Nketoana Local Municipality elections

The Nketoana Local Municipality council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine 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 election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.

In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.

Results[]

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	12	3	-	-	2	0	17
2006 election	14	2	-	1	1	0	18
2011 election	14	2	-	1	0	1	18
2016 election	13	3	1	1	-	0	18
2021 election	10	3	2	2	0	1	18

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	8,684	68.57	8	8,594	67.62	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	1,968	15.54	1	2,170	17.07	2	3
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,911	15.09	0	1,946	15.31	2	2
	Independent candidates	101	0.80	0				0
Total		12,664	100.00	9	12,710	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		12,664	97.09		12,710	97.43
Invalid/blank votes		380	2.91		335	2.57
Total votes		13,044	100.00		13,045	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,180	47.99		27,180	47.99

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	11,109	77.66	9	11,392	79.47	5	14
	Democratic Alliance	1,551	10.84	0	1,513	10.55	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	900	6.29	0	826	5.76	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	493	3.45	0	604	4.21	1	1
	Independent candidates	252	1.76	0				0
Total		14,305	100.00	9	14,335	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		14,305	97.63		14,335	97.76
Invalid/blank votes		347	2.37		328	2.24
Total votes		14,652	100.00		14,663	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,154	50.26		29,154	50.29

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	11,844	77.09	8	12,318	79.67	6	14
	Democratic Alliance	2,035	13.25	1	2,024	13.09	1	2
	Freedom Front Plus	510	3.32	0	419	2.71	1	1
	African People's Convention	374	2.43	0	314	2.03	1	1
	Congress of the People	144	0.94	0	266	1.72	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	170	1.11	0	120	0.78	0	0
	Independent candidates	287	1.87	0				0
Total		15,364	100.00	9	15,461	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		15,364	97.79		15,461	98.25
Invalid/blank votes		348	2.21		275	1.75
Total votes		15,712	100.00		15,736	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,978	54.22		28,978	54.30

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	10,869	67.70	8	11,750	72.80	5	13
	Democratic Alliance	2,248	14.00	1	2,342	14.51	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	918	5.72	0	1,093	6.77	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	570	3.55	0	587	3.64	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,119	6.97	0				0
	African People's Convention	272	1.69	0	368	2.28	0	0
		59	0.37	0				0
Total		16,055	100.00	9	16,140	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		16,055	97.75		16,140	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		369	2.25		386	2.34
Total votes		16,424	100.00		16,526	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,559	53.75		30,559	54.08

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	6,469	49.26	8	7,148	54.72	2	10
	Democratic Alliance	1,613	12.28	1	1,695	12.98	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,501	11.43	0	1,698	13.00	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,039	7.91	0	1,029	7.88	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,887	14.37	0				0
					676	5.18	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	217	1.65	0	249	1.91	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	222	1.69	0	234	1.79	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	98	0.75	0	109	0.83	0	0
		31	0.24	0	135	1.03	0	0
	African People's Convention	56	0.43	0	89	0.68	0	0
Total		13,133	100.00	9	13,062	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		13,133	98.01		13,062	97.49
Invalid/blank votes		267	1.99		336	2.51
Total votes		13,400	100.00		13,398	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,691	46.70		28,691	46.70