Lesedi Local Municipality elections
The Lesedi Local Municipality council consists of twenty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 plurality of seats on the council.
The planned abolition of the Lesedi, and its absorption into Ekurhuleni after the 2016 municipal elections, was blocked by the High Court of South Africa in 2015. [1]
Results[]
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | EFF | FF+ | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 election | 15 | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 21 |
2006 election | 15 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 |
2011 election | 19 | 6 | - | 1 | 0 | 26 |
2016 election | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
2021 election | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
December 2000 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[2]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 7,651 | 60.09 | 8 | 12,597 | 70.34 | 7 | 15 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,373 | 34.34 | 3 | 4,582 | 25.58 | 2 | 5 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 561 | 4.41 | 0 | 461 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 148 | 1.16 | 0 | 270 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 12,733 | 100.00 | 11 | 17,910 | 100.00 | 10 | 21 | |
Valid votes | 12,733 | 97.51 | 17,910 | 97.83 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 325 | 2.49 | 398 | 2.17 | ||||
Total votes | 13,058 | 100.00 | 18,308 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 34,296 | 38.07 | 34,296 | 53.38 |
March 2006 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[3]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 13,998 | 70.49 | 9 | 13,915 | 70.27 | 6 | 15 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,063 | 20.46 | 2 | 4,083 | 20.62 | 2 | 4 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 932 | 4.69 | 0 | 884 | 4.46 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent Democrats | 738 | 3.72 | 0 | 675 | 3.41 | 1 | 1 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 53 | 0.27 | 0 | 138 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | |
73 | 0.37 | 0 | 106 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 19,857 | 100.00 | 11 | 19,801 | 100.00 | 10 | 21 | |
Valid votes | 19,857 | 98.34 | 19,801 | 98.10 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 335 | 1.66 | 383 | 1.90 | ||||
Total votes | 20,192 | 100.00 | 20,184 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,521 | 51.09 | 39,521 | 51.07 |
May 2011 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 19,080 | 70.37 | 10 | 19,444 | 71.22 | 9 | 19 | |
Democratic Alliance | 6,654 | 24.54 | 3 | 6,613 | 24.22 | 3 | 6 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 719 | 2.65 | 0 | 575 | 2.11 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 256 | 0.94 | 0 | 264 | 0.97 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 225 | 0.83 | 0 | 208 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | |
National Freedom Party | 158 | 0.58 | 0 | 105 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 20 | 0.07 | 0 | 93 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 27,112 | 100.00 | 13 | 27,302 | 100.00 | 13 | 26 | |
Valid votes | 27,112 | 98.24 | 27,302 | 98.65 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 487 | 1.76 | 373 | 1.35 | ||||
Total votes | 27,599 | 100.00 | 27,675 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 44,483 | 62.04 | 44,483 | 62.21 |
August 2016 election[]
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 18,829 | 61.94 | 10 | 18,888 | 62.23 | 6 | 16 | |
Democratic Alliance | 7,207 | 23.71 | 3 | 7,235 | 23.84 | 3 | 6 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,070 | 10.10 | 0 | 3,005 | 9.90 | 3 | 3 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,041 | 3.42 | 0 | 1,058 | 3.49 | 1 | 1 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 118 | 0.39 | 0 | 167 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 133 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30,398 | 100.00 | 13 | 30,353 | 100.00 | 13 | 26 | |
Valid votes | 30,398 | 98.81 | 30,353 | 98.79 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 367 | 1.19 | 373 | 1.21 | ||||
Total votes | 30,765 | 100.00 | 30,726 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 48,336 | 63.65 | 48,336 | 63.57 |
November 2021 election[]
The ANC lost its majority for the first time, winning a plurality of thirteen. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 12,140 | 50.40 | 10 | 12,175 | 50.47 | 3 | 13 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,893 | 20.31 | 3 | 4,905 | 20.33 | 2 | 5 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,258 | 13.53 | 0 | 3,266 | 13.54 | 4 | 4 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 2,227 | 9.25 | 0 | 2,129 | 8.83 | 3 | 3 | |
580 | 2.41 | 0 | 504 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | ||
African Christian Democratic Party | 316 | 1.31 | 0 | 331 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Black First Land First | 258 | 1.07 | 0 | 296 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 118 | 0.49 | 0 | 172 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
131 | 0.54 | 0 | 125 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | ||
African Transformation Movement | 50 | 0.21 | 0 | 117 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 77 | 0.32 | 0 | 70 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | 0.06 | 0 | 20 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 0.03 | 0 | 14 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent candidates | 18 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 24,087 | 100.00 | 13 | 24,124 | 100.00 | 13 | 26 | |
Valid votes | 24,087 | 98.58 | 24,124 | 98.53 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 346 | 1.42 | 360 | 1.47 | ||||
Total votes | 24,433 | 100.00 | 24,484 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 47,853 | 51.06 | 47,853 | 51.17 |
References[]
- ^ "DA wins court case". 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lesedi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- Municipal elections in South Africa