Bushbuckridge Local Municipality elections
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The Bushbuckridge Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of seventy-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-eight wards, while the remaining thirty-eight are chosen from 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 fifty-three seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ACDP | ANC | APC | BRA | DA | EFF | PAC | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 election | 1 | 57 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 68 |
| 2011 election | 1 | 55 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 74 |
| 2016 election | 0 | 53 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | — | 0 | 76 |
| 2021 election | 0 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | 9 | 76 |
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[1]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 65,320 | 73.72 | 32 | 70,926 | 85.22 | 25 | 57 | |
| Independent candidates | 14,553 | 16.42 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 4,818 | 5.44 | 0 | 6,183 | 7.43 | 5 | 5 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,568 | 1.77 | 0 | 2,035 | 2.45 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,194 | 1.35 | 0 | 1,263 | 1.52 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 763 | 0.86 | 0 | 1,637 | 1.97 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 232 | 0.26 | 0 | 592 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ximoko Party | 159 | 0.18 | 0 | 593 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 88,607 | 100.00 | 34 | 83,229 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 | |
| Valid votes | 88,607 | 97.49 | 83,229 | 93.54 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,283 | 2.51 | 5,748 | 6.46 | ||||
| Total votes | 90,890 | 100.00 | 88,977 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 198,849 | 45.71 | 198,849 | 44.75 | ||||
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[2]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 81,338 | 72.03 | 35 | 87,006 | 76.83 | 20 | 55 | |
| Bushbuckridge Residents Association | 11,103 | 9.83 | 1 | 11,153 | 9.85 | 6 | 7 | |
| Congress of the People | 4,776 | 4.23 | 0 | 4,556 | 4.02 | 3 | 3 | |
| African People's Convention | 4,201 | 3.72 | 0 | 4,186 | 3.70 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,444 | 3.94 | 0 | 3,887 | 3.43 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 4,010 | 3.55 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1,800 | 1.59 | 0 | 1,020 | 0.90 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 843 | 0.75 | 0 | 839 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 366 | 0.32 | 0 | 441 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ximoko Party | 36 | 0.03 | 0 | 156 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 112,917 | 100.00 | 37 | 113,244 | 100.00 | 37 | 74 | |
| Valid votes | 112,917 | 98.07 | 113,244 | 97.53 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,228 | 1.93 | 2,872 | 2.47 | ||||
| Total votes | 115,145 | 100.00 | 116,116 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 223,190 | 51.59 | 223,190 | 52.03 | ||||