Moses Kotane Local Municipality elections

The Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in the North West Province in South Africa. The council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-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 forty-six seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	AIC	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	UCDP	Other	Total
2000 election	—	—	46	—	—	—	11	3	60
2006 election	1	—	49	—	1	—	6	3	60
2011 election	1	—	49	4	3	—	3	2	62
2016 election	0	1	45	1	4	15	1	1	68
2021 election	1	1	46	—	2	13	1	5	69

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	30,748	75.40	29	31,960	77.75	17	46
	United Christian Democratic Party	7,661	18.79	0	7,962	19.37	11	11
	United Democratic Movement	1,105	2.71	0	1,184	2.88	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,268	3.11	1				1
Total		40,782	100.00	30	41,106	100.00	30	60

Valid votes		40,782	96.14		41,106	96.93
Invalid/blank votes		1,638	3.86		1,300	3.07
Total votes		42,420	100.00		42,406	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		104,112	40.74		104,112	40.73

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	42,077	76.81	28	44,805	82.05	21	49
	United Christian Democratic Party	5,118	9.34	0	5,574	10.21	6	6
	Independent candidates	5,607	10.24	2				2
	Independent Democrats	410	0.75	0	1,860	3.41	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	905	1.65	0	1,095	2.01	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	464	0.85	0	873	1.60	1	1
	People's Progressive Party	197	0.36	0	402	0.74	0	0
Total		54,778	100.00	30	54,609	100.00	30	60

Valid votes		54,778	97.76		54,609	96.52
Invalid/blank votes		1,255	2.24		1,968	3.48
Total votes		56,033	100.00		56,577	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		118,626	47.24		118,626	47.69

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	44,381	74.49	29	47,187	81.02	20	49
	Congress of the People	3,162	5.31	0	3,653	6.27	4	4
	United Christian Democratic Party	3,354	5.63	0	3,027	5.20	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,574	4.32	0	2,862	4.91	3	3
	Independent candidates	5,088	8.54	2				2
	African Christian Democratic Party	928	1.56	0	733	1.26	1	1
	African People's Convention	96	0.16	0	779	1.34	0	0
Total		59,583	100.00	31	58,241	100.00	31	62

Valid votes		59,583	97.23		58,241	96.58
Invalid/blank votes		1,696	2.77		2,062	3.42
Total votes		61,279	100.00		60,303	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		120,689	50.77		120,689	49.97

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	42,649	66.92	34	40,700	64.53	11	45
	Economic Freedom Fighters	12,945	20.31	0	13,670	21.67	15	15
	Democratic Alliance	3,324	5.22	0	3,189	5.06	4	4
	African Independent Congress				2,643	4.19	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,236	3.51	0				0
	Congress of the People	1,097	1.72	0	1,068	1.69	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	798	1.25	0	921	1.46	1	1
	African People's Convention	525	0.82	0	501	0.79	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	159	0.25	0	140	0.22	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party				244	0.39	0	0
Total		63,733	100.00	34	63,076	100.00	34	68

Valid votes		63,733	97.38		63,076	96.97
Invalid/blank votes		1,715	2.62		1,971	3.03
Total votes		65,448	100.00		65,047	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		126,321	51.81		126,321	51.49

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	30,633	62.59	35	31,327	66.18	11	46
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,719	17.81	0	9,024	19.06	13	13
	Independent candidates	3,109	6.35	0				0
	Tsogang Civic Movement	907	1.85	0	1,066	2.25	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	999	2.04	0	921	1.95	2	2
	Forum for Service Delivery	888	1.81	0	768	1.62	1	1
	Independents for Communities	648	1.32	0	990	2.09	1	1
	African Independent Congress	745	1.52	0	861	1.82	1	1
	Bana Ba Thari	560	1.14	0	578	1.22	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	495	1.01	0	575	1.21	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	316	0.65	0	323	0.68	1	1
	African People's Convention	345	0.70	0	183	0.39	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	186	0.38	0	171	0.36	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	198	0.40	0	136	0.29	0	0
	Congress of the People	99	0.20	0	175	0.37	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	73	0.15	0	142	0.30	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	22	0.04	0	93	0.20	0	0
Total		48,942	100.00	35	47,333	100.00	34	69

Valid votes		48,942	97.93		47,333	97.83
Invalid/blank votes		1,033	2.07		1,051	2.17
Total votes		49,975	100.00		48,384	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		122,553	40.78		122,553	39.48

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