Party	14,266	14,944	29,210	2.8%	0	5	5
	Displacees Rate-Payers Association	8,814	7,472	16,286	1.6%	0	3	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	7,705	7,336	15,041	1.4%	0	3	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	4,659	6,313	10,972	1.0%	0	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	5,146	5,496	10,642	1.0%	0	2	2
	Independent Democrats	5,130	5,105	10,235	1.0%	0	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	2,884	3,864	6,748	0.6%	0	1	1
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	2,973	1,831	4,804	0.5%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	4,375	–	4,375	0.4%	0	–	0
	Daveyton Community Peace Committee	1,759	1,976	3,735	0.4%	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	2,052	1,534	3,586	0.3%	0	1	1
	Simunye in Christ Organisation	934	1,873	2,807	0.3%	0	1	1
	Christian Democratic Party	1,321	887	2,208	0.2%	0	0	0
	African Renaissance Civic Movement	995	1,200	2,195	0.2%	0	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	761	1,281	2,042	0.2%	0	0	0
	United Independent Front	781	1,246	2,027	0.2%	0	0	0
	Tshwaranang Civic Organisation	863	861	1,724	0.2%	0	0	0
	Khayalami Residents Association	828	894	1,722	0.2%	0	0	0
	Thembisa Concerned Residents Association	475	1,102	1,577	0.2%	0	0	0
	Federal Alliance	700	689	1,389	0.1%	0	0	0
	Regte Party/Right Party	45	689	734	0.1%	0	0	0
	Umhlaba Uhlangene People's United Nations	213	364	577	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		525,564	522,173	1,047,737		88	87	175

Valid votes		525,564	522,173	1,047,737	98.3%
Spoilt votes		7,665	9,955	17,620	1.7%
Total votes cast		533,229	532,128	1,065,357

Voter turnout		537,523
Registered voters		1,240,348
Turnout percentage		43.3%

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]

Ekurhuleni local election, 18 May 2011
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	478,068	490,234	968,302	61.6%	71	54	125
	Democratic Alliance	238,380	237,605	475,985	30.3%	30	32	62
	National Freedom Party	9,332	8,938	18,270	1.2%	0	3	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,165	9,174	17,339	1.1%	0	2	2
	Congress of the People	6,206	8,579	14,785	0.9%	0	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	5,873	4,806	10,679	0.7%	0	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	5,226	4,690	9,916	0.6%	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	4,241	5,375	9,616	0.6%	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	4,655	4,011	8,666	0.6%	0	1	1
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	6,080	2,557	8,637	0.5%	0	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	4,002	3,280	7,282	0.5%	0	1	1
	Displacees Rate-Payers Association	3,759	3,222	6,981	0.4%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,391	–	2,391	0.2%	0	–	0
	The Real Congress	784	983	1,767	0.1%	0	0	0
	African Christian Alliance-Afrikaner Christen Alliansie	972	603	1,575	0.1%	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Party	663	877	1,540	0.1%	0	0	0
	Simunye in Christ Organisation	873	650	1,523	0.1%	0	0	0
	People's Civic Organisation	832	670	1,502	0.1%	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	837	643	1,480	0.1%	0	0	0
	First Nation Liberation Alliance	620	639	1,259	0.1%	0	0	0
	National Republican Party	572	379	951	0.1%	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	85	274	359	0.0%	0	0	0
	Thembisa Concerned Residents Association	–	355	355	0.0%	–	0	0
	Umhlaba Uhlangene People's United Nations	34	–	34	0.0%	0	–	0
Total		782,650	788,544	1,571,194		101	101	202

Valid votes		782,650	788,544	1,571,194	98.5%
Spoilt votes		14,321	9,922	24,243	1.5%
Total votes cast		796,971	798,466	1,595,437

Voter turnout		804,170
Registered voters		1,424,392
Turnout percentage		56.5%

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]

Ekurhuleni local election, 3 August 2016
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	436,190	438,961	875,151	48.6%	76	33	109
	Democratic Alliance	307,664	306,709	614,373	34.1%	35	42	77
	Economic Freedom Fighters	102,242	99,770	202,012	11.2%	1	24	25
	African Independent Congress	14,709	14,810	29,519	1.6%	0	4	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,940	9,345	18,285	1.0%	0	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	7,991	8,059	16,050	0.9%	0	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	3,908	3,754	7,662	0.4%	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,836	3,743	7,579	0.4%	0	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	2,272	2,499	4,771	0.3%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	2,209	2,504	4,713	0.3%	0	1	1
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	3,067	1,219	4,286	0.2%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	3,675	–	3,675	0.2%	0	–	0
	United Democratic Movement	1,435	2,109	3,544	0.2%	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	566	2,388	2,954	0.2%	0	0	0
	Ekurhuleni Community Movement	444	338	782	0.0%	0	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	109	462	571	0.0%	0	0	0
	Academic Congress Union	261	250	511	0.0%	0	0	0
	Palmridge Community Forum	173	230	403	0.0%	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	93	304	397	0.0%	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	199	190	389	0.0%	0	0	0
	Pan African Socialist Movement of Azania	44	298	342	0.0%	0	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	35	252	287	0.0%	0	0	0
	African People's Socialist Party	148	137	285	0.0%	0	0	0
	United Front of Civics	72	180	252	0.0%	0	0	0
	Building a Cohesive Society	108	105	213	0.0%	0	0	0
	Agang South Africa	31	164	195	0.0%	0	0	0
Total		900,421	898,780	1,799,201		112	112	224

Valid votes		900,421	898,780	1,799,201	98.3%
Spoilt votes		16,086	15,783	31,869	1.7%
Total votes cast		916,507	914,563	1,831,070

Voter turnout		921,547
Registered voters		1,587,116
Turnout percentage		58.1%

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]

Ekurhuleni local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	254,782	257,186	511,968	38.2%	78	8	86
	Democratic Alliance	194,739	190,305	385,044	28.7%	32	33	65
	Economic Freedom Fighters	92,919	89,045	181,964	13.6%	0	31	31
	ActionSA	39,089	49,395	88,484	6.6%	0	15	15
	Freedom Front Plus	21,330	23,318	44,648	3.3%	0	8	8
	Patriotic Alliance	12,630	12,524	25,154	1.9%	2	2	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,335	9,885	18,220	1.4%	0	3	3
	African Independent Congress	8,193	9,125	17,318	1.3%	0	3	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	5,524	5,795	11,319	0.8%	0	2	2
	Independent candidates	8,025	–	8,025	0.6%	0	–	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	5,242	2,406	7,648	0.6%	0	1	1
	Independent Citizens Movement	2,960	3,026	5,986	0.4%	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	2,089	2,897	4,986	0.4%	0	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	2,133	2,204	4,337	0.3%	0	1	1
	National Freedom Party	1,401	1,926	3,327	0.2%	0	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	1,428	1,702	3,130	0.2%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	1,511	1,340	2,851	0.2%	0	1	1
	United Independent Movement	1,090	1,013	2,103	0.2%	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,006	706	1,712	0.1%	0	0	0
	Black First Land First	661	828	1,489	0.1%	0	0	0
	National People's Front	714	709	1,423	0.1%	0	0	0
	African People's Movement	936	433	1,369	0.1%	0	0	0
	The Nationals of South Africa	491	526	1,017	0.1%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	322	680	1,002	0.1%	0	0	0
	Change	544	316	860	0.1%	0	0	0
	African Security Congress	165	606	771	0.1%	0	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	529	209	738	0.1%	0	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	243	455	698	0.1%	0	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	278	277	555	0.0%	0	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	126	401	527	0.0%	0	0	0
	Democratic Union Plus	151	323	474	0.0%	0	0	0
	Able Leadership	100	313	413	0.0%	0	0	0
	God Save Africa	–	355	355	0.0%	–	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	17	206	223	0.0%	0	0	0
	Arusha Economic Coalition	15	165	180	0.0%	0	0	0
	Spectrum National Party	4	153	157	0.0%	0	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	138	–	138	0.0%	0	–	0
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	37	68	105	0.0%	0	0	0
Total		669,897	670,821	1,340,718		112	112	224

Valid votes		669,897	670,821	1,340,718	98.5%
Spoilt votes		9,879	10,113	19,992	1.5%
Total votes cast		679,776	680,934	1,360,710

Voter turnout		688,479
Registered voters		1,575,840
Turnout percentage		43.7%

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.^[6]

Date	Ward
24 May 2023^[7]	25	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
25 October 2023^[8]	23	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
14 February 2024^[9]	25	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

References

^ "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: East Rand - Greater East Rand Metro [East Rand]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2006 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2016 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2021 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 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.
^ Sussman, Wayne (26 October 2023). "October by-elections: ANC wins back seats in KZN, Mpumalanga". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ Sussman, Wayne (15 February 2024). "MK party snatches votes from ANC in second Zululand scare". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: East Rand - Greater East Rand Metro [East Rand]" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[2] "Local Government Elections 2006 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[3] "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] "Local Government Elections 2016 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[5] "Local Government Elections 2021 - Seat Calculation Detail: Ekurhuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[mbe-6] "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[7] 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.

[8] Sussman, Wayne (26 October 2023). "October by-elections: ANC wins back seats in KZN, Mpumalanga". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[9] Sussman, Wayne (15 February 2024). "MK party snatches votes from ANC in second Zululand scare". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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