Moqhaka Local Municipality elections

The Moqhaka Local Municipality council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

In the 2021 South African municipal election the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	37	-	9	-	-	1	1	48
2006 election	38	-	7	-	2	2	1	50
2011 election	34	3	11	-	1	-	1	50
2016 election	27	1	11	4	2	-	0	45
2021 election	22	0	10	5	3	-	4	44

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	29,800	75.09	20	30,373	76.89	17	37
	Democratic Alliance	6,747	17.00	4	7,111	18.00	5	9
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	797	2.01	0	822	2.08	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,451	3.66	0				0
	Azanian People's Organisation	413	1.04	0	491	1.24	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	472	1.19	0	394	1.00	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	8	0.02	0	313	0.79	0	0
Total		39,688	100.00	24	39,504	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		39,688	98.05		39,504	97.76
Invalid/blank votes		788	1.95		905	2.24
Total votes		40,476	100.00		40,409	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		80,094	50.54		80,094	50.45

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	26,678	74.93	21	27,184	76.86	17	38
	Democratic Alliance	4,794	13.46	4	4,774	13.50	3	7
	Freedom Front Plus	1,244	3.49	0	1,282	3.62	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,134	3.18	0	993	2.81	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	671	1.88	0	552	1.56	1	1
	Independent candidates	697	1.96	0				0
	Azanian People's Organisation	260	0.73	0	349	0.99	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	127	0.36	0	236	0.67	0	0
Total		35,605	100.00	25	35,370	100.00	25	50

Valid votes		35,605	98.12		35,370	97.71
Invalid/blank votes		681	1.88		829	2.29
Total votes		36,286	100.00		36,199	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		82,195	44.15		82,195	44.04

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	29,086	67.23	21	29,784	67.87	13	34
	Democratic Alliance	9,653	22.31	4	9,684	22.07	7	11
	Congress of the People	2,402	5.55	0	2,814	6.41	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,060	2.45	0	700	1.60	1	1
	African People's Convention	365	0.84	0	371	0.85	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	270	0.62	0	255	0.58	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	220	0.51	0	276	0.63	0	0
	Independent candidates	208	0.48	0				0
Total		43,264	100.00	25	43,884	100.00	25	50

Valid votes		43,264	97.60		43,884	98.28
Invalid/blank votes		1,065	2.40		769	1.72
Total votes		44,329	100.00		44,653	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		81,617	54.31		81,617	54.71

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	25,188	60.28	20	25,084	59.93	7	27
	Democratic Alliance	10,350	24.77	3	10,397	24.84	8	11
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,301	7.90	0	3,451	8.24	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	1,462	3.50	0	1,369	3.27	2	2
	Congress of the People	882	2.11	0	819	1.96	1	1
	African People's Convention	127	0.30	0	232	0.55	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	170	0.41	0	175	0.42	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	171	0.41	0	155	0.37	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	108	0.26	0	175	0.42	0	0
	Independent candidates	25	0.06	0				0
Total		41,784	100.00	23	41,857	100.00	22	45

Valid votes		41,784	98.43		41,857	98.34
Invalid/blank votes		666	1.57		705	1.66
Total votes		42,450	100.00		42,562	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		81,069	52.36		81,069	52.50

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	15,703	49.93	19	15,477	49.17	3	22
	Democratic Alliance	6,669	21.21	3	6,669	21.19	7	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,553	11.30	0	3,705	11.77	5	5
	Moqhaka Community Forum	1,797	5.71	0	2,231	7.09	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,863	5.92	0	1,957	6.22	3	3
	Power of Africans Unity	502	1.60	0	481	1.53	1	1
	Independent candidates	629	2.00	0				0
	Congress of the People	297	0.94	0	310	0.98	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	148	0.47	0	277	0.88	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	95	0.30	0	109	0.35	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	83	0.26	0	109	0.35	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	12	0.04	0	113	0.36	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	90	0.29	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	9	0.03	0	41	0.13	0	0
Total		31,450	100.00	22	31,479	100.00	22	44

Valid votes		31,450	97.96		31,479	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		654	2.04		625	1.95
Total votes		32,104	100.00		32,104	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		76,378	42.03		76,378	42.03

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