KOPANONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY ELECTIONS

The Kopanong Local Municipality council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 eleven seats on the council.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	10	4	-	0	14
2006 election	11	2	-	1	14
2011 election	10	3	-	2	15
2016 election	11	3	1	0	15
2021 election	11	3	2	1	17

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	8,327	65.98	7	8,789	70.14	3	10
	Democratic Alliance	3,265	25.87	0	3,414	27.25	4	4
	Independent candidates	826	6.55	0				0
	Alliance 2000+	202	1.60	0	327	2.61	0	0
Total		12,620	100.00	7	12,530	100.00	7	14

Valid votes		12,620	96.97		12,530	96.36
Invalid/blank votes		394	3.03		473	3.64
Total votes		13,014	100.00		13,003	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,857	59.54		21,857	59.49

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	10,170	76.47	7	10,155	76.90	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,014	15.14	0	2,030	15.37	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	527	3.96	0	494	3.74	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	499	3.75	0	429	3.25	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	39	0.29	0	98	0.74	0	0
	Independent candidates	51	0.38	0				0
Total		13,300	100.00	7	13,206	100.00	7	14

Valid votes		13,300	98.15		13,206	98.32
Invalid/blank votes		251	1.85		225	1.68
Total votes		13,551	100.00		13,431	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,771	57.01		23,771	56.50

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	11,004	67.15	7	11,177	72.72	3	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,836	17.31	0	2,636	17.15	3	3
	Congress of the People	902	5.50	0	1,280	8.33	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,308	7.98	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	292	1.78	0	236	1.54	0	0
	United Residents Front	45	0.27	0	41	0.27	0	0
Total		16,387	100.00	8	15,370	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		16,387	98.03		15,370	92.14
Invalid/blank votes		329	1.97		1,312	7.86
Total votes		16,716	100.00		16,682	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,157	66.45		25,157	66.31

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	10,751	68.12	8	11,182	70.91	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,717	17.21	0	2,833	17.97	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	999	6.33	0	1,348	8.55	1	1
	Independent candidates	770	4.88	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	365	2.31	0	355	2.25	0	0
	Congress of the People	181	1.15	0				0
	United Residents Front				51	0.32	0	0
Total		15,783	100.00	8	15,769	100.00	7	15

Valid votes		15,783	97.94		15,769	97.85
Invalid/blank votes		332	2.06		346	2.15
Total votes		16,115	100.00		16,115	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,908	62.20		25,908	62.20

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	7,835	65.15	9	8,055	66.93	2	11
	Democratic Alliance	1,996	16.60	0	1,967	16.34	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,120	9.31	0	1,299	10.79	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	624	5.19	0	626	5.20	1	1
	Independent candidates	403	3.35	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	48	0.40	0	88	0.73	0	0
Total		12,026	100.00	9	12,035	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		12,026	97.91		12,035	97.45
Invalid/blank votes		257	2.09		315	2.55
Total votes		12,283	100.00		12,350	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,967	49.20		24,967	49.47

^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 20 November 2021.