Emfuleni Local Municipality elections

The Emfuleni Local Municipality council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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) lost their majority of seats on the council for the first time.

Results[]

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

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	62	-	18	-	1	2	2	85
2006 election	65	-	15	-	1	3	1	85
2011 election	64	1	21	-	1	1	1	89
2016 election	50	1	22	11	2	1	3	90
2021 election	38	0	24	14	6	2	6	90

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	95,144	70.43	35	95,382	72.26	27	62
	Democratic Alliance	27,835	20.60	8	28,677	21.72	10	18
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,718	2.75	0	3,484	2.64	2	2
	Independent candidates	5,635	4.17	0				0
	United Democratic Movement	902	0.67	0	1,570	1.19	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,023	0.76	0	1,181	0.89	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	559	0.41	0	828	0.63	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	281	0.21	0	885	0.67	0	0
Total		135,097	100.00	43	132,007	100.00	42	85

Valid votes		135,097	97.68		132,007	96.62
Invalid/blank votes		3,205	2.32		4,614	3.38
Total votes		138,302	100.00		136,621	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		308,632	44.81		308,632	44.27

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	109,851	76.11	37	110,419	76.62	28	65
	Democratic Alliance	24,558	17.02	6	24,168	16.77	9	15
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	4,398	3.05	0	3,975	2.76	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	2,118	1.47	0	1,829	1.27	1	1
	Independent Democrats	948	0.66	0	695	0.48	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	304	0.21	0	919	0.64	0	0
	Independent candidates	1,052	0.73	0				0
	Azanian People's Organisation	566	0.39	0	479	0.33	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	289	0.20	0	572	0.40	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	57	0.04	0	553	0.38	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	89	0.06	0	495	0.34	0	0
		98	0.07	0				0
Total		144,328	100.00	43	144,104	100.00	42	85

Valid votes		144,328	98.44		144,104	98.31
Invalid/blank votes		2,286	1.56		2,481	1.69
Total votes		146,614	100.00		146,585	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		319,623	45.87		319,623	45.86

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	126,895	67.83	36	131,045	71.80	28	64
	Democratic Alliance	42,183	22.55	9	41,376	22.67	12	21
	Independent candidates	9,644	5.16	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	3,402	1.82	0	2,791	1.53	1	1
	African People's Convention	2,134	1.14	0	2,086	1.14	1	1
	Congress of the People	239	0.13	0	2,617	1.43	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,374	0.73	0	929	0.51	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	479	0.26	0	308	0.17	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	230	0.12	0	308	0.17	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	166	0.09	0	340	0.19	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	169	0.09	0	139	0.08	0	0
	National Freedom Party	7	0.00	0	269	0.15	0	0
	Socialist Party of Azania	93	0.05	0	161	0.09	0	0
		60	0.03	0	154	0.08	0	0
Total		187,075	100.00	45	182,523	100.00	44	89

Valid votes		187,075	98.00		182,523	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		3,814	2.00		4,229	2.26
Total votes		190,889	100.00		186,752	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		342,715	55.70		342,715	54.49

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	108,435	55.53	37	109,030	55.73	13	50
	Democratic Alliance	48,162	24.66	8	48,199	24.64	14	22
	Economic Freedom Fighters	23,865	12.22	0	23,814	12.17	11	11
	African Independent Congress	3,902	2.00	0	5,995	3.06	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	4,354	2.23	0	4,186	2.14	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,857	0.95	0	1,517	0.78	1	1
	Congress of the People	2,015	1.03	0	808	0.41	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	553	0.28	0	585	0.30	0	0
	Independent candidates	1,097	0.56	0				0
	African People's Convention	218	0.11	0	501	0.26	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	296	0.15	0	385	0.20	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	147	0.08	0	330	0.17	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	177	0.09	0	140	0.07	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	115	0.06	0	110	0.06	0	0
		79	0.04	0	39	0.02	0	0
		10	0.01	0				0
Total		195,282	100.00	45	195,639	100.00	45	90

Valid votes		195,282	98.71		195,639	98.64
Invalid/blank votes		2,543	1.29		2,696	1.36
Total votes		197,825	100.00		198,335	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		362,634	54.55		362,634	54.69

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	60,054	39.73	38	59,891	39.69	0	38
	Democratic Alliance	40,157	26.56	7	41,134	27.26	17	24
	Economic Freedom Fighters	23,326	15.43	0	23,763	15.75	14	14
	Freedom Front Plus	10,265	6.79	0	9,201	6.10	6	6
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	2,932	1.94	0	2,862	1.90	2	2
		2,224	1.47	0	2,774	1.84	2	2
		1,976	1.31	0	1,875	1.24	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,365	0.90	0	1,306	0.87	1	1
		1,234	0.82	0	1,039	0.69	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,231	1.48	0				0
	Patriotic Alliance	732	0.48	0	815	0.54	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	580	0.38	0	691	0.46	0	0
	African Independent Congress	395	0.26	0	740	0.49	0	0
		563	0.37	0	567	0.38	0	0
	Congress of the People	524	0.35	0	509	0.34	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	285	0.19	0	489	0.32	0	0
	African People's Convention	30	0.02	0	714	0.47	0	0
		367	0.24	0	258	0.17	0	0
		334	0.22	0	179	0.12	0	0
	Black First Land First	185	0.12	0	317	0.21	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	41	0.03	0	410	0.27	0	0
		192	0.13	0	191	0.13	0	0
	National Freedom Party	155	0.10	0	221	0.15	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	153	0.10	0	219	0.15	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	210	0.14	0	143	0.09	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	160	0.11	0	146	0.10	0	0
		136	0.09	0	114	0.08	0	0
		100	0.07	0	134	0.09	0	0
		87	0.06	0	81	0.05	0	0
	National People's Front	55	0.04	0	85	0.06	0	0
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	83	0.05	0	46	0.03	0	0
	Land Party	36	0.02	0				0
		1	0.00	0				0
Total		151,168	100.00	45	150,914	100.00	45	90

Valid votes		151,168	98.49		150,914	98.52
Invalid/blank votes		2,316	1.51		2,267	1.48
Total votes		153,484	100.00		153,181	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		351,544	43.66		351,544	43.57