Midvaal Local Municipality elections

The Midvaal Local Municipality council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of nineteen seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	6	9	-	1	2	18
2006 election	8	11	-	0	0	19
2011 election	11	15	-	1	0	27
2016 election	9	17	2	1	0	29
2021 election	6	19	2	2	1	30

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	7,831	52.06	5	8,097	55.50	4	9
	African National Congress	4,846	32.21	3	5,040	34.54	3	6
	Alliance of Independents Midvaal	912	6.06	0	626	4.29	1	1
	Independent candidates	677	4.50	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	331	2.20	0	342	2.34	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	160	1.06	0	212	1.45	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	188	1.25	0	139	0.95	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	98	0.65	0	134	0.92	0	0
Total		15,043	100.00	9	14,590	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		15,043	97.61		14,590	95.42
Invalid/blank votes		369	2.39		701	4.58
Total votes		15,412	100.00		15,291	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,803	50.03		30,803	49.64

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	11,908	55.40	6	11,892	56.00	5	11
	African National Congress	8,165	37.99	4	8,289	39.04	4	8
	People's Forum	299	1.39	0	287	1.35	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	260	1.21	0	306	1.44	0	0
	Independent candidates	421	1.96	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	174	0.81	0	161	0.76	0	0
	Independent Democrats	141	0.66	0	145	0.68	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	127	0.59	0	154	0.73	0	0
Total		21,495	100.00	10	21,234	100.00	9	19

Valid votes		21,495	98.63		21,234	97.57
Invalid/blank votes		299	1.37		529	2.43
Total votes		21,794	100.00		21,763	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,552	56.53		38,552	56.45

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	18,271	56.58	9	18,186	56.20	6	15
	African National Congress	13,256	41.05	5	13,525	41.80	6	11
	Freedom Front Plus	316	0.98	0	254	0.78	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	237	0.73	0	106	0.33	0	0
	Congress of the People	101	0.31	0	150	0.46	0	0
	National Freedom Party	48	0.15	0	52	0.16	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	0.00	0	87	0.27	0	0
	Independent candidates	65	0.20	0				0
Total		32,294	100.00	14	32,360	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		32,294	98.84		32,360	98.87
Invalid/blank votes		379	1.16		369	1.13
Total votes		32,673	100.00		32,729	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,961	68.12		47,961	68.24

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	21,346	59.61	11	21,426	59.80	6	17
	African National Congress	11,487	32.08	4	11,497	32.09	5	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,731	4.83	0	1,706	4.76	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,088	3.04	0	1,053	2.94	1	1
	Congress of the People	159	0.44	0	150	0.42	0	0
Total		35,811	100.00	15	35,832	100.00	14	29

Valid votes		35,811	99.21		35,832	99.23
Invalid/blank votes		286	0.79		278	0.77
Total votes		36,097	100.00		36,110	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		54,978	65.66		54,978	65.68

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


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	19,384	62.44	12	19,471	62.95	7	19
	African National Congress	6,613	21.30	3	6,515	21.06	3	6
	Freedom Front Plus	1,963	6.32	0	1,909	6.17	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,589	5.12	0	1,529	4.94	2	2
	Transformative Youth Movement	589	1.90	0	537	1.74	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	219	0.71	0	262	0.85	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	181	0.58	0	199	0.64	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	84	0.27	0	111	0.36	0	0
	United Independent Movement	64	0.21	0	89	0.29	0	0
	Congress of the People	62	0.20	0	87	0.28	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	62	0.20	0	84	0.27	0	0
	Independent candidates	105	0.34	0				0
	Community Solidarity Association	52	0.17	0	48	0.16	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	45	0.14	0	42	0.14	0	0
	New Horizon Movement	20	0.06	0	24	0.08	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	13	0.04	0	26	0.08	0	0
Total		31,045	100.00	15	30,933	100.00	15	30

Valid votes		31,045	98.90		30,933	98.76
Invalid/blank votes		344	1.10		388	1.24
Total votes		31,389	100.00		31,321	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		58,122	54.01		58,122	53.89

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^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.