Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality elections

The Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality council (formerly the Bizana Local Municipality)^[1] consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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-eight seats.

Results

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

Event	AIC	ANC	APC	DA	EFF	UDM	Other	Total
2000 election	—	36	—	—	—	6	0	42
2006 election	—	46	—	0	—	1	3	50
2011 election	1	54	1	1	—	1	3	61
2016 election	1	50	1	2	4	1	3	62
2021 election	1	48	0	1	4	1	9	64

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	24,515	81.50	20	26,736	85.84	16	36
	United Democratic Movement	4,673	15.54	1	4,409	14.16	5	6
	Independent candidates	892	2.97	0				0
Total		30,080	100.00	21	31,145	100.00	21	42

Valid votes		30,080	97.06		31,145	97.22
Invalid/blank votes		912	2.94		890	2.78
Total votes		30,992	100.00		32,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		74,410	41.65		74,410	43.05

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	52,928	89.37	23	55,831	94.81	23	46
	Independent candidates	3,890	6.57	2				2
	United Democratic Movement	1,156	1.95	0	1,555	2.64	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	685	1.16	0	515	0.87	1	1
	United Independent Front	237	0.40	0	338	0.57	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	126	0.21	0	358	0.61	0	0
	Democratic Alliance	156	0.26	0	289	0.49	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	46	0.08	0				0
Total		59,224	100.00	25	58,886	100.00	25	50

Valid votes		59,224	98.20		58,886	97.99
Invalid/blank votes		1,084	1.80		1,210	2.01
Total votes		60,308	100.00		60,096	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		104,718	57.59		104,718	57.39

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	48,363	74.32	31	53,971	86.03	23	54
	Independent candidates	11,464	17.62	0				0
	Congress of the People	1,716	2.64	0	2,202	3.51	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,261	1.94	0	1,429	2.28	1	1
	African Independent Congress	57	0.09	0	2,336	3.72	1	1
	National Freedom Party	1,012	1.56	0	1,106	1.76	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	320	0.49	0	629	1.00	1	1
	African People's Convention	355	0.55	0	458	0.73	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	345	0.53	0	294	0.47	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	180	0.28	0	309	0.49	0	0
Total		65,073	100.00	31	62,734	100.00	30	61

Valid votes		65,073	97.19		62,734	95.11
Invalid/blank votes		1,878	2.81		3,228	4.89
Total votes		66,951	100.00		65,962	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		116,717	57.36		116,717	56.51

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	57,985	80.70	31	58,315	80.32	19	50
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,204	5.85	0	4,639	6.39	4	4
	Academic Congress Union	2,958	4.12	0	2,845	3.92	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,727	3.80	0	2,534	3.49	2	2
	African Independent Congress	1,604	2.23	0	1,748	2.41	1	1
	African People's Convention	1,059	1.47	0	969	1.33	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	688	0.96	0	1,118	1.54	1	1
	Abantu Democratic Revolution	157	0.22	0	220	0.30	0	0
	Independent candidates	366	0.51	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	108	0.15	0	218	0.30	0	0
Total		71,856	100.00	31	72,606	100.00	31	62

Valid votes		71,856	97.38		72,606	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		1,934	2.62		1,907	2.56
Total votes		73,790	100.00		74,513	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		131,835	55.97		131,835	56.52

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[6]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	45,160	73.74	32	45,302	74.42	16	48
	African Transformation Movement	4,227	6.90	0	4,239	6.96	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,082	6.66	0	4,300	7.06	4	4
	Socialist Party of South Africa	1,470	2.40	0	1,463	2.40	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,070	1.75	0	1,125	1.85	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,111	3.45	0				0
	Academic Congress Union	980	1.60	0	988	1.62	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	760	1.24	0	882	1.45	1	1
	African Independent Congress	86	0.14	0	1,166	1.92	1	1
	Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party	526	0.86	0	502	0.82	1	1
	African People's Convention	471	0.77	0	457	0.75	0	0
	Batho Pele Movement	243	0.40	0	229	0.38	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	60	0.10	0	219	0.36	0	0
Total		61,246	100.00	32	60,872	100.00	32	64

Valid votes		61,246	98.27		60,872	97.94
Invalid/blank votes		1,077	1.73		1,280	2.06
Total votes		62,323	100.00		62,152	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		133,323	46.75		133,323	46.62

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