Naledi Local Municipality, North West elections

The Naledi Local Municipality council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	12	3	—	3	0	18
2006 election	12	3	—	1	2	18
2011 election	12	5	—	—	1	18
2016 election	13	5	2	—	0	20
2021 election	10	3	3	—	2	18

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	9,558	64.49	8	9,991	67.43	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,399	16.19	1	2,494	16.83	2	3
	United Christian Democratic Party	2,385	16.09	0	2,332	15.74	3	3
	Independent candidates	479	3.23	0				0
Total		14,821	100.00	9	14,817	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		14,821	95.93		14,817	95.82
Invalid/blank votes		629	4.07		647	4.18
Total votes		15,450	100.00		15,464	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,000	55.18		28,000	55.23

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	7,761	61.25	6	10,736	72.32	6	12
	Democratic Alliance	1,859	14.67	1	1,774	11.95	1	2
	Independent Democrats	1,696	13.38	0	1,476	9.94	2	2
	United Christian Democratic Party	420	3.31	1	474	3.19	0	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	640	5.05	1	239	1.61	0	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	296	2.34	0	147	0.99	0	0
Total		12,672	100.00	9	14,846	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		12,672	82.69		14,846	96.81
Invalid/blank votes		2,652	17.31		489	3.19
Total votes		15,324	100.00		15,335	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,688	51.62		29,688	51.65

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	11,161	67.56	8	11,422	69.45	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	4,342	26.28	1	4,346	26.43	4	5
	Congress of the People	560	3.39	0	465	2.83	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	142	0.86	0	105	0.64	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	128	0.77	0	108	0.66	0	0
	Independent candidates	186	1.13	0				0
Total		16,519	100.00	9	16,446	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		16,519	97.42		16,446	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		437	2.58		457	2.70
Total votes		16,956	100.00		16,903	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,767	56.96		29,767	56.78

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	11,325	63.96	9	11,272	63.87	4	13
	Democratic Alliance	4,127	23.31	1	4,073	23.08	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,496	8.45	0	1,508	8.54	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	371	2.10	0	359	2.03	0	0
	Congress of the People	197	1.11	0	341	1.93	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	101	0.57	0	96	0.54	0	0
	Independent candidates	88	0.50	0				0
Total		17,705	100.00	10	17,649	100.00	10	20

Valid votes		17,705	98.08		17,649	97.71
Invalid/blank votes		346	1.92		414	2.29
Total votes		18,051	100.00		18,063	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		32,259	55.96		32,259	55.99

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	7,154	53.57	8	7,374	54.07	2	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,265	16.96	1	2,287	16.77	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,177	16.30	0	2,220	16.28	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	631	4.72	0	606	4.44	1	1
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	444	3.32	0	446	3.27	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	204	1.53	0	233	1.71	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	148	1.11	0	140	1.03	0	0
	Independent candidates	190	1.42	0				0
	African Independent Congress				177	1.30	0	0
	Congress of the People	81	0.61	0	73	0.54	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	60	0.45	0	60	0.44	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	1	0.01	0	21	0.15	0	0
Total		13,355	100.00	9	13,637	100.00	9	18

Valid votes		13,355	96.94		13,637	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		421	3.06		431	3.06
Total votes		13,776	100.00		14,068	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,845	43.26		31,845	44.18

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
11 Sep 2024	7		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

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