Port St. Johns Local Municipality elections

The Port St. Johns Local Municipality council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 thirty-one seats.

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

Event	ANC	CIV	DA	EFF	IND	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	18	—	—	—	1	6	—	25
2006 election	28	—	—	—	1	2	0	31
2011 election	32	—	2	—	3	1	1	39
2016 election	31	3	2	1	0	2	0	39
2021 election	31	1	1	3	0	1	2	39

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	17,843	70.22	12	18,893	74.27	6	18
	United Democratic Movement	6,708	26.40	0	6,544	25.73	6	6
	Independent candidates	858	3.38	1				1
Total		25,409	100.00	13	25,437	100.00	12	25

Valid votes		25,409	97.23		25,437	97.48
Invalid/blank votes		725	2.77		658	2.52
Total votes		26,134	100.00		26,095	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,316	57.67		45,316	57.58

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	29,776	79.79	15	32,080	90.35	13	28
	Independent candidates	5,315	14.24	1				1
	United Democratic Movement	1,801	4.83	0	2,690	7.58	2	2
	United Independent Front	339	0.91	0	427	1.20	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	85	0.23	0	308	0.87	0	0
Total		37,316	100.00	16	35,505	100.00	15	31

Valid votes		37,316	96.31		35,505	93.46
Invalid/blank votes		1,428	3.69		2,484	6.54
Total votes		38,744	100.00		37,989	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,420	62.07		62,420	60.86

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	29,073	76.87	17	31,451	87.81	15	32
	Independent candidates	5,285	13.97	3				3
	Democratic Alliance	1,659	4.39	0	1,488	4.15	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,001	2.65	0	1,400	3.91	1	1
	Congress of the People	793	2.10	0	1,210	3.38	1	1
	African People's Convention	12	0.03	0	267	0.75	0	0
Total		37,823	100.00	20	35,816	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		37,823	97.32		35,816	93.08
Invalid/blank votes		1,043	2.68		2,662	6.92
Total votes		38,866	100.00		38,478	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		68,019	57.14		68,019	56.57

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	33,072	79.26	20	33,042	79.67	11	31
	Civic Independent	2,762	6.62	0	2,588	6.24	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,406	5.77	0	2,340	5.64	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,692	4.06	0	1,877	4.53	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,243	2.98	0	1,184	2.85	1	1
	Independent candidates	393	0.94	0				0
	Congress of the People	134	0.32	0	241	0.58	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	9	0.02	0	121	0.29	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	14	0.03	0	83	0.20	0	0
Total		41,725	100.00	20	41,476	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		41,725	97.97		41,476	97.69
Invalid/blank votes		866	2.03		982	2.31
Total votes		42,591	100.00		42,458	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		75,867	56.14		75,867	55.96

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	26,293	69.10	20	29,469	78.50	11	31
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,355	6.19	0	2,840	7.57	3	3
	Independent candidates	4,131	10.86	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	1,555	4.09	0	1,567	4.17	2	2
	Civic Independent	1,500	3.94	0	864	2.30	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	1,044	2.74	0	1,265	3.37	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	749	1.97	0	859	2.29	1	1
	African Democrats	292	0.77	0	444	1.18	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	53	0.14	0	152	0.40	0	0
	Batho Pele Movement	76	0.20	0	81	0.22	0	0
Total		38,048	100.00	20	37,541	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		38,048	97.15		37,541	96.55
Invalid/blank votes		1,118	2.85		1,341	3.45
Total votes		39,166	100.00		38,882	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		76,248	51.37		76,248	50.99

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
14 Jun 2023	2		African National Congress		African National Congress
4 Dec 2024^[7]	11		African National Congress		African National Congress