Polokwane Local Municipality elections

The Polokwane Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 fifty-six seats.

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	AZAPO	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	2	52	2	—	9	—	—	1	1	2	69
2006 election	2	58	1	—	7	—	1	1	1	2	73
2011 election	1	61	1	3	9	—	1	0	0	0	76
2016 election	0	52	0	1	10	26	1	0	0	0	90
2021 election	1	56	0	1	7	21	2	0	0	2	90

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	51,259	73.53	31	52,561	75.96	21	52
	Democratic Alliance	9,618	13.80	3	9,300	13.44	6	9
	Independent candidates	3,778	5.42	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,933	2.77	0	1,786	2.58	2	2
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,479	2.12	0	1,814	2.62	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	752	1.08	0	1,457	2.11	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	412	0.59	0	1,481	2.14	1	1
	Alliansie Noord	479	0.69	0	800	1.16	1	1
Total		69,710	100.00	35	69,199	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		69,710	97.92		69,199	97.20
Invalid/blank votes		1,482	2.08		1,993	2.80
Total votes		71,192	100.00		71,192	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		184,344	38.62		184,344	38.62

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	63,063	75.38	33	66,722	79.58	25	58
	Democratic Alliance	8,029	9.60	3	7,800	9.30	4	7
	Independent candidates	5,499	6.57	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,822	2.18	0	1,997	2.38	2	2
	United Independent Front	1,679	2.01	0	1,859	2.22	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,296	1.55	0	1,470	1.75	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,139	1.36	0	1,167	1.39	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	348	0.42	0	1,394	1.66	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	624	0.75	0	983	1.17	1	1
	Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity	164	0.20	0	452	0.54	0	0
Total		83,663	100.00	37	83,844	100.00	36	73

Valid votes		83,663	98.34		83,844	97.18
Invalid/blank votes		1,408	1.66		2,435	2.82
Total votes		85,071	100.00		86,279	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,472	39.12		217,472	39.67

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	87,275	77.06	35	91,293	80.24	26	61
	Democratic Alliance	12,651	11.17	3	13,008	11.43	6	9
	Congress of the People	4,291	3.79	0	4,551	4.00	3	3
	Independent candidates	3,644	3.22	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,110	0.98	0	1,214	1.07	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	987	0.87	0	1,134	1.00	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,075	0.95	0	856	0.75	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	767	0.68	0	675	0.59	0	0
	National Freedom Party	853	0.75	0	498	0.44	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	608	0.54	0	545	0.48	0	0
Total		113,261	100.00	38	113,774	100.00	38	76

Valid votes		113,261	98.24		113,774	98.51
Invalid/blank votes		2,034	1.76		1,723	1.49
Total votes		115,295	100.00		115,497	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		239,953	48.05		239,953	48.13

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	92,434	57.13	40	92,549	57.20	12	52
	Economic Freedom Fighters	45,463	28.10	1	45,838	28.33	25	26
	Democratic Alliance	17,872	11.05	4	17,651	10.91	6	10
	Freedom Front Plus	1,407	0.87	0	1,398	0.86	1	1
	Congress of the People	933	0.58	0	831	0.51	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	629	0.39	0	826	0.51	0	0
	African People's Convention	258	0.16	0	836	0.52	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	552	0.34	0	457	0.28	0	0
	Independent candidates	867	0.54	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	462	0.29	0	354	0.22	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	354	0.22	0	338	0.21	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	130	0.08	0	272	0.17	0	0
	People's Revolutionary Movement	106	0.07	0	138	0.09	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	101	0.06	0	132	0.08	0	0
	African People's Socialist Party	127	0.08	0	91	0.06	0	0
	Value Education Nationalism Democracy in Africa	115	0.07	0	83	0.05	0	0
Total		161,810	100.00	45	161,794	100.00	45	90

Valid votes		161,810	98.47		161,794	98.45
Invalid/blank votes		2,519	1.53		2,541	1.55
Total votes		164,329	100.00		164,335	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		318,088	51.66		318,088	51.66

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	81,589	58.31	37	85,887	61.86	19	56
	Economic Freedom Fighters	30,844	22.04	4	32,943	23.73	17	21
	Democratic Alliance	10,079	7.20	4	10,331	7.44	3	7
	Independent candidates	9,218	6.59	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	2,618	1.87	0	2,592	1.87	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	835	0.60	0	1,057	0.76	1	1
	Abantu Batho Congress	661	0.47	0	593	0.43	1	1
	Magoshi Swaranang Movement	397	0.28	0	563	0.41	1	1
	Congress of the People	469	0.34	0	476	0.34	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	438	0.31	0	476	0.34	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	325	0.23	0	512	0.37	0	0
	Kingdom Covenant Democratic Party	157	0.11	0	566	0.41	0	0
	Defenders of the People	322	0.23	0	353	0.25	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	255	0.18	0	381	0.27	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	271	0.19	0	359	0.26	0	0
	African People's Convention	324	0.23	0	278	0.20	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	176	0.13	0	342	0.25	0	0
	Movement for Total Liberation	222	0.16	0	232	0.17	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	179	0.13	0	216	0.16	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	201	0.14	0	161	0.12	0	0
	Party of Action	162	0.12	0	197	0.14	0	0
	Young Peoples Party	58	0.04	0	86	0.06	0	0
	Democratic Artists Party	42	0.03	0	94	0.07	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	52	0.04	0	74	0.05	0	0
	Prophetic Movement Army	36	0.03	0	79	0.06	0	0
Total		139,930	100.00	45	138,848	100.00	45	90

Valid votes		139,930	98.59		138,848	98.17
Invalid/blank votes		2,004	1.41		2,588	1.83
Total votes		141,934	100.00		141,436	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		326,617	43.46		326,617	43.30

Date	Ward
25 Jan 2023^[7]	10	Economic Freedom Fighters	Economic Freedom Fighters
24 Apr 2024^[8]	10	Economic Freedom Fighters	African National Congress
13 Nov 2024^[9]	39	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
16 Jul 2025^[10]	13	Economic Freedom Fighters	Economic Freedom Fighters
25 Feb 2026^[11]	34	African National Congress	African National Congress