JB Marks Local Municipality elections

The JB Marks Local Municipality council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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) narrowly lost their majority, winning thirty-three seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2016 election	34	22	5	4	2	67
2021 election	33	17	6	9	2	67

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	33,420	51.02	24	33,269	50.71	10	34
	Democratic Alliance	21,009	32.07	10	21,222	32.35	12	22
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,927	7.52	0	4,885	7.45	5	5
	Freedom Front Plus	3,586	5.47	0	3,471	5.29	4	4
	Independent Councillors	2,101	3.21	0	2,036	3.10	2	2
	Congress of the People	21	0.03	0	574	0.87	0	0
	Independent candidates	396	0.60	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	44	0.07	0	151	0.23	0	0
Total		65,504	100.00	34	65,608	100.00	33	67

Valid votes		65,504	98.25		65,608	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		1,169	1.75		1,374	2.05
Total votes		66,673	100.00		66,982	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		116,321	57.32		116,321	57.58

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	24,702	48.29	24	24,209	47.72	9	33
	Democratic Alliance	12,950	25.31	9	12,887	25.40	8	17
	Freedom Front Plus	6,910	13.51	1	6,890	13.58	8	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,555	8.90	0	4,645	9.16	6	6
	Patriotic Alliance	1,068	2.09	0	1,321	2.60	2	2
	Independent candidates	450	0.88	0				0
	Black First Land First	228	0.45	0	200	0.39	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	179	0.35	0	161	0.32	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	38	0.07	0	292	0.58	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	76	0.15	0	128	0.25	0	0
Total		51,156	100.00	34	50,733	100.00	33	67

Valid votes		51,156	98.06		50,733	97.81
Invalid/blank votes		1,013	1.94		1,136	2.19
Total votes		52,169	100.00		51,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		113,218	46.08		113,218	45.81

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

This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 19:26