Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (formerly Greater Groblersdal Local Municipality) is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is Groblersdal. Municipality is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[1]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakwena | 98401 | 0.35 | 682 | Northern Sotho |
| Barokgoga Bakopa | 98402 | 0.39 | 756 | Northern Sotho |
| Greater Groblersdal | 98403 | 146.78 | 2,556 | Northern Sotho |
| Groblersdal | 88402 | 6.26 | 2,480 | Afrikaans |
| Mathula | 88403 | 67.91 | 17,576 | Southern Ndebele |
| Matsepe | 98404 | 4.74 | 1,179 | Northern Sotho |
| Motetema Part 1 | 98405 | 1.09 | 3,739 | Northern Sotho |
| Motetema Part 2 | 88404 | 0.60 | 767 | Northern Sotho |
| Moutse 3 Part 1 | 98406 | 0.39 | 935 | Northern Sotho |
| Moutse 3 Part 2 | 88405 | 324.85 | 97,618 | Northern Sotho |
| Ndebele | 98407 | 220.83 | 48,914 | Northern Sotho |
| Nebo | 98408 | 142.06 | 31,888 | Northern Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 88401 | 2,757.08 | 11,646 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirty 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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Mpumalanga Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #007500;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #f9a510;" data-sort-value="Azanian People's Organisation" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Independent Residents Association" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Black Consciousness Party" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 36,704 | 37,948 | 74,652 | 67.1 | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| Mpumalanga Party | 10,557 | 10,592 | 21,149 | 19.0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| DA | 3,662 | 3,493 | 7,155 | 6.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| COPE | 1,077 | 1,087 | 2,164 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention | 926 | 728 | 1,654 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 520 | 472 | 992 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 903 | – | 903 | 0.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Independent Residents Association | 380 | 366 | 746 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAC | 405 | 332 | 737 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UDM | 232 | 178 | 410 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 150 | 185 | 335 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 76 | 99 | 175 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black Consciousness Party | 45 | 88 | 133 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 55,637 | 55,568 | 111,205 | 100.0 | 30 | 30 | 60 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,444 | 1,486 | 2,930 | |||||
References
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Elias Motsoaledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Elias Motsoaledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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