Mbhashe Local Municipality elections
The
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 the African National Congress
(ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | COPE | DA | EFF | IND
|
PAC | UDM | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 election | 28 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 19 | — | 47 |
| 2006 election | 43 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| 2011 election | 41 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 61 |
| 2016 election | 47 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 63 |
| 2021 election | 45 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 63 |
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 | 690 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 46,785 | 100.00 | 24 | 46,333 | 100.00 | 23 | 47 | |
| Valid votes | 46,785 | 96.38 | 46,333 | 96.48 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,757 | 3.62 | 1,690 | 3.52 | ||||
| Total votes | 48,542 | 100.00 | 48,023 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 80,639 | 60.20 | 80,639 | 59.55 | ||||
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 | 277 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62,671 | 100.00 | 26 | 62,688 | 100.00 | 25 | 51 | |
| Valid votes | 62,671 | 97.56 | 62,688 | 97.94 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,565 | 2.44 | 1,318 | 2.06 | ||||
| Total votes | 64,236 | 100.00 | 64,006 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 100,465 | 63.94 | 100,465 | 63.71 | ||||
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 | 7,256 | 11.23 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 654 | 1.01 | 0 | 678 | 1.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention | 269 | 0.42 | 0 | 515 | 0.86 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 243 | 0.38 | 0 | 302 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 277 | 0.43 | 0 | 263 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Independent Front | 165 | 0.26 | 0 | 116 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 64,606 | 100.00 | 31 | 59,720 | 100.00 | 30 | 61 | |
| Valid votes | 64,606 | 97.32 | 59,720 | 92.70 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,782 | 2.68 | 4,704 | 7.30 | ||||
| Total votes | 66,388 | 100.00 | 64,424 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 113,875 | 58.30 | 113,875 | 56.57 | ||||
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 | 6,442 | 9.44 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,942 | 2.85 | 0 | 2,401 | 3.61 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,437 | 2.11 | 0 | 1,533 | 2.30 | 2 | 2 | |
| Congress of the People | 406 | 0.59 | 0 | 751 | 1.13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 375 | 0.55 | 0 | 466 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 54 | 0.08 | 0 | 496 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Front of the Eastern Cape | 140 | 0.21 | 0 | 350 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 68,240 | 100.00 | 32 | 66,514 | 100.00 | 31 | 63 | |
| Valid votes | 68,240 | 98.14 | 66,514 | 96.08 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,294 | 1.86 | 2,716 | 3.92 | ||||
| Total votes | 69,534 | 100.00 | 69,230 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 129,921 | 53.52 | 129,921 | 53.29 | ||||
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 | 5,439 | 9.85 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| African Transformation Movement | 1,122 | 2.03 | 0 | 1,186 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 809 | 1.46 | 0 | 771 | 1.41 | 1 | 1 | |
| Batho Pele Movement | 554 | 1.00 | 0 | 596 | 1.09 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alliance for Transformation for All | 287 | 0.52 | 0 | 614 | 1.13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 292 | 0.53 | 0 | 415 | 0.76 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Democrats | 192 | 0.35 | 0 | 410 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 195 | 0.35 | 0 | 191 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 63 | 0.11 | 0 | 322 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 155 | 0.28 | 0 | 88 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power of Africans Unity | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 142 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 55,244 | 100.00 | 32 | 54,517 | 100.00 | 31 | 63 | |
| Valid votes | 55,244 | 97.64 | 54,517 | 96.78 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,334 | 2.36 | 1,813 | 3.22 | ||||
| Total votes | 56,578 | 100.00 | 56,330 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 122,433 | 46.21 | 122,433 | 46.01 | ||||
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 | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2023 | 5 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
| 14 September 2023[7] | 1 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
| 14 September 2023 | 2 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
In a ward 5 by-election on 25 January, held after the death of the ANC councillor, the ANC candidate retained the seat for the party.[8]
References
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Sussman, Wayne (14 September 2023). "By-elections: ANC retains two wards with ease in Mbhashe, E Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Sussman, Wayne (26 January 2023). "JANUARY BY-ELECTIONS: EFF retains key Polokwane ward, makes inroads in another Limpopo ward as ANC notches landslide E Cape win". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 January 2023.