Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality elections

The Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Total
2016 election	13	7	6	2	28
2021 election	14	7	4	3	28

In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a plurality of thirteen seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority. On 23 August 2016, the council subsequently elected Marlene van Staden, the mayoral candidate of the Democratic Alliance (DA), as the new mayor.^[1]

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[2]^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	13,764	47.75	11	13,650	47.41	2	13
	Democratic Alliance	6,763	23.46	3	7,130	24.76	4	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,625	19.51	0	5,578	19.37	6	6
	Freedom Front Plus	1,684	5.84	0	1,705	5.92	2	2
	Mookgophong Party	393	1.36	0	360	1.25	0	0
	Congress of the People	142	0.49	0	339	1.18	0	0
	Independent candidates	395	1.37	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	60	0.21	0	30	0.10	0	0
Total		28,826	100.00	14	28,792	100.00	14	28

Valid votes		28,826	98.83		28,792	98.54
Invalid/blank votes		341	1.17		428	1.46
Total votes		29,167	100.00		29,220	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,680	57.55		50,680	57.66

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	12,386	49.94	12	12,363	49.72	2	14
	Democratic Alliance	5,708	23.01	1	5,798	23.32	6	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,635	14.66	0	3,648	14.67	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	2,578	10.39	1	2,530	10.18	2	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	173	0.70	0	163	0.66	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	100	0.40	0	92	0.37	0	0
	African People's Convention	87	0.35	0	61	0.25	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	79	0.32	0	61	0.25	0	0
	Kingdom Covenant Democratic Party	11	0.04	0	83	0.33	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	6	0.02	0	31	0.12	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	16	0.06	0	11	0.04	0	0
	Economic Emancipation Forum	12	0.05	0	14	0.06	0	0
	African People's Movement	11	0.04	0	9	0.04	0	0
Total		24,802	100.00	14	24,864	100.00	14	28

Valid votes		24,802	98.80		24,864	98.44
Invalid/blank votes		300	1.20		394	1.56
Total votes		25,102	100.00		25,258	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,580	49.63		50,580	49.94

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
3 August 2022^[5]	93608012		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance