Masilonyana Local Municipality elections

The Masilonyana Local Municipality council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

Results[]

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	14	3	-	-	2	19
2006 election	17	2	-	1	0	20
2011 election	16	2	-	1	1	20
2016 election	12	4	2	1	2	19
2021 election	11	4	2	1	1	19

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	10,947	76.76	10	10,982	76.93	4	14
	Democratic Alliance	2,168	15.20	0	2,254	15.79	3	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	611	4.28	0	551	3.86	1	1
		536	3.76	0	489	3.43	1	1
Total		14,262	100.00	10	14,276	100.00	9	19

Valid votes		14,262	97.31		14,276	97.53
Invalid/blank votes		395	2.69		361	2.47
Total votes		14,657	100.00		14,637	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,214	48.51		30,214	48.44

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	11,725	82.76	10	11,850	82.95	7	17
	Democratic Alliance	1,428	10.08	0	1,402	9.81	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	493	3.48	0	530	3.71	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	362	2.56	0	304	2.13	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	132	0.93	0	199	1.39	0	0
	Independent candidates	28	0.20	0				0
Total		14,168	100.00	10	14,285	100.00	10	20

Valid votes		14,168	97.27		14,285	97.39
Invalid/blank votes		397	2.73		383	2.61
Total votes		14,565	100.00		14,668	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,987	45.53		31,987	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	13,240	79.21	10	13,356	77.90	6	16
	Democratic Alliance				2,666	15.55	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,857	11.11	0	518	3.02	1	1
	Congress of the People	412	2.46	0	514	3.00	1	1
	Independent candidates	915	5.47	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	292	1.75	0	92	0.54	0	0
Total		16,716	100.00	10	17,146	100.00	10	20

Valid votes		16,716	96.21		17,146	98.39
Invalid/blank votes		658	3.79		281	1.61
Total votes		17,374	100.00		17,427	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,884	54.49		31,884	54.66

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	11,429	63.80	10	11,515	64.36	2	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,902	21.78	0	3,913	21.87	4	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,644	9.18	0	1,751	9.79	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	431	2.41	0	423	2.36	1	1
	Congress of the People	149	0.83	0	137	0.77	0	0
	Independent candidates	260	1.45	0				0
	African People's Convention	100	0.56	0	153	0.86	0	0
Total		17,915	100.00	10	17,892	100.00	9	19

Valid votes		17,915	98.52		17,892	98.44
Invalid/blank votes		269	1.48		283	1.56
Total votes		18,184	100.00		18,175	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,153	58.37		31,153	58.34

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	6,793	52.97	9	7,286	56.67	2	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,455	19.14	1	2,801	21.78	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,171	9.13	0	1,536	11.95	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,426	11.12	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	701	5.47	0	676	5.26	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	102	0.80	0	196	1.52	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	116	0.90	0	127	0.99	0	0
	United Independent Movement	61	0.48	0	115	0.89	0	0
	African Content Movement				121	0.94	0	0
Total		12,825	100.00	10	12,858	100.00	9	19

Valid votes		12,825	97.53		12,858	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		325	2.47		322	2.44
Total votes		13,150	100.00		13,180	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,408	44.72		29,408	44.82