Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga elections

The Emalahleni Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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-five seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	1	47	15	—	—	1	0	64
2006 election	1	47	13	—	1	1	1	64
2011 election	0	49	18	—	1	0	0	68
2016 election	1	41	17	8	1	0	0	68
2021 election	1	35	13	14	4	—	1	68

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	36,813	72.25	25	37,172	72.40	22	47
	Democratic Alliance	11,638	22.84	7	11,725	22.84	8	15
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	935	1.84	0	999	1.95	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	699	1.37	0	797	1.55	1	1
	Independent candidates	673	1.32	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	174	0.34	0	421	0.82	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	19	0.04	0	228	0.44	0	0
Total		50,951	100.00	32	51,342	100.00	32	64

Valid votes		50,951	97.88		51,342	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		1,103	2.12		908	1.74
Total votes		52,054	100.00		52,250	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		129,380	40.23		129,380	40.38

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	44,509	72.54	27	44,943	73.55	20	47
	Democratic Alliance	12,111	19.74	5	12,092	19.79	8	13
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,017	1.66	0	964	1.58	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	995	1.62	0	923	1.51	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	722	1.18	0	706	1.16	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	488	0.80	0	778	1.27	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,085	1.77	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	240	0.39	0	311	0.51	0	0
	United Independent Front	170	0.28	0	239	0.39	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	24	0.04	0	150	0.25	0	0
Total		61,361	100.00	32	61,106	100.00	32	64

Valid votes		61,361	97.96		61,106	97.57
Invalid/blank votes		1,280	2.04		1,523	2.43
Total votes		62,641	100.00		62,629	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		149,252	41.97		149,252	41.96

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	62,664	70.82	28	63,587	71.63	21	49
	Democratic Alliance	22,572	25.51	6	22,404	25.24	12	18
	Freedom Front Plus	785	0.89	0	677	0.76	1	1
	Congress of the People	341	0.39	0	453	0.51	0	0
	Independent candidates	723	0.82	0				0
	Azanian People's Organisation	300	0.34	0	392	0.44	0	0
	African People's Convention	293	0.33	0	394	0.44	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	352	0.40	0	296	0.33	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	261	0.29	0	289	0.33	0	0
	African Christian Alliance-Afrikaner Christen Alliansie	159	0.18	0	122	0.14	0	0
	National Freedom Party	30	0.03	0	159	0.18	0	0
Total		88,480	100.00	34	88,773	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		88,480	98.77		88,773	98.84
Invalid/blank votes		1,105	1.23		1,046	1.16
Total votes		89,585	100.00		89,819	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		167,689	53.42		167,689	53.56

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	57,194	59.55	26	57,171	59.57	15	41
	Democratic Alliance	24,471	25.48	8	24,367	25.39	9	17
	Economic Freedom Fighters	11,340	11.81	0	11,741	12.23	8	8
	Freedom Front Plus	1,393	1.45	0	1,458	1.52	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	511	0.53	0	517	0.54	1	1
	Independent candidates	683	0.71	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	307	0.32	0	261	0.27	0	0
	African People's Convention	33	0.03	0	378	0.39	0	0
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	106	0.11	0	75	0.08	0	0
Total		96,038	100.00	34	95,968	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		96,038	98.41		95,968	98.22
Invalid/blank votes		1,556	1.59		1,739	1.78
Total votes		97,594	100.00		97,707	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		189,524	51.49		189,524	51.55

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	36,302	50.33	28	36,665	50.83	7	35
	Economic Freedom Fighters	14,536	20.15	0	14,994	20.79	14	14
	Democratic Alliance	13,276	18.41	6	13,198	18.30	7	13
	Freedom Front Plus	4,039	5.60	0	3,944	5.47	4	4
	Independent candidates	1,778	2.46	0				0
	African Independent Congress	614	0.85	0	780	1.08	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	664	0.92	0	635	0.88	1	1
	African People's Convention	246	0.34	0	472	0.65	0	0
	United Independent Movement	244	0.34	0	334	0.46	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	141	0.20	0	288	0.40	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	115	0.16	0	232	0.32	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4	0.01	0	309	0.43	0	0
	Defenders of the People	79	0.11	0	102	0.14	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	78	0.11	0	30	0.04	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	10	0.01	0	67	0.09	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	6	0.01	0	59	0.08	0	0
	African Basic Republicans				28	0.04	0	0
Total		72,132	100.00	34	72,137	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		72,132	98.22		72,137	98.10
Invalid/blank votes		1,307	1.78		1,398	1.90
Total votes		73,439	100.00		73,535	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		186,763	39.32		186,763	39.37

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
23 Oct 2024^[7]	24		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

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