Mantsopa Local Municipality elections

The Mantsopa Local Municipality elections is a democratic process through which the residents of

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

In the

(ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	11	-	4	-	0	15
2006 election	13	-	1	-	2	16
2011 election	13	1	3	-	0	17
2016 election	11	1	3	2	0	17
2021 election	11	1	4	2	0	18

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	376	3.29	0				0
Total		11,444	100.00	8	11,427	100.00	7	15
Valid votes		11,444	96.54		11,427	96.42
Invalid/blank votes		410	3.46		424	3.58
Total votes		11,854	100.00		11,851	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,903	49.59		23,903	49.58

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	1,059	8.55	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	431	3.48	0	421	3.50	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	419	3.38	0	327	2.72	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	298	2.41	0	216	1.80	0	0
Total		12,389	100.00	8	12,028	100.00	8	16
Valid votes		12,389	97.18		12,028	94.49
Invalid/blank votes		359	2.82		701	5.51
Total votes		12,748	100.00		12,729	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,809	49.39		25,809	49.32

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	750	5.26	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	222	1.56	0	180	1.31	0	0
	African People's Convention	71	0.50	0	107	0.78	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	42	0.29	0	46	0.33	0	0
Total		14,261	100.00	9	13,733	100.00	8	17
Valid votes		14,261	97.75		13,733	94.61
Invalid/blank votes		329	2.25		782	5.39
Total votes		14,590	100.00		14,515	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,157	53.72		27,157	53.45

August 2016 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	9,916	65.83	8	9,895	66.33	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,817	18.70	1	2,834	19.00	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,723	11.44	0	1,551	10.40	2	2
	Congress of the People	328	2.18	0	331	2.22	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	150	1.00	0	132	0.88	0	0
	African People's Convention	51	0.34	0	124	0.83	0	0
	United Residents Front	78	0.52	0	50	0.34	0	0
Total		15,063	100.00	9	14,917	100.00	8	17
Valid votes		15,063	98.32		14,917	98.37
Invalid/blank votes		257	1.68		247	1.63
Total votes		15,320	100.00		15,164	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,376	53.99		28,376	53.44

November 2021 election

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	186	1.51	0				0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	31	0.25	0	31	0.25	0	0
	United Independent Movement	19	0.15	0	42	0.34	0	0
	Africa's New Dawn	26	0.21	0	16	0.13	0	0
Total		12,356	100.00	9	12,244	100.00	9	18
Valid votes		12,356	98.52		12,244	98.51
Invalid/blank votes		185	1.48		185	1.49
Total votes		12,541	100.00		12,429	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,612	45.42		27,612	45.01

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.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
17 Jan 2024[7]	7		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

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