Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality elections

The Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 forty-seven seats on the council.

In the 2021 election the ANC lost its majority, although it still won the most seats, and was unseated by a coalition led by the MAP16 Civic Movement.

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

Event	AIC	ANC	DA	DP	EFF	IFP	PAC	Other
2000 election	-	51	3	10	-	1	1	1
2006 election	-	55	2	7	-	1	1	2
2011 election	-	52	4	10	-	0	0	3
2016 election	1	47	5	4	9	0	-	3
2021 election	1	28	5	3	7	0	-	26

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	49,473	73.89	33	49,984	74.76	18	51
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	9,031	13.49	0	10,206	15.26	10	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,987	4.46	1	3,381	5.06	2	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,259	1.88	0	1,134	1.70	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,136	3.19	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	722	1.08	0	937	1.40	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	939	1.40	0	630	0.94	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	407	0.61	0	589	0.88	0	0
Total		66,954	100.00	34	66,861	100.00	33	67

Valid votes		66,954	97.28		66,861	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		1,869	2.72		1,724	2.51
Total votes		68,823	100.00		68,585	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		156,482	43.98		156,482	43.83

March 2006 election

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	62,713	80.31	33	62,826	80.41	22	55
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	7,885	10.10	0	8,631	11.05	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	2,963	3.79	1	2,657	3.40	1	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	815	1.04	0	1,035	1.32	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	779	1.00	0	989	1.27	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,607	2.06	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	588	0.75	0	682	0.87	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	544	0.70	0	703	0.90	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	198	0.25	0	611	0.78	0	0
Total		78,092	100.00	34	78,134	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		78,092	97.47		78,134	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,029	2.53		2,010	2.51
Total votes		80,121	100.00		80,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		168,286	47.61		168,286	47.62

May 2011 election

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	67,914	74.99	35	68,764	75.47	17	52
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	13,106	14.47	0	12,629	13.86	10	10
	Democratic Alliance	5,910	6.53	0	5,433	5.96	4	4
	Congress of the People	593	0.65	0	1,431	1.57	1	1
	African People's Convention	390	0.43	0	835	0.92	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	536	0.59	0	495	0.54	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	670	0.74	0	193	0.21	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	335	0.37	0	441	0.48	0	0
	National Freedom Party	271	0.30	0	485	0.53	0	0
	Independent candidates	567	0.63	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	122	0.13	0	323	0.35	0	0
	United Residents Front	155	0.17	0	84	0.09	0	0
Total		90,569	100.00	35	91,113	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		90,569	97.67		91,113	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		2,165	2.33		1,747	1.88
Total votes		92,734	100.00		92,860	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		176,579	52.52		176,579	52.59

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	65,118	68.15	35	63,428	66.64	12	47
	Economic Freedom Fighters	11,774	12.32	0	11,941	12.55	9	9
	Democratic Alliance	7,158	7.49	0	7,258	7.63	5	5
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	4,851	5.08	0	5,228	5.49	4	4
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	3,416	3.57	0	2,638	2.77	2	2
	African Independent Congress	689	0.72	0	2,620	2.75	1	1
	African People's Convention	444	0.46	0	637	0.67	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	487	0.51	0	491	0.52	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	380	0.40	0	278	0.29	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	286	0.30	0	294	0.31	0	0
	Independent candidates	473	0.50	0				0
	African People's Socialist Party	175	0.18	0	193	0.20	0	0
	Congress of the People	241	0.25	0				0
	United Residents Front	63	0.07	0	168	0.18	0	0
Total		95,555	100.00	35	95,174	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		95,555	97.84		95,174	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		2,106	2.16		2,454	2.51
Total votes		97,661	100.00		97,628	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		185,843	52.55		185,843	52.53

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	30,800	38.58	21	31,803	39.82	7	28
	MAP16 Civic Movement	22,970	28.77	13	22,627	28.33	7	20
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,678	9.62	0	8,043	10.07	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	5,595	7.01	1	5,901	7.39	4	5
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	3,131	3.92	0	3,760	4.71	3	3
	African Content Movement	1,679	2.10	0	1,544	1.93	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	1,375	1.72	0	1,388	1.74	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,411	3.02	0				0
	African Independent Congress	1,096	1.37	0	978	1.22	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	523	0.66	0	484	0.61	1	1
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	448	0.56	0	480	0.60	1	1
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	339	0.42	0	534	0.67	1	1
	Ikemeleng Free State	390	0.49	0	431	0.54	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	396	0.50	0	339	0.42	0	0
	African People's Convention	335	0.42	0	388	0.49	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	67	0.08	0	369	0.46	0	0
	Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats	234	0.29	0	172	0.22	0	0
	Agency for New Agenda	109	0.14	0	190	0.24	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	98	0.12	0	154	0.19	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	122	0.15	0	107	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	48	0.06	0	173	0.22	0	0
Total		79,844	100.00	35	79,865	100.00	35	70

Valid votes		79,844	98.04		79,865	98.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,600	1.96		1,633	2.00
Total votes		81,444	100.00		81,498	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		175,983	46.28		175,983	46.31

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality elections

December 2000 election

March 2006 election

May 2011 election

August 2016 election

November 2021 election

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