Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele
Local municipality
UTC+2 (SAST )
Municipal code	FS183

Tswelopele Municipality (

Main places

The

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bultfontein	40901	42.75	1,034	Afrikaans
Hoopstad	40902	28.34	662	Afrikaans
Phahameng	40903	3.37	20,063	Sotho
Tikwana	40904	1.73	11,032	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	40905	6,447.20	20,913	Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by

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

In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent candidates	67	0.58	0				0
	3 other parties	175	1.51	0	210	1.81	0	0
Total		11,588	100.00	9	11,609	100.00	8	17
Valid votes		11,588	97.27		11,609	97.34
Invalid/blank votes		325	2.73		317	2.66
Total votes		11,913	100.00		11,926	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,856	46.07		25,856	46.12

References

External links

• http://www.tswelopele.gov.za/