Mahikeng Local Municipality elections

The Mahikeng Local Municipality council consists of seventy members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-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 forty seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FSD	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	—	30	—	1	—	—	24	1	56
2006 election	1	39	—	1	—	—	13	2	56
2011 election	1	44	3	7	—	—	6	1	62
2016 election	1	43	1	7	12	3	2	0	69
2021 election	1	40	0	5	17	2	2	3	70

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	23,363	53.87	19	23,109	53.47	11	30
	United Christian Democratic Party	18,733	43.19	9	18,436	42.65	15	24
	Democratic Alliance	915	2.11	0	1,204	2.79	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	172	0.40	0	473	1.09	1	1
	Independent candidates	189	0.44	0				0
Total		43,372	100.00	28	43,222	100.00	28	56

Valid votes		43,372	97.56		43,222	97.22
Invalid/blank votes		1,086	2.44		1,237	2.78
Total votes		44,458	100.00		44,459	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		105,306	42.22		105,306	42.22

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	34,046	64.15	27	36,894	69.78	12	39
	United Christian Democratic Party	11,185	21.08	0	12,115	22.92	13	13
	Independent candidates	5,251	9.89	1				1
	Democratic Alliance	968	1.82	0	1,004	1.90	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	582	1.10	0	1,277	2.42	1	1
	Independent Democrats	642	1.21	0	671	1.27	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	320	0.60	0	564	1.07	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	78	0.15	0	344	0.65	0	0
Total		53,072	100.00	28	52,869	100.00	28	56

Valid votes		53,072	97.43		52,869	96.81
Invalid/blank votes		1,401	2.57		1,741	3.19
Total votes		54,473	100.00		54,610	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		118,963	45.79		118,963	45.91

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	41,805	66.55	31	45,081	71.71	13	44
	Democratic Alliance	6,321	10.06	0	6,356	10.11	7	7
	United Christian Democratic Party	5,904	9.40	0	5,782	9.20	6	6
	Congress of the People	2,649	4.22	0	3,088	4.91	3	3
	Independent candidates	3,854	6.14	0				0
	South African Political Party	1,288	2.05	0	1,197	1.90	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	997	1.59	0	1,363	2.17	1	1
Total		62,818	100.00	31	62,867	100.00	31	62

Valid votes		62,818	97.37		62,867	97.40
Invalid/blank votes		1,697	2.63		1,680	2.60
Total votes		64,515	100.00		64,547	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		124,092	51.99		124,092	52.02

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	40,048	61.16	35	39,814	60.86	8	43
	Economic Freedom Fighters	11,090	16.94	0	12,043	18.41	12	12
	Democratic Alliance	6,498	9.92	0	6,668	10.19	7	7
	Forum for Service Delivery	2,893	4.42	0	2,899	4.43	3	3
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,630	2.49	0	1,702	2.60	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	769	1.17	0	769	1.18	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,524	2.33	0				0
	Congress of the People	264	0.40	0	697	1.07	1	1
	South African Political Party	283	0.43	0	386	0.59	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	237	0.36	0	228	0.35	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	137	0.21	0	213	0.33	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	109	0.17	0				0
Total		65,482	100.00	35	65,419	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		65,482	97.88		65,419	97.54
Invalid/blank votes		1,415	2.12		1,649	2.46
Total votes		66,897	100.00		67,068	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		134,207	49.85		134,207	49.97

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	27,487	56.72	35	27,413	56.43	5	40
	Economic Freedom Fighters	11,879	24.51	0	12,029	24.76	17	17
	Democratic Alliance	3,038	6.27	0	3,111	6.40	5	5
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,445	2.98	0	1,410	2.90	2	2
	United Christian Democratic Party	788	1.63	0	1,267	2.61	2	2
	Patriotic Alliance	599	1.24	0	633	1.30	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	649	1.34	0	582	1.20	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,102	2.27	0				0
	African Independent Congress	217	0.45	0	773	1.59	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	331	0.68	0	278	0.57	1	1
	Abantu Batho Congress	256	0.53	0	196	0.40	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	122	0.25	0	276	0.57	0	0
	Batho Pele Party	117	0.24	0	203	0.42	0	0
	Congress of the People	125	0.26	0	162	0.33	0	0
	Forum for Democrats	151	0.31	0	71	0.15	0	0
	South African United National Democratic Front	109	0.22	0	40	0.08	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	21	0.04	0	93	0.19	0	0
	United Independent Movement	25	0.05	0	45	0.09	0	0
Total		48,461	100.00	35	48,582	100.00	35	70

Valid votes		48,461	97.83		48,582	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		1,077	2.17		1,324	2.65
Total votes		49,538	100.00		49,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		131,902	37.56		131,902	37.84

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
4 May 2022	63803005		African National Congress		Economic Freedom Fighters

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