Steve Tshwete Local Municipality elections

The Steve Tshwete Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of fifty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-nine wards, while the remaining twenty-nine 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 no party won a majority on the council. The African National Congress (ANC) was the largest party, winning twenty-one seats.

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	1	33	12	—	—	1	47
2006 election	1	29	11	—	1	5	47
2011 election	0	39	17	—	1	1	58
2016 election	0	32	17	7	2	0	58
2021 election	0	21	17	9	3	8	58

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	23,967	68.20	19	24,229	69.01	14	33
	Democratic Alliance	8,834	25.14	5	8,923	25.41	7	12
	Middelburg Residents Organisation	864	2.46	0	981	2.79	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	609	1.73	0	742	2.11	1	1
	Independent candidates	808	2.30	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	61	0.17	0	236	0.67	0	0
Total		35,143	100.00	24	35,111	100.00	23	47

Valid votes		35,143	98.03		35,111	97.94
Invalid/blank votes		706	1.97		739	2.06
Total votes		35,849	100.00		35,850	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		77,723	46.12		77,723	46.13

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	22,850	61.99	21	23,087	62.84	8	29
	Democratic Alliance	8,319	22.57	3	8,239	22.43	8	11
	Greater Middelburg Residents Association	3,520	9.55	0	3,345	9.11	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	776	2.11	0	851	2.32	1	1
	Middelburg Residents Organisation	680	1.84	0	730	1.99	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	531	1.44	0	486	1.32	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	149	0.40	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	35	0.09	0				0
Total		36,860	100.00	24	36,738	100.00	23	47

Valid votes		36,860	97.59		36,738	97.05
Invalid/blank votes		912	2.41		1,117	2.95
Total votes		37,772	100.00		37,855	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		85,755	44.05		85,755	44.14

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	35,980	67.57	22	36,284	68.06	17	39
	Democratic Alliance	15,152	28.45	7	14,962	28.07	10	17
	Congress of the People	935	1.76	0	948	1.78	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	333	0.63	0	403	0.76	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	412	0.77	0	290	0.54	0	0
	National Freedom Party	260	0.49	0	298	0.56	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	115	0.22	0	123	0.23	0	0
	Independent candidates	65	0.12	0				0
Total		53,252	100.00	29	53,308	100.00	29	58

Valid votes		53,252	98.65		53,308	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		727	1.35		663	1.23
Total votes		53,979	100.00		53,971	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		98,060	55.05		98,060	55.04

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	31,964	55.27	23	32,160	55.71	9	32
	Democratic Alliance	16,911	29.24	6	16,692	28.91	11	17
	Economic Freedom Fighters	6,439	11.13	0	6,588	11.41	7	7
	Freedom Front Plus	1,485	2.57	0	1,482	2.57	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	288	0.50	0	269	0.47	0	0
	Independent candidates	460	0.80	0				0
	African People's Convention	136	0.24	0	246	0.43	0	0
	United Constructive Party	87	0.15	0	81	0.14	0	0
	Congress of the People	24	0.04	0	117	0.20	0	0
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	40	0.07	0	94	0.16	0	0
Total		57,834	100.00	29	57,729	100.00	29	58

Valid votes		57,834	98.73		57,729	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		741	1.27		741	1.27
Total votes		58,575	100.00		58,470	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		110,703	52.91		110,703	52.82

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	17,051	36.41	21	17,307	37.29	0	21
	Democratic Alliance	13,252	28.30	7	13,202	28.44	10	17
	Economic Freedom Fighters	6,951	14.84	0	6,971	15.02	9	9
	Middelburg and Hendrina Residents Front	4,955	10.58	0	5,382	11.60	7	7
	Freedom Front Plus	2,567	5.48	0	2,566	5.53	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,338	2.86	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	278	0.59	0	353	0.76	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	193	0.41	0	247	0.53	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	141	0.30	0	183	0.39	0	0
	United Independent Movement	41	0.09	0	131	0.28	0	0
	Spectrum National Party	57	0.12	0	43	0.09	0	0
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	4	0.01	0	29	0.06	0	0
	Disability and Older Person Political Party	5	0.01	0				0
Total		46,833	100.00	29	46,414	100.00	29	58

Valid votes		46,833	98.07		46,414	98.04
Invalid/blank votes		922	1.93		929	1.96
Total votes		47,755	100.00		47,343	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		108,499	44.01		108,499	43.63