Lephalale Local Municipality
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Municipal code | LIM362 |
Lephalale Municipality (
Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Lephalale; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Lephalale) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Lephalale
.
Politics
In the
2004 South African general election, the ANC won with an overwhelming majority of 88% (with 27,299 votes), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus
(FF+, Afrikaans: VF+) only received 7% and 2% respectively.
In the
2009 South African general election, the ANC's support fell to 82.0% (24,451 votes), while the DA increased their vote percentage to 8.5% (2,521 votes) and COPE, a newly formed party, gained 5.7% (1,697 votes) of the vote. The Freedom Front Plus, the now 4th largest part, lost some support to 1.61% (480 votes), albeit only 17 fewer votes.[3]
In the most recent
2014 South African general election, the ANC once again won overwhelmingly but again lost support, this time earning 73.8%. Much of its losses went to the new Economic Freedom Fighters
which gained 10.9% and a third place. DA remained in second position and increased their support to 11.3%. COPE lost almost all its support and gained only 0.7%.
Local elections
The municipal council consists of twenty-six members elected by
election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress
(ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 18,389 | 18,267 | 36,656 | 64.6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
EFF | 5,522 | 5,654 | 11,176 | 19.7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
DA | 3,801 | 3,781 | 7,582 | 13.4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
FF Plus | 432 | 418 | 850 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COPE | 172 | 197 | 369 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PAC | 61 | 64 | 125 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
International Revelation Congress | 3 | 23 | 26 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 28,380 | 28,404 | 56,784 | 100.0 | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
Spoilt votes | 523 | 451 | 974 |
Main places
The
main places:[6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bakenberg | 91501 | 260.83 | 13,603 | Northern Sotho
|
Ellisras (renamed Lephalale in 2002) |
91502 | 3.22 | 1,572 | Afrikaans |
Kwarriehoek | 91503 | 1.76 | 0 | - |
Marapong | 91505 | 3.21 | 5,636 | Northern Sotho |
Onverwacht |
91506 | 8.10 | 7,862 | Afrikaans |
Potgietersrus | 91507 | 23.85 | 69 | Northern Sotho |
Seleka | 91508 | 335.67 | 21,868 | Tswana |
Shongoane | 91509 | 67.92 | 13,172 | Northern Sotho |
St Catherina | 91510 | 1.79 | 939 | Northern Sotho |
Remainder of the municipality | 91504 | 18,898.84 | 31,392 | Northern Sotho |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ elections.org.za
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lephalale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Lephalale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa