Msukaligwa 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

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	25	4	—	—	1	2	32
2006 election	26	3	—	1	1	1	32
2011 election	31	5	—	1	0	1	38
2016 election	29	5	3	1	—	0	38
2021 election	24	4	7	2	—	1	38

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Independent candidates	384	1.58	0				0
Total		24,314	100.00	16	24,306	100.00	16	32

Valid votes		24,314	96.73		24,306	96.93
Invalid/blank votes		823	3.27		770	3.07
Total votes		25,137	100.00		25,076	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		52,641	47.75		52,641	47.64

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	21,691	80.24	14	21,997	81.18	12	26
	Democratic Alliance	2,934	10.85	2	2,824	10.42	1	3
	Freedom Front Plus	827	3.06	0	740	2.73	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	793	2.93	0	747	2.76	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	426	1.58	0	274	1.01	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	274	1.01	0	308	1.14	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	69	0.26	0	205	0.76	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	20	0.07	0				0
Total		27,034	100.00	16	27,095	100.00	16	32

Valid votes		27,034	97.68		27,095	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		643	2.32		602	2.17
Total votes		27,677	100.00		27,697	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		56,649	48.86		56,649	48.89

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	28,041	80.69	17	28,467	81.47	14	31
	Democratic Alliance	4,904	14.11	2	4,771	13.65	3	5
	Freedom Front Plus	738	2.12	0	471	1.35	1	1
	Congress of the People	332	0.96	0	355	1.02	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	325	0.94	0	286	0.82	0	0
	National Freedom Party	160	0.46	0	323	0.92	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	206	0.59	0	176	0.50	0	0
	Federal Congress	44	0.13	0	91	0.26	0	0
Total		34,750	100.00	19	34,940	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		34,750	98.10		34,940	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		674	1.90		533	1.50
Total votes		35,424	100.00		35,473	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,384	56.78		62,384	56.86

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	30,071	74.72	18	30,249	74.90	11	29
	Democratic Alliance	5,452	13.55	1	5,421	13.42	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,165	7.86	0	3,087	7.64	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	761	1.89	0	707	1.75	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	190	0.47	0	228	0.56	0	0
	African People's Convention	172	0.43	0	228	0.56	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	172	0.43	0	165	0.41	0	0
	Congress of the People	164	0.41	0	135	0.33	0	0
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	48	0.12	0	126	0.31	0	0
	Pan African Socialist Movement of Azania	52	0.13	0	41	0.10	0	0
Total		40,247	100.00	19	40,387	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		40,247	98.61		40,387	98.68
Invalid/blank votes		566	1.39		540	1.32
Total votes		40,813	100.00		40,927	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		71,337	57.21		71,337	57.37

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Independent candidates	1,253	4.56	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	326	1.19	0	370	1.36	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	229	0.83	0	363	1.34	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	174	0.63	0	216	0.80	0	0
	United Independent Movement	91	0.33	0	146	0.54	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	12	0.04	0	59	0.22	0	0
	African People's Movement	27	0.10	0	35	0.13	0	0
Total		27,471	100.00	19	27,166	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		27,471	97.90		27,166	96.71
Invalid/blank votes		589	2.10		923	3.29
Total votes		28,060	100.00		28,089	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		69,662	40.28		69,662	40.32

The following

by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
11 October 2023^[7]	13		African National Congress		Economic Freedom Fighters
8 Nov 2023^[8]	9		African National Congress		African National Congress