# Mbombela Local Municipality elections

The Mbombela Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was formed in 2016 after the merger of the Umjindi Local Municipality and the former Mbombela municipality. The council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining twenty 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 fifty-nine seats.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | FF+ | Other | Total |
| 2016 election | 69 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| 2021 election | 59 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 90 |

## 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 | 142,226 | 76.14 | 41 | 142,127 | 76.27 | 28 | 69 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 26,008 | 13.92 | 4 | 25,913 | 13.91 | 9 | 13 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 12,414 | 6.65 | 0 | 12,807 | 6.87 | 6 | 6 |
| | Residence Association of South Africa | 2,132 | 1.14 | 0 | 2,177 | 1.17 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 1,593 | 0.85 | 0 | 1,442 | 0.77 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 688 | 0.37 | 0 | 719 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,093 | 0.59 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 318 | 0.17 | 0 | 754 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 312 | 0.17 | 0 | 250 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | | | | 163 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 186,784 | 100.00 | 45 | 186,352 | 100.00 | 45 | 90 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 186,784 | 98.85 | | 186,352 | 98.83 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,180 | 1.15 | | 2,207 | 1.17 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 188,964 | 100.00 | | 188,559 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 316,905 | 59.63 | | 316,905 | 59.50 | | |

## November 2021 election

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 | 82,923 | 64.50 | 41 | 84,658 | 65.92 | 18 | 59 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 18,780 | 14.61 | 0 | 18,948 | 14.76 | 14 | 14 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 17,386 | 13.52 | 4 | 17,406 | 13.55 | 8 | 12 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 4,221 | 3.28 | 0 | 4,137 | 3.22 | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,596 | 2.02 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 1,101 | 0.86 | 0 | 1,141 | 0.89 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 947 | 0.74 | 0 | 1,001 | 0.78 | 1 | 1 |
| | African People's Convention | 455 | 0.35 | 0 | 336 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Independent Movement | 92 | 0.07 | 0 | 232 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 33 | 0.03 | 0 | 262 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 27 | 0.02 | 0 | 218 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | Spectrum National Party | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 78 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 128,563 | 100.00 | 45 | 128,417 | 100.00 | 45 | 90 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 128,563 | 98.73 | | 128,417 | 98.58 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,655 | 1.27 | | 1,844 | 1.42 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 130,218 | 100.00 | | 130,261 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 318,116 | 40.93 | | 318,116 | 40.95 | | |