Merafong City Local Municipality elections

The Merafong City Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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) lost their majority of seats on the council

Results

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

Event	AIC	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	IFP	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	-	37	9	-	1	2	1	0	51
2006 election	-	33	12	-	3	2	1	0	51
2011 election	-	41	11	-	0	1	1	2	56
2016 election	1	30	12	9	1	1	1	0	55
2021 election	1	27	9	9	4	1	1	3	55

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	29,288	72.66	21	29,496	73.00	16	37
	Democratic Alliance	7,133	17.70	5	7,150	17.70	4	9
	United Democratic Movement	1,293	3.21	0	1,305	3.23	2	2
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,078	2.67	0	1,026	2.54	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	505	1.25	0	549	1.36	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	461	1.14	0	462	1.14	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	129	0.32	0	246	0.61	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	129	0.32	0	171	0.42	0	0
	Independent candidates	292	0.72	0				0
Total		40,308	100.00	26	40,405	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		40,308	97.60		40,405	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		991	2.40		880	2.13
Total votes		41,299	100.00		41,285	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		83,998	49.17		83,998	49.15

March 2006 election

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	14,430	65.42	21	14,298	65.05	12	33
	Democratic Alliance	4,891	22.18	5	4,948	22.51	7	12
	Freedom Front Plus	1,081	4.90	0	1,017	4.63	3	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	828	3.75	0	832	3.79	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	566	2.57	0	582	2.65	1	1
	Independent Democrats	144	0.65	0	121	0.55	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	52	0.24	0	130	0.59	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	64	0.29	0	52	0.24	0	0
	Independent candidates	0	0.00	0				0
Total		22,056	100.00	26	21,980	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		22,056	98.28		21,980	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		385	1.72		436	1.95
Total votes		22,441	100.00		22,416	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		89,026	25.21		89,026	25.18

May 2011 election

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	37,741	73.77	25	38,177	74.31	16	41
	Democratic Alliance	10,126	19.79	3	10,081	19.62	8	11
	Inkatha Freedom Party	848	1.66	0	763	1.49	1	1
	Merafong Civic Association	619	1.21	0	570	1.11	1	1
	Congress of the People	609	1.19	0	554	1.08	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	497	0.97	0	426	0.83	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	377	0.74	0	313	0.61	0	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	236	0.46	0	166	0.32	0	0
	African People's Convention	36	0.07	0	187	0.36	0	0
	National Freedom Party	33	0.06	0	139	0.27	0	0
	Independent candidates	40	0.08	0				0
Total		51,162	100.00	28	51,376	100.00	28	56

Valid votes		51,162	97.90		51,376	98.41
Invalid/blank votes		1,096	2.10		829	1.59
Total votes		52,258	100.00		52,205	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		94,546	55.27		94,546	55.22

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	28,909	54.73	23	28,022	53.18	7	30
	Democratic Alliance	11,488	21.75	5	11,425	21.68	7	12
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,564	16.21	0	8,509	16.15	9	9
	African Independent Congress	600	1.14	0	1,653	3.14	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,053	1.99	0	1,072	2.03	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	726	1.37	0	711	1.35	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	724	1.37	0	690	1.31	1	1
	Independent candidates	341	0.65	0				0
	Merafong Civic Association	124	0.23	0	203	0.39	0	0
	Congress of the People	111	0.21	0	126	0.24	0	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	76	0.14	0	72	0.14	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	64	0.12	0	74	0.14	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	8	0.02	0	71	0.13	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	17	0.03	0	33	0.06	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	12	0.02	0	31	0.06	0	0
Total		52,817	100.00	28	52,692	100.00	27	55

Valid votes		52,817	98.49		52,692	98.17
Invalid/blank votes		812	1.51		984	1.83
Total votes		53,629	100.00		53,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		99,964	53.65		99,964	53.70

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	18,863	48.26	21	19,316	49.68	6	27
	Democratic Alliance	6,159	15.76	5	6,430	16.54	4	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,584	14.29	1	6,127	15.76	8	9
	Freedom Front Plus	2,671	6.83	0	2,761	7.10	4	4
	Merafong Agents of Change	1,218	3.12	0	1,356	3.49	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,024	5.18	1				1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	625	1.60	0	654	1.68	1	1
	African Independent Congress	443	1.13	0	460	1.18	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	395	1.01	0	402	1.03	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	170	0.43	0	227	0.58	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	182	0.47	0	203	0.52	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	165	0.42	0	192	0.49	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	170	0.43	0	181	0.47	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	133	0.34	0	148	0.38	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	135	0.35	0	129	0.33	0	0
	Congress of the People	29	0.07	0	116	0.30	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	45	0.12	0	65	0.17	0	0
	National Freedom Party	53	0.14	0	57	0.15	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	19	0.05	0	59	0.15	0	0
Total		39,083	100.00	28	38,883	100.00	27	55

Valid votes		39,083	98.06		38,883	97.41
Invalid/blank votes		772	1.94		1,033	2.59
Total votes		39,855	100.00		39,916	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		94,811	42.04		94,811	42.10

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
30 November 2022	4		Independent candidate		African National Congress
5 April 2023^[7]	16		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

After the murder of ward 4's independent councillor, Thabo Malatjie, in Lesotho, a by-election was held on 30 November. The ANC regained the seat, winning 62% of the vote.^[8]

References

^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ Sussman, Wayne (6 April 2023). "APRIL BY-ELECTIONS: Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC posts strong results in rural KZN and Eastern Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[1] "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[3] "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[5] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Merafong City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[6] "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[7] Sussman, Wayne (6 April 2023). "APRIL BY-ELECTIONS: Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[8] Sussman, Wayne (1 December 2022). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC posts strong results in rural KZN and Eastern Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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