Ngwathe Local Municipality elections

The Ngwathe Local Municipality council (within the South African Fezile Dabi District Municipality) consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the ANC won a reduced majority of twenty-one seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	PAC	Other	Total
2000 election	26	8	-	-	1	1	36
2006 election	30	5	-	1	1	1	38
2011 election	28	9	-	1	0	1	39
2016 election	24	8	3	1	-	1	36
2021 election	21	7	5	3	-	1	37

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	20,632	71.77	15	20,474	71.21	11	26
	Democratic Alliance	6,480	22.54	3	6,461	22.47	5	8
	Alliance 2000+	866	3.01	0	860	2.99	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	593	2.06	0	594	2.07	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	142	0.49	0	209	0.73	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party				153	0.53	0	0
	Independent candidates	35	0.12	0				0
Total		28,748	100.00	18	28,751	100.00	18	36

Valid votes		28,748	98.16		28,751	98.10
Invalid/blank votes		538	1.84		558	1.90
Total votes		29,286	100.00		29,309	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		58,418	50.13		58,418	50.17

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	23,642	77.41	17	23,504	77.44	13	30
	Democratic Alliance	3,875	12.69	2	3,833	12.63	3	5
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,156	3.79	0	1,029	3.39	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,043	3.42	0	1,025	3.38	1	1
	Belastingbetalersverening van Parys	706	2.31	0	731	2.41	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	80	0.26	0	231	0.76	0	0
	Independent candidates	38	0.12	0				0
Total		30,540	100.00	19	30,353	100.00	19	38

Valid votes		30,540	98.27		30,353	98.07
Invalid/blank votes		538	1.73		597	1.93
Total votes		31,078	100.00		30,950	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		62,766	49.51		62,766	49.31

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	26,581	71.99	18	26,603	71.68	10	28
	Democratic Alliance	8,283	22.43	2	8,081	21.77	7	9
	Freedom Front Plus	1,130	3.06	0	959	2.58	1	1
	Congress of the People	327	0.89	0	971	2.62	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	279	0.76	0	182	0.49	0	0
	Belastingbetalersverening van Parys	257	0.70	0	87	0.23	0	0
	African People's Convention	66	0.18	0	231	0.62	0	0
Total		36,923	100.00	20	37,114	100.00	19	39

Valid votes		36,923	98.39		37,114	98.84
Invalid/blank votes		604	1.61		436	1.16
Total votes		37,527	100.00		37,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		64,316	58.35		64,316	58.38

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	25,714	65.49	17	25,555	64.99	7	24
	Democratic Alliance	8,988	22.89	1	8,732	22.21	7	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,635	6.71	0	3,248	8.26	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	1,260	3.21	0	1,192	3.03	1	1
	Congress of the People	409	1.04	0	451	1.15	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	132	0.34	0	144	0.37	0	0
	Independent candidates	129	0.33	0				0
Total		39,267	100.00	18	39,322	100.00	18	36

Valid votes		39,267	98.55		39,322	98.58
Invalid/blank votes		577	1.45		567	1.42
Total votes		39,844	100.00		39,889	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		67,877	58.70		67,877	58.77

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	15,913	55.51	18	16,020	55.80	3	21
	Democratic Alliance	5,489	19.15	1	5,532	19.27	6	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,764	13.13	0	3,913	13.63	5	5
	Freedom Front Plus	1,829	6.38	0	1,832	6.38	3	3
	Ngwathe Residents Association	751	2.62	0	738	2.57	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	210	0.73	0	220	0.77	0	0
	Independent candidates	412	1.44	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	127	0.44	0	141	0.49	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	74	0.26	0	105	0.37	0	0
	United Independent Movement	45	0.16	0	55	0.19	0	0
	Activists Movement of South Africa	42	0.15	0	35	0.12	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	0.00	0	68	0.24	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	9	0.03	0	52	0.18	0	0
Total		28,665	100.00	19	28,711	100.00	18	37

Valid votes		28,665	98.27		28,711	98.20
Invalid/blank votes		506	1.73		526	1.80
Total votes		29,171	100.00		29,237	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,783	45.73		63,783	45.84

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

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

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^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ Sussman, Wayne (29 August 2024). "MK shocks ANC, EFF in Marikana while DA has a night of mixed fortunes in ward polls". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 29 August 2024.