Sakhisizwe Local Municipality elections

The Sakhisizwe Local Municipality council (within the South African Chris Hani District Municipality) consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 thirteen seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	PAC	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	8	—	—	2	1	0	11
2006 election	11	—	—	1	1	0	13
2011 election	14	1	—	—	0	2	17
2016 election	14	1	1	0	1	0	17
2021 election	13	2	1	0	0	1	17

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	8,166	74.62	6	8,236	75.06	2	8
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,517	13.86	0	1,423	12.97	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	789	7.21	0	928	8.46	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	355	3.24	0	385	3.51	0	0
	Independent candidates	116	1.06	0				0
Total		10,943	100.00	6	10,972	100.00	5	11

Valid votes		10,943	97.41		10,972	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		291	2.59		274	2.44
Total votes		11,234	100.00		11,246	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,187	58.55		19,187	58.61

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	11,506	80.89	7	11,838	83.42	4	11
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,173	8.25	0	1,266	8.92	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	749	5.27	0	879	6.19	1	1
	Independent candidates	544	3.82	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	252	1.77	0	208	1.47	0	0
Total		14,224	100.00	7	14,191	100.00	6	13

Valid votes		14,224	97.78		14,191	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		323	2.22		343	2.36
Total votes		14,547	100.00		14,534	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,015	55.92		26,015	55.87

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	13,381	81.43	9	13,582	82.31	5	14
	Congress of the People	1,340	8.15	0	1,313	7.96	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	800	4.87	0	636	3.85	1	1
	African People's Convention	443	2.70	0	417	2.53	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	389	2.37	0	434	2.63	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	57	0.35	0	53	0.32	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	23	0.14	0	67	0.41	0	0
Total		16,433	100.00	9	16,502	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		16,433	97.89		16,502	98.29
Invalid/blank votes		355	2.11		287	1.71
Total votes		16,788	100.00		16,789	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,165	57.56		29,165	57.57

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	13,491	82.29	9	13,287	81.84	5	14
	Democratic Alliance	1,158	7.06	0	1,152	7.10	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	739	4.51	0	750	4.62	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	437	2.67	0	449	2.77	1	1
	Congress of the People	272	1.66	0	257	1.58	0	0
	African People's Convention	129	0.79	0	153	0.94	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	149	0.91	0	125	0.77	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	19	0.12	0	63	0.39	0	0
Total		16,394	100.00	9	16,236	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		16,394	96.89		16,236	96.17
Invalid/blank votes		526	3.11		647	3.83
Total votes		16,920	100.00		16,883	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,632	55.24		30,632	55.12

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	9,609	67.16	9	10,299	73.07	4	13
	Democratic Alliance	1,097	7.67	0	1,238	8.78	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	935	6.53	0	1,034	7.34	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,424	9.95	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	473	3.31	0	484	3.43	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	288	2.01	0	458	3.25	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	185	1.29	0	313	2.22	0	0
	Khowa Residents Association	175	1.22	0	269	1.91	0	0
	Drakensberg Concerned Residents	122	0.85	0				0
Total		14,308	100.00	9	14,095	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		14,308	97.60		14,095	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		352	2.40		391	2.70
Total votes		14,660	100.00		14,486	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,028	48.82		30,028	48.24