Makhado Local Municipality elections

The Makhado Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of seventy-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-eight wards, while the remaining thirty-seven 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 majority of sixty-two seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	PAC	UDM	XIM	Other	Total
2000 election	2	57	—	4	—	1	1	1	2	68
2006 election	2	62	—	4	—	1	1	1	2	73
2011 election	1	64	3	5	—	1	—	0	1	75
2016 election	1	56	1	9	7	0	—	1	8	75
2021 election	1	62	0	5	4	0	—	0	3	75

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	71,536	82.74	33	70,521	81.90	24	57
	Democratic Alliance	5,502	6.36	1	5,293	6.15	3	4
	African Christian Democratic Party	3,235	3.74	0	2,671	3.10	2	2
	Ximoko Party	1,349	1.56	0	1,996	2.32	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,490	1.72	0	1,376	1.60	1	1
	Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front	809	0.94	0	1,748	2.03	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	779	0.90	0	1,559	1.81	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,496	1.73	1				1
	Azanian People's Organisation	266	0.31	0	937	1.09	1	1
Total		86,462	100.00	35	86,101	100.00	33	68

Valid votes		86,462	98.39		86,101	97.87
Invalid/blank votes		1,416	1.61		1,873	2.13
Total votes		87,878	100.00		87,974	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		183,747	47.83		183,747	47.88

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	82,319	81.35	36	86,525	85.77	26	62
	Democratic Alliance	6,536	6.46	0	5,071	5.03	4	4
	Independent Democrats	3,161	3.12	1	2,705	2.68	1	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,976	1.95	0	2,278	2.26	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,936	2.90	0				0
	Ximoko Party	1,199	1.18	0	1,352	1.34	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,186	1.17	0	915	0.91	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	978	0.97	0	660	0.65	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	555	0.55	0	461	0.46	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	271	0.27	0	554	0.55	0	0
	Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front	71	0.07	0	354	0.35	0	0
Total		101,188	100.00	37	100,875	100.00	36	73

Valid votes		101,188	98.73		100,875	98.47
Invalid/blank votes		1,299	1.27		1,563	1.53
Total votes		102,487	100.00		102,438	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,641	47.09		217,641	47.07

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	92,212	82.93	36	94,863	86.47	28	64
	Democratic Alliance	7,256	6.53	1	7,178	6.54	4	5
	Congress of the People	4,471	4.02	0	4,527	4.13	3	3
	Independent candidates	5,000	4.50	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,203	1.08	0	1,046	0.95	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	525	0.47	0	422	0.38	1	1
	African People's Convention	177	0.16	0	637	0.58	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	200	0.18	0	423	0.39	0	0
	Ximoko Party	79	0.07	0	318	0.29	0	0
	National Freedom Party	41	0.04	0	177	0.16	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	35	0.03	0	113	0.10	0	0
Total		111,199	100.00	38	109,704	100.00	37	75

Valid votes		111,199	98.79		109,704	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		1,365	1.21		2,181	1.95
Total votes		112,564	100.00		111,885	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		231,136	48.70		231,136	48.41

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	61,221	74.11	37	61,878	75.14	19	56
	Democratic Alliance	9,446	11.44	1	9,272	11.26	8	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	7,105	8.60	0	7,343	8.92	7	7
	Ximoko Party	803	0.97	0	814	0.99	1	1
	Congress of the People	875	1.06	0	702	0.85	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	820	0.99	0	643	0.78	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,140	1.38	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	468	0.57	0	399	0.48	0	0
	International Revelation Congress	170	0.21	0	272	0.33	0	0
	South African United Party	157	0.19	0	183	0.22	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	108	0.13	0	171	0.21	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	110	0.13	0	160	0.19	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	27	0.03	0	179	0.22	0	0
	Unemployment Movement SA	94	0.11	0	94	0.11	0	0
	Value Education Nationalism Democracy in Africa	18	0.02	0	150	0.18	0	0
	Leadership Forum	42	0.05	0	90	0.11	0	0
Total		82,604	100.00	38	82,350	100.00	37	75

Valid votes		82,604	98.85		82,350	98.66
Invalid/blank votes		964	1.15		1,122	1.34
Total votes		83,568	100.00		83,472	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		182,361	45.83		182,361	45.77

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	59,568	78.18	37	61,703	81.55	25	62
	Democratic Alliance	5,293	6.95	1	5,260	6.95	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,168	5.47	0	4,515	5.97	4	4
	Independent candidates	3,836	5.03	0				0
	International Revelation Congress	664	0.87	0	805	1.06	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	675	0.89	0	669	0.88	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	540	0.71	0	614	0.81	1	1
	African People's Convention	437	0.57	0	462	0.61	1	1
	Congress of the People	468	0.61	0	378	0.50	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	61	0.08	0	361	0.48	0	0
	Movement Democratic Congress	131	0.17	0	190	0.25	0	0
	Able Leadership	122	0.16	0	137	0.18	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	24	0.03	0	198	0.26	0	0
	Ximoko Party	79	0.10	0	138	0.18	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	62	0.08	0	109	0.14	0	0
	Unemployment Movement SA	58	0.08	0	70	0.09	0	0
	United Independent Movement	9	0.01	0	50	0.07	0	0
Total		76,195	100.00	38	75,659	100.00	37	75

Valid votes		76,195	98.73		75,659	98.35
Invalid/blank votes		979	1.27		1,266	1.65
Total votes		77,174	100.00		76,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		180,288	42.81		180,288	42.67

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
14 Aug 2024^[7]	35		African National Congress		African National Congress

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