Matatiele Local Municipality elections

The Matatiele Local Municipality council consists of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 seats.

Results

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

Event	AIC	ANC	DA	EFF	UDM	Other	Total
2006 election	10	36	1	-	1	0	48
2011 election	7	39	3	-	1	2	52
2016 election	4	38	5	3	1	0	51
2021 election	2	40	3	7	1	1	54

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	35,443	74.97	24	34,902	72.84	12	36
	African Independent Congress	9,511	20.12	0	10,345	21.59	10	10
	United Democratic Movement	1,293	2.74	0	1,550	3.23	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	851	1.80	0	847	1.77	1	1
	United Independent Front				274	0.57	0	0
	Independent candidates	177	0.37	0				0
Total		47,275	100.00	24	47,918	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		47,275	96.81		47,918	96.79
Invalid/blank votes		1,558	3.19		1,587	3.21
Total votes		48,833	100.00		49,505	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		85,325	57.23		85,325	58.02

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	36,000	69.82	26	37,786	74.18	13	39
	African Independent Congress	6,395	12.40	0	7,109	13.96	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	2,387	4.63	0	2,481	4.87	3	3
	Congress of the People	1,854	3.60	0	2,002	3.93	2	2
	Independent candidates	3,844	7.46	0				0
	United Democratic Movement	1,080	2.09	0	1,557	3.06	1	1
Total		51,560	100.00	26	50,935	100.00	26	52

Valid votes		51,560	96.48		50,935	94.58
Invalid/blank votes		1,882	3.52		2,918	5.42
Total votes		53,442	100.00		53,853	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		89,856	59.48		89,856	59.93

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	40,772	72.69	26	41,684	74.44	12	38
	Democratic Alliance	5,349	9.54	0	4,522	8.08	5	5
	African Independent Congress	4,068	7.25	0	3,918	7.00	4	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,815	6.80	0	3,810	6.80	3	3
	United Democratic Movement	631	1.12	0	1,536	2.74	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,092	1.95	0				0
	African People's Convention	320	0.57	0	382	0.68	0	0
	His Lordship to Save and Lead Party	44	0.08	0	145	0.26	0	0
Total		56,091	100.00	26	55,997	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		56,091	97.00		55,997	96.82
Invalid/blank votes		1,734	3.00		1,837	3.18
Total votes		57,825	100.00		57,834	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		97,535	59.29		97,535	59.30

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	36,875	72.88	27	36,982	73.04	13	40
	Economic Freedom Fighters	6,038	11.93	0	5,954	11.76	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	2,616	5.17	0	2,640	5.21	3	3
	African Independent Congress	959	1.90	0	1,801	3.56	2	2
	African Transformation Movement	885	1.75	0	881	1.74	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	660	1.30	0	668	1.32	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,159	2.29	0				0
	Socialist Party of South Africa	299	0.59	0	353	0.70	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	364	0.72	0	286	0.56	0	0
	Batho Pele Movement	349	0.69	0	250	0.49	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	124	0.25	0	168	0.33	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1	0.00	0	244	0.48	0	0
	African People's Convention	77	0.15	0	131	0.26	0	0
	Arusha Economic Coalition	38	0.08	0	127	0.25	0	0
	His Lordship to Save and Lead Party	95	0.19	0	60	0.12	0	0
	Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party	56	0.11	0	88	0.17	0	0
Total		50,595	100.00	27	50,633	100.00	27	54

Valid votes		50,595	97.70		50,633	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		1,193	2.30		1,328	2.56
Total votes		51,788	100.00		51,961	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		99,232	52.19		99,232	52.36

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