Mafube Local Municipality elections

The Mafube Local Municipality council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.

In the election of 1 November 2021, the ANC won a reduced majority of ten seats.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	12	3	-	-	0	15
2006 election	13	1	-	1	2	17
2011 election	12	3	-	0	2	17
2016 election	13	2	1	1	0	17
2021 election	10	2	3	2	0	17

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	9,059	77.70	7	10,597	81.65	5	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,211	18.96	1	2,381	18.35	2	3
	Independent candidates	389	3.34	0				0
Total		11,659	100.00	8	12,978	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		11,659	97.84		12,978	98.01
Invalid/blank votes		257	2.16		264	1.99
Total votes		11,916	100.00		13,242	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,348	48.94		24,348	54.39

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	10,328	75.08	9	10,296	75.03	4	13
	Democratic Alliance	1,067	7.76	0	1,014	7.39	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	943	6.86	0	997	7.27	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	685	4.98	0	755	5.50	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	711	5.17	0	661	4.82	1	1
	Independent candidates	22	0.16	0				0
Total		13,756	100.00	9	13,723	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		13,756	98.00		13,723	97.82
Invalid/blank votes		281	2.00		306	2.18
Total votes		14,037	100.00		14,029	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,965	52.06		26,965	52.03

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	11,995	71.51	8	12,294	73.18	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,582	15.39	1	2,439	14.52	2	3
	Congress of the People	1,647	9.82	0	1,589	9.46	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	305	1.82	0	317	1.89	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	176	1.05	0	93	0.55	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	68	0.41	0	68	0.40	0	0
Total		16,773	100.00	9	16,800	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		16,773	98.35		16,800	98.47
Invalid/blank votes		281	1.65		261	1.53
Total votes		17,054	100.00		17,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,798	59.22		28,798	59.24

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	12,191	76.04	8	12,187	75.27	5	13
	Democratic Alliance	2,161	13.48	1	2,172	13.41	1	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,061	6.62	0	1,071	6.61	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	451	2.81	0	462	2.85	1	1
	Congress of the People	169	1.05	0	299	1.85	0	0
Total		16,033	100.00	9	16,191	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		16,033	97.89		16,191	98.03
Invalid/blank votes		345	2.11		325	1.97
Total votes		16,378	100.00		16,516	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,882	53.03		30,882	53.48

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	7,315	55.69	9	7,590	58.28	1	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,708	13.00	0	2,036	15.63	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,216	9.26	0	1,242	9.54	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,026	7.81	0	1,195	9.18	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,446	11.01	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	121	0.92	0	517	3.97	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	193	1.47	0	259	1.99	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	110	0.84	0	184	1.41	0	0
Total		13,135	100.00	9	13,023	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		13,135	98.40		13,023	98.25
Invalid/blank votes		213	1.60		232	1.75
Total votes		13,348	100.00		13,255	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,510	45.23		29,510	44.92