Musina Local Municipality elections

The Musina Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining twelve 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 19 seats.

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	—	7	1	—	1	9
2006 election	1	9	1	—	0	11
2011 election	1	9	—	—	2	12
2016 election	0	18	3	3	0	24
2021 election	0	19	2	2	1	24

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	4,040	79.79	4	4,072	79.28	3	7
	Democratic Alliance	637	12.58	0	1,064	20.72	1	1
	Independent candidates	386	7.62	1				1
Total		5,063	100.00	5	5,136	100.00	4	9

Valid votes		5,063	95.98		5,136	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		212	4.02		162	3.06
Total votes		5,275	100.00		5,298	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,058	37.52		14,058	37.69

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	5,517	75.52	6	5,529	76.06	3	9
	Democratic Alliance	844	11.55	0	935	12.86	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	389	5.33	0	384	5.28	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	272	3.72	0	236	3.25	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	100	1.37	0	91	1.25	0	0
	Independent candidates	108	1.48	0				0
	Ximoko Party	54	0.74	0	45	0.62	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	21	0.29	0	49	0.67	0	0
Total		7,305	100.00	6	7,269	100.00	5	11

Valid votes		7,305	97.58		7,269	97.11
Invalid/blank votes		181	2.42		216	2.89
Total votes		7,486	100.00		7,485	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,059	41.45		18,059	41.45

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	7,748	76.40	6	7,839	76.98	3	9
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,080	10.65	0	1,337	13.13	1	1
	Congress of the People	532	5.25	0	567	5.57	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	453	4.47	0	440	4.32	1	1
	Independent candidates	329	3.24	0				0
Total		10,142	100.00	6	10,183	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		10,142	97.92		10,183	98.32
Invalid/blank votes		215	2.08		174	1.68
Total votes		10,357	100.00		10,357	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,328	50.95		20,328	50.95

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	17,603	74.62	12	17,506	74.29	6	18
	Democratic Alliance	3,073	13.03	0	3,030	12.86	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,291	9.71	0	2,322	9.85	3	3
	Congress of the People	200	0.85	0	256	1.09	0	0
	Musina Mutale Unified Front	148	0.63	0	134	0.57	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	97	0.41	0	107	0.45	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	68	0.29	0	89	0.38	0	0
	South African United Party	58	0.25	0	51	0.22	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	46	0.19	0	54	0.23	0	0
	Leadership Forum	6	0.03	0	15	0.06	0	0
Total		23,590	100.00	12	23,564	100.00	12	24

Valid votes		23,590	99.05		23,564	98.85
Invalid/blank votes		227	0.95		275	1.15
Total votes		23,817	100.00		23,839	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,282	55.03		43,282	55.08

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	15,194	70.01	12	16,260	75.72	7	19
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,703	7.85	0	2,100	9.78	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,594	7.34	0	2,101	9.78	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,509	11.56	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	245	1.13	0	264	1.23	1	1
	African People's Convention	129	0.59	0	198	0.92	0	0
	Able Leadership	103	0.47	0	152	0.71	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	79	0.36	0	140	0.65	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	87	0.40	0	128	0.60	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	60	0.28	0	132	0.61	0	0
Total		21,703	100.00	12	21,475	100.00	12	24

Valid votes		21,703	98.49		21,475	97.39
Invalid/blank votes		333	1.51		575	2.61
Total votes		22,036	100.00		22,050	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,309	48.63		45,309	48.67