Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality elections

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so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council.

In the 2021 election the ANC lost its majority, although it still won the most seats, and was unseated by a coalition led by the MAP16 Civic Movement.

Results

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

Event	AIC	ANC	DA	DP	EFF	IFP	PAC	Other
2000 election	-	51	3	10	-	1	1	1
2006 election	-	55	2	7	-	1	1	2
2011 election	-	52	4	10	-	0	0	3
2016 election	1	47	5	4	9	0	-	3
2021 election	1	28	5	3	7	0	-	26

December 2000 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	2,136	3.19	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	722	1.08	0	937	1.40	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	939	1.40	0	630	0.94	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	407	0.61	0	589	0.88	0	0
Total		66,954	100.00	34	66,861	100.00	33	67
Valid votes		66,954	97.28		66,861	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		1,869	2.72		1,724	2.51
Total votes		68,823	100.00		68,585	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		156,482	43.98		156,482	43.83

March 2006 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	1,607	2.06	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	588	0.75	0	682	0.87	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	544	0.70	0	703	0.90	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	198	0.25	0	611	0.78	0	0
Total		78,092	100.00	34	78,134	100.00	34	68
Valid votes		78,092	97.47		78,134	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,029	2.53		2,010	2.51
Total votes		80,121	100.00		80,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		168,286	47.61		168,286	47.62

May 2011 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	567	0.63	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	122	0.13	0	323	0.35	0	0
	United Residents Front	155	0.17	0	84	0.09	0	0
Total		90,569	100.00	35	91,113	100.00	34	69
Valid votes		90,569	97.67		91,113	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		2,165	2.33		1,747	1.88
Total votes		92,734	100.00		92,860	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		176,579	52.52		176,579	52.59

August 2016 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	473	0.50	0				0
	African People's Socialist Party	175	0.18	0	193	0.20	0	0
	Congress of the People	241	0.25	0				0
	United Residents Front	63	0.07	0	168	0.18	0	0
Total		95,555	100.00	35	95,174	100.00	34	69
Valid votes		95,555	97.84		95,174	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,106	2.16		2,454	2.51
Total votes		97,661	100.00		97,628	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		185,843	52.55		185,843	52.53

November 2021 election

The 2021 election saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time. Although it still finished with the most seats, a rival grouping led by the MAP16 Civic Movement, founded by a group of ANC councillors who had been expelled for voting to unseat the ANC mayor, who was facing corruption charges, formed a coalition to take control. Maluti-a-Phofung became the first local municipality in the Free State not to be governed by the ANC.^[5]

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	2,411	3.02	0				0
	African Independent Congress	1,096	1.37	0	978	1.22	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	523	0.66	0	484	0.61	1	1
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	448	0.56	0	480	0.60	1	1
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	339	0.42	0	534	0.67	1	1
	Ikemeleng Free State	390	0.49	0	431	0.54	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	396	0.50	0	339	0.42	0	0
	African People's Convention	335	0.42	0	388	0.49	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	67	0.08	0	369	0.46	0	0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	234	0.29	0	172	0.22	0	0
	Agency for New Agenda	109	0.14	0	190	0.24	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	98	0.12	0	154	0.19	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	122	0.15	0	107	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	48	0.06	0	173	0.22	0	0
Total		79,844	100.00	35	79,865	100.00	35	70
Valid votes		79,844	98.04		79,865	98.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,600	1.96		1,633	2.00
Total votes		81,444	100.00		81,498	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		175,983	46.28		175,983	46.31

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