# Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality elections

The Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council.
In the 2021 election the ANC lost its majority, although it still won the most seats, and was unseated by a coalition led by the MAP16 Civic Movement.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | AIC | ANC | DA | DP | EFF | IFP | PAC | Other |
| 2000 election | - | 51 | 3 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 election | - | 55 | 2 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 election | - | 52 | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 election | 1 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | 3 |
| 2021 election | 1 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | 26 |

## December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 49,473 | 73.89 | 33 | 49,984 | 74.76 | 18 | 51 |
| | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa | 9,031 | 13.49 | 0 | 10,206 | 15.26 | 10 | 10 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,987 | 4.46 | 1 | 3,381 | 5.06 | 2 | 3 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,259 | 1.88 | 0 | 1,134 | 1.70 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,136 | 3.19 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 722 | 1.08 | 0 | 937 | 1.40 | 1 | 1 |
| | United Democratic Movement | 939 | 1.40 | 0 | 630 | 0.94 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 407 | 0.61 | 0 | 589 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 66,954 | 100.00 | 34 | 66,861 | 100.00 | 33 | 67 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 66,954 | 97.28 | | 66,861 | 97.49 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,869 | 2.72 | | 1,724 | 2.51 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 68,823 | 100.00 | | 68,585 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 156,482 | 43.98 | | 156,482 | 43.83 | | |

## March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 62,713 | 80.31 | 33 | 62,826 | 80.41 | 22 | 55 |
| | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa | 7,885 | 10.10 | 0 | 8,631 | 11.05 | 7 | 7 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,963 | 3.79 | 1 | 2,657 | 3.40 | 1 | 2 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 815 | 1.04 | 0 | 1,035 | 1.32 | 1 | 1 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 779 | 1.00 | 0 | 989 | 1.27 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,607 | 2.06 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 588 | 0.75 | 0 | 682 | 0.87 | 1 | 1 |
| | Azanian People's Organisation | 544 | 0.70 | 0 | 703 | 0.90 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 198 | 0.25 | 0 | 611 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 78,092 | 100.00 | 34 | 78,134 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 78,092 | 97.47 | | 78,134 | 97.49 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,029 | 2.53 | | 2,010 | 2.51 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 80,121 | 100.00 | | 80,144 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 168,286 | 47.61 | | 168,286 | 47.62 | | |

## May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 67,914 | 74.99 | 35 | 68,764 | 75.47 | 17 | 52 |
| | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa | 13,106 | 14.47 | 0 | 12,629 | 13.86 | 10 | 10 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 5,910 | 6.53 | 0 | 5,433 | 5.96 | 4 | 4 |
| | Congress of the People | 593 | 0.65 | 0 | 1,431 | 1.57 | 1 | 1 |
| | African People's Convention | 390 | 0.43 | 0 | 835 | 0.92 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 536 | 0.59 | 0 | 495 | 0.54 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 670 | 0.74 | 0 | 193 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 335 | 0.37 | 0 | 441 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 271 | 0.30 | 0 | 485 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 567 | 0.63 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 122 | 0.13 | 0 | 323 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Residents Front | 155 | 0.17 | 0 | 84 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 90,569 | 100.00 | 35 | 91,113 | 100.00 | 34 | 69 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 90,569 | 97.67 | | 91,113 | 98.12 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,165 | 2.33 | | 1,747 | 1.88 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 92,734 | 100.00 | | 92,860 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 176,579 | 52.52 | | 176,579 | 52.59 | | |

## August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 65,118 | 68.15 | 35 | 63,428 | 66.64 | 12 | 47 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 11,774 | 12.32 | 0 | 11,941 | 12.55 | 9 | 9 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 7,158 | 7.49 | 0 | 7,258 | 7.63 | 5 | 5 |
| | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa | 4,851 | 5.08 | 0 | 5,228 | 5.49 | 4 | 4 |
| | All Unemployment Labour Alliance | 3,416 | 3.57 | 0 | 2,638 | 2.77 | 2 | 2 |
| | African Independent Congress | 689 | 0.72 | 0 | 2,620 | 2.75 | 1 | 1 |
| | African People's Convention | 444 | 0.46 | 0 | 637 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 487 | 0.51 | 0 | 491 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 380 | 0.40 | 0 | 278 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 286 | 0.30 | 0 | 294 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 473 | 0.50 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African People's Socialist Party | 175 | 0.18 | 0 | 193 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 241 | 0.25 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | United Residents Front | 63 | 0.07 | 0 | 168 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 95,555 | 100.00 | 35 | 95,174 | 100.00 | 34 | 69 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 95,555 | 97.84 | | 95,174 | 97.49 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,106 | 2.16 | | 2,454 | 2.51 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 97,661 | 100.00 | | 97,628 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 185,843 | 52.55 | | 185,843 | 52.53 | | |

## November 2021 election

The 2021 election saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for the first time. Although it still finished with the most seats, a rival grouping led by the MAP16 Civic Movement, founded by a group of ANC councillors who had been expelled for voting to unseat the ANC mayor, who was facing corruption charges, formed a coalition to take control. Maluti-a-Phofung became the first local municipality in the Free State not to be governed by the ANC.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 30,800 | 38.58 | 21 | 31,803 | 39.82 | 7 | 28 |
| | MAP16 Civic Movement | 22,970 | 28.77 | 13 | 22,627 | 28.33 | 7 | 20 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 7,678 | 9.62 | 0 | 8,043 | 10.07 | 7 | 7 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 5,595 | 7.01 | 1 | 5,901 | 7.39 | 4 | 5 |
| | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa | 3,131 | 3.92 | 0 | 3,760 | 4.71 | 3 | 3 |
| | African Content Movement | 1,679 | 2.10 | 0 | 1,544 | 1.93 | 2 | 2 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 1,375 | 1.72 | 0 | 1,388 | 1.74 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,411 | 3.02 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Independent Congress | 1,096 | 1.37 | 0 | 978 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 523 | 0.66 | 0 | 484 | 0.61 | 1 | 1 |
| | South African Royal Kingdoms Organization | 448 | 0.56 | 0 | 480 | 0.60 | 1 | 1 |
| | All Unemployment Labour Alliance | 339 | 0.42 | 0 | 534 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ikemeleng Free State | 390 | 0.49 | 0 | 431 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 396 | 0.50 | 0 | 339 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 335 | 0.42 | 0 | 388 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 67 | 0.08 | 0 | 369 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 |
| | Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats | 234 | 0.29 | 0 | 172 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| | Agency for New Agenda | 109 | 0.14 | 0 | 190 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 98 | 0.12 | 0 | 154 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| | Disability and Older Person Political Party | 122 | 0.15 | 0 | 107 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 48 | 0.06 | 0 | 173 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 79,844 | 100.00 | 35 | 79,865 | 100.00 | 35 | 70 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 79,844 | 98.04 | | 79,865 | 98.00 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,600 | 1.96 | | 1,633 | 2.00 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 81,444 | 100.00 | | 81,498 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 175,983 | 46.28 | | 175,983 | 46.31 | | |