Phumelela Local Municipality elections

The Phumelela Local Municipality council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight 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 twelve seats on the council.

In the 2021 South African municipal elections the ANC won a reduced majority of eleven seats on the council.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	11	3	-	-	0	14
2006 election	11	1	-	1	1	14
2011 election	12	3	-	0	0	15
2016 election	12	2	1	0	0	15
2021 election	11	2	2	1	0	16

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	10,336	80.14	7	10,366	80.30	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,389	18.52	0	2,543	19.70	3	3
	Independent candidates	173	1.34	0				0
Total		12,898	100.00	7	12,909	100.00	7	14

Valid votes		12,898	96.46		12,909	96.54
Invalid/blank votes		473	3.54		463	3.46
Total votes		13,371	100.00		13,372	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,606	59.15		22,606	59.15

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	10,140	80.03	7	10,129	80.13	4	11
	Phumelela Ratepayers' Association	1,129	8.91	0	991	7.84	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	731	5.77	0	793	6.27	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	437	3.45	0	457	3.62	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	233	1.84	0	271	2.14	0	0
Total		12,670	100.00	7	12,641	100.00	7	14

Valid votes		12,670	97.13		12,641	96.83
Invalid/blank votes		375	2.87		414	3.17
Total votes		13,045	100.00		13,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,311	55.96		23,311	56.00

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	10,910	76.89	8	11,008	77.53	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,491	17.55	0	2,472	17.41	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	429	3.02	0	432	3.04	0	0
	Phumelela Ratepayers' Association	293	2.06	0	175	1.23	0	0
	National Freedom Party	67	0.47	0	111	0.78	0	0
Total		14,190	100.00	8	14,198	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		14,190	97.49		14,198	97.63
Invalid/blank votes		366	2.51		345	2.37
Total votes		14,556	100.00		14,543	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,579	59.22		24,579	59.17

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	11,474	77.08	8	11,544	77.39	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,074	13.93	0	2,112	14.16	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	802	5.39	0	751	5.03	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	492	3.31	0	510	3.42	0	0
	Independent candidates	44	0.30	0				0
Total		14,886	100.00	8	14,917	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		14,886	97.61		14,917	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		364	2.39		345	2.26
Total votes		15,250	100.00		15,262	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,832	59.04		25,832	59.08

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	6,769	63.29	8	7,000	65.10	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	1,235	11.55	0	1,378	12.82	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,075	10.05	0	1,211	11.26	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	567	5.30	0	615	5.72	1	1
	Independent candidates	767	7.17	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	90	0.84	0	295	2.74	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	114	1.07	0	129	1.20	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	79	0.74	0	125	1.16	0	0
Total		10,696	100.00	8	10,753	100.00	8	16

Valid votes		10,696	97.02		10,753	96.73
Invalid/blank votes		328	2.98		364	3.27
Total votes		11,024	100.00		11,117	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,050	45.84		24,050	46.22