Phumelela Local MunicipalityPolitics
The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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 reduced majority of eleven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6]
| Party | Ward | List | Total
seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|
| African National Congress | 6,769 | 63.29 | 8 | 7,000 | 65.10 | 3 | 11 |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,235 | 11.55 | 0 | 1,378 | 12.82 | 2 | 2 |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,075 | 10.05 | 0 | 1,211 | 11.26 | 2 | 2 |
| Freedom Front Plus | 567 | 5.30 | 0 | 615 | 5.72 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent candidates | 767 | 7.17 | 0 | | 0 |
| 3 other parties | 283 | 2.65 | 0 | 549 | 5.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10,696 | 100.00 | 8 | 10,753 | 100.00 | 8 | 16 |
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| Valid votes | 10,696 | 97.02 | | 10,753 | 96.73 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 328 | 2.98 | | 364 | 3.27 | | |
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| Total votes | 11,024 | 100.00 | | 11,117 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 24,050 | 45.84 | | 24,050 | 46.22 | | |
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