Setsoto Local Municipality elections

The Setsoto Local Municipality council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	24	5	-	-	1	1	31
2006 election	27	4	-	1	1	0	33
2011 election	26	6	-	1	-	2	35
2016 election	21	5	3	1	-	3	33
2021 election	17	2	3	2	-	9	33

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	18,577	75.89	15	18,537	76.20	9	24
	Democratic Alliance	3,547	14.49	1	3,775	15.52	4	5
	Alliance 2000+	1,326	5.42	0	1,010	4.15	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	561	2.29	0	1,006	4.14	1	1
	Independent candidates	469	1.92	0				0
Total		24,480	100.00	16	24,328	100.00	15	31

Valid votes		24,480	97.30		24,328	96.65
Invalid/blank votes		680	2.70		842	3.35
Total votes		25,160	100.00		25,170	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,236	50.08		50,236	50.10

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	19,969	80.93	17	20,076	81.24	10	27
	Democratic Alliance	3,062	12.41	0	2,950	11.94	4	4
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	592	2.40	0	469	1.90	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	422	1.71	0	441	1.78	1	1
	Independent Democrats	405	1.64	0	386	1.56	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	186	0.75	0	310	1.25	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	37	0.15	0	81	0.33	0	0
Total		24,673	100.00	17	24,713	100.00	16	33

Valid votes		24,673	97.58		24,713	97.75
Invalid/blank votes		613	2.42		570	2.25
Total votes		25,286	100.00		25,283	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		55,545	45.52		55,545	45.52

The following table shows the results of the 1911 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	20,849	74.28	17	21,316	75.34	9	26
	Democratic Alliance	5,099	18.17	1	4,936	17.45	5	6
	Congress of the People	1,138	4.05	0	1,397	4.94	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	518	1.85	0	288	1.02	1	1
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	397	1.41	0	356	1.26	0	0
	Independent candidates	68	0.24	0				0
Total		28,069	100.00	18	28,293	100.00	17	35

Valid votes		28,069	97.32		28,293	98.16
Invalid/blank votes		772	2.68		529	1.84
Total votes		28,841	100.00		28,822	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		57,669	50.01		57,669	49.98

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	18,835	60.98	16	19,090	61.81	5	21
	Democratic Alliance	5,076	16.43	1	4,935	15.98	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,693	8.72	0	2,629	8.51	3	3
	United Front of Civics	1,398	4.53	0	3,259	10.55	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,532	4.96	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	534	1.73	0	461	1.49	1	1
	Congress of the People	532	1.72	0				0
	Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa	205	0.66	0	177	0.57	0	0
	African People's Convention	83	0.27	0	269	0.87	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party				63	0.20	0	0
Total		30,888	100.00	17	30,883	100.00	16	33

Valid votes		30,888	97.46		30,883	97.42
Invalid/blank votes		806	2.54		819	2.58
Total votes		31,694	100.00		31,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,053	53.67		59,053	53.68

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	12,405	50.77	14	12,409	51.14	3	17
	Setsoto Service Delivery Forum	5,597	22.91	3	5,542	22.84	5	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,174	8.90	0	2,263	9.33	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,687	6.90	0	1,701	7.01	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,253	5.13	0	1,106	4.56	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	320	1.31	0	304	1.25	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	193	0.79	0	228	0.94	0	0
	Independent candidates	408	1.67	0				0
	All Unemployment Labour Alliance	98	0.40	0	302	1.24	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	158	0.65	0	160	0.66	0	0
	Congress of the People	85	0.35	0	139	0.57	0	0
	Power of Africans Unity	54	0.22	0	109	0.45	0	0
Total		24,432	100.00	17	24,263	100.00	16	33

Valid votes		24,432	97.88		24,263	97.36
Invalid/blank votes		529	2.12		658	2.64
Total votes		24,961	100.00		24,921	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		55,718	44.80		55,718	44.73

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
7 August 2024^[6]	8		Setsoto Service Delivery Forum		Economic Freedom Fighters

After the three August 2024 by-elections, the new composition of council was as follows:^[6]

Party	Ward	List	Total
African National Congress	14	3	17
Setsoto Service Delivery Forum	2	5	7
Economic Freedom Fighters	1	3	4
Democratic Alliance	0	2	2
Freedom Front Plus	0	2	2
African Transformation Movement	0	1	1
Total	17	16	33

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^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Setsoto". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sussman, Wayne (8 August 2024). "Huge gains for EFF as ANC loses ground in Clocolan by-election". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 8 August 2024.