Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape elections

The Emalahleni Local Municipality council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	PAC	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	23	0	-	2	2	0	27
2006 election	28	0	-	1	1	1	31
2011 election	30	1	-	1	1	1	34
2016 election	28	4	1	-	1	0	34
2021 election	28	2	2	-	1	1	34

December 2000 election

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	16,803	83.03	12	22,740	86.01	11	23
	United Democratic Movement	1,371	6.77	1	1,670	6.32	1	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,554	7.68	1	1,454	5.50	1	2
	Democratic Alliance	210	1.04	0	576	2.18	0	0
	Independent candidates	300	1.48	0				0
Total		20,238	100.00	14	26,440	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		20,238	91.76		26,440	98.09
Invalid/blank votes		1,818	8.24		516	1.91
Total votes		22,056	100.00		26,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,487	45.49		48,487	55.59

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	29,618	89.00	15	29,789	91.38	13	28
	United Democratic Movement	1,298	3.90	0	1,545	4.74	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	752	2.26	0	853	2.62	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,123	3.37	1				1
	Democratic Alliance	486	1.46	0	412	1.26	0	0
Total		33,277	100.00	16	32,599	100.00	15	31

Valid votes		33,277	97.84		32,599	96.73
Invalid/blank votes		733	2.16		1,101	3.27
Total votes		34,010	100.00		33,700	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,910	58.73		57,910	58.19

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	28,521	80.09	17	29,916	86.71	13	30
	Independent candidates	3,288	9.23	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	1,217	3.42	0	1,622	4.70	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	1,082	3.04	0	891	2.58	1	1
	Congress of the People	500	1.40	0	1,086	3.15	1	1
	Pan Africanist Movement	579	1.63	0	562	1.63	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	422	1.19	0	423	1.23	0	0
Total		35,609	100.00	17	34,500	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		35,609	97.97		34,500	95.62
Invalid/blank votes		739	2.03		1,581	4.38
Total votes		36,348	100.00		36,081	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		58,105	62.56		58,105	62.10

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	29,489	82.19	17	29,449	82.19	11	28
	Democratic Alliance	4,201	11.71	0	4,019	11.22	4	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	912	2.54	0	983	2.74	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	783	2.18	0	733	2.05	1	1
	African People's Convention	252	0.70	0	282	0.79	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	181	0.50	0	243	0.68	0	0
	Congress of the People	63	0.18	0	122	0.34	0	0
Total		35,881	100.00	17	35,831	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		35,881	97.84		35,831	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		794	2.16		830	2.26
Total votes		36,675	100.00		36,661	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		61,471	59.66		61,471	59.64

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	24,405	79.73	17	24,926	81.52	11	28
	Democratic Alliance	1,889	6.17	0	1,946	6.36	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,608	5.25	0	1,634	5.34	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	620	2.03	0	767	2.51	1	1
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	619	2.02	0	703	2.30	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,003	3.28	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	259	0.85	0	422	1.38	0	0
	African People's Convention	205	0.67	0	179	0.59	0	0
Total		30,608	100.00	17	30,577	100.00	17	34

Valid votes		30,608	98.04		30,577	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		611	1.96		660	2.11
Total votes		31,219	100.00		31,237	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,230	52.71		59,230	52.74