Greater Taung Local Municipality elections

The Greater Taung Local Municipality council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 twenty-eight seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FSD	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	1	—	29	—	1	—	—	9	0	40
2006 election	1	—	35	—	1	—	—	5	2	44
2011 election	1	—	43	2	3	—	—	—	2	51
2016 election	1	1	34	1	2	6	3	—	0	48
2021 election	1	1	28	0	1	11	2	0	4	48

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	24,691	73.77	19	26,560	74.79	10	29
	United Christian Democratic Party	7,594	22.69	1	7,286	20.52	8	9
	African Christian Democratic Party	781	2.33	0	833	2.35	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	402	1.20	0	832	2.34	1	1
Total		33,468	100.00	20	35,511	100.00	20	40

Valid votes		33,468	96.99		35,511	97.18
Invalid/blank votes		1,037	3.01		1,031	2.82
Total votes		34,505	100.00		36,542	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		70,667	48.83		70,667	51.71

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	33,216	74.97	21	35,514	81.19	14	35
	United Christian Democratic Party	5,066	11.43	0	5,820	13.30	5	5
	Independent candidates	3,270	7.38	1				1
	Independent Democrats	1,589	3.59	0	987	2.26	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	655	1.48	0	638	1.46	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	508	1.15	0	784	1.79	1	1
Total		44,304	100.00	22	43,743	100.00	22	44

Valid votes		44,304	97.34		43,743	95.89
Invalid/blank votes		1,212	2.66		1,877	4.11
Total votes		45,516	100.00		45,620	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		85,939	52.96		85,939	53.08

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	36,368	81.46	24	38,014	85.33	19	43
	Democratic Alliance	2,918	6.54	1	2,803	6.29	2	3
	Congress of the People	1,427	3.20	0	1,979	4.44	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,631	5.89	1				1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,006	2.25	0	1,034	2.32	1	1
	African People's Convention	297	0.67	0	719	1.61	1	1
Total		44,647	100.00	26	44,549	100.00	25	51

Valid votes		44,647	97.16		44,549	96.51
Invalid/blank votes		1,306	2.84		1,610	3.49
Total votes		45,953	100.00		46,159	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		86,151	53.34		86,151	53.58

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	30,696	62.62	24	31,836	67.14	10	34
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,516	11.25	0	6,311	13.31	6	6
	Independent candidates	6,636	13.54	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	2,796	5.70	0	3,570	7.53	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,777	3.62	0	1,978	4.17	2	2
	African Independent Congress	305	0.62	0	1,673	3.53	1	1
	Congress of the People	482	0.98	0	857	1.81	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	376	0.77	0	570	1.20	1	1
	African People's Convention	165	0.34	0	369	0.78	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	273	0.56	0	253	0.53	0	0
Total		49,022	100.00	24	47,417	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		49,022	96.82		47,417	95.54
Invalid/blank votes		1,610	3.18		2,216	4.46
Total votes		50,632	100.00		49,633	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		89,546	56.54		89,546	55.43

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	23,392	56.42	23	23,528	58.03	5	28
	Economic Freedom Fighters	9,491	22.89	0	9,532	23.51	11	11
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	1,612	3.89	0	1,546	3.81	2	2
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,580	3.81	1	1,563	3.85	1	2
	Independent candidates	2,128	5.13	0				0
	Democratic Alliance	953	2.30	0	953	2.35	1	1
	African Independent Congress	265	0.64	0	846	2.09	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	395	0.95	0	380	0.94	1	1
	National Freedom Party	361	0.87	0	408	1.01	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	335	0.81	0	375	0.92	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	161	0.39	0	513	1.27	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	334	0.81	0	308	0.76	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	306	0.74	0	326	0.80	0	0
	Congress of the People	145	0.35	0	269	0.66	0	0
Total		41,458	100.00	24	40,547	100.00	24	48

Valid votes		41,458	97.63		40,547	96.04
Invalid/blank votes		1,005	2.37		1,671	3.96
Total votes		42,463	100.00		42,218	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		87,198	48.70		87,198	48.42

Bojanala Platinum	Moretele Madibeng Rustenburg Kgetlengrivier Moses Kotane
Ngaka Modiri Molema	Ratlou Tswaing Mahikeng Ditsobotla Ramotshere Moiloa
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	Naledi Mamusa Greater Taung Lekwa-Teemane Kagisano–Molopo
Dr Kenneth Kaunda	JB Marks City of Matlosana Maquassi Hills