Dihlabeng Local Municipality elections
The Dihlabeng Local Municipality council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-five seats on the council.
In the 2021 South African municipal elections, the ANC won a reduced majority of twenty-three seats.
Results[]
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | EFF | FF+ | PAC | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 election | 21 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 34 |
2006 election | 29 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
2011 election | 30 | 8 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
2016 election | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 39 |
2021 election | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 40 |
December 2000 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[1]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 16,773 | 61.52 | 13 | 17,053 | 62.41 | 8 | 21 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,577 | 16.79 | 3 | 4,902 | 17.94 | 3 | 6 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 3,455 | 12.67 | 1 | 3,577 | 13.09 | 4 | 5 | |
967 | 3.55 | 0 | 1,027 | 3.76 | 1 | 1 | ||
1,063 | 3.90 | 0 | 763 | 2.79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Independent candidates | 431 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 27,266 | 100.00 | 17 | 27,322 | 100.00 | 17 | 34 | |
Valid votes | 27,266 | 97.91 | 27,322 | 98.13 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 582 | 2.09 | 521 | 1.87 | ||||
Total votes | 27,848 | 100.00 | 27,843 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 55,271 | 50.38 | 55,271 | 50.38 |
March 2006 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[2]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 22,932 | 78.25 | 16 | 21,940 | 76.27 | 13 | 29 | |
Democratic Alliance | 3,770 | 12.86 | 3 | 3,513 | 12.21 | 2 | 5 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,355 | 4.62 | 0 | 1,221 | 4.24 | 2 | 2 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 899 | 3.07 | 0 | 1,410 | 4.90 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 318 | 1.09 | 0 | 563 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | |
National Democratic Convention | 31 | 0.11 | 0 | 121 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 29,305 | 100.00 | 19 | 28,768 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 | |
Valid votes | 29,305 | 97.15 | 28,768 | 97.74 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 860 | 2.85 | 666 | 2.26 | ||||
Total votes | 30,165 | 100.00 | 29,434 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 61,684 | 48.90 | 61,684 | 47.72 |
May 2011 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[3]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 28,494 | 73.39 | 18 | 28,903 | 74.41 | 12 | 30 | |
Democratic Alliance | 7,918 | 20.40 | 2 | 7,730 | 19.90 | 6 | 8 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,020 | 2.63 | 0 | 738 | 1.90 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 753 | 1.94 | 0 | 877 | 2.26 | 1 | 1 | |
African People's Convention | 357 | 0.92 | 0 | 438 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 207 | 0.53 | 0 | 156 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 74 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 38,823 | 100.00 | 20 | 38,842 | 100.00 | 20 | 40 | |
Valid votes | 38,823 | 98.09 | 38,842 | 98.35 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 754 | 1.91 | 650 | 1.65 | ||||
Total votes | 39,577 | 100.00 | 39,492 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 66,738 | 59.30 | 66,738 | 59.17 |
August 2016 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 25,299 | 59.86 | 17 | 27,565 | 66.02 | 8 | 25 | |
Democratic Alliance | 8,267 | 19.56 | 1 | 9,285 | 22.24 | 7 | 8 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,610 | 6.18 | 0 | 3,094 | 7.41 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent candidates | 4,697 | 11.11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Freedom Front Plus | 619 | 1.46 | 0 | 644 | 1.54 | 1 | 1 | |
208 | 0.49 | 0 | 312 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | ||
African Christian Democratic Party | 238 | 0.56 | 0 | 242 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 177 | 0.42 | 0 | 273 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 100 | 0.24 | 0 | 237 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | 0.12 | 0 | 99 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 42,266 | 100.00 | 20 | 41,751 | 100.00 | 19 | 39 | |
Valid votes | 42,266 | 97.87 | 41,751 | 96.78 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 920 | 2.13 | 1,388 | 3.22 | ||||
Total votes | 43,186 | 100.00 | 43,139 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 73,214 | 58.99 | 73,214 | 58.92 |
November 2021 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 19,420 | 55.28 | 18 | 19,595 | 56.11 | 5 | 23 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,962 | 14.12 | 1 | 6,450 | 18.47 | 6 | 7 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,450 | 9.82 | 0 | 3,708 | 10.62 | 4 | 4 | |
1,731 | 4.93 | 0 | 1,530 | 4.38 | 2 | 2 | ||
Independent candidates | 2,861 | 8.14 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Freedom Front Plus | 1,046 | 2.98 | 0 | 1,602 | 4.59 | 2 | 2 | |
Forum for Service Delivery | 867 | 2.47 | 0 | 827 | 2.37 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 208 | 0.59 | 0 | 358 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 181 | 0.52 | 0 | 200 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | |
174 | 0.50 | 0 | 194 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | ||
Inkatha Freedom Party | 83 | 0.24 | 0 | 156 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
75 | 0.21 | 0 | 130 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | ||
Congress of the People | 26 | 0.07 | 0 | 123 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Jama-ah | 48 | 0.14 | 0 | 52 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 35,132 | 100.00 | 20 | 34,925 | 100.00 | 20 | 40 | |
Valid votes | 35,132 | 97.95 | 34,925 | 97.35 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 735 | 2.05 | 952 | 2.65 | ||||
Total votes | 35,867 | 100.00 | 35,877 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 72,298 | 49.61 | 72,298 | 49.62 |
References[]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dihlabeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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