# Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality elections

The Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of thirty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Sixteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in sixteen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 19 seats.

## Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ANC | DA | EFF | FF+ | PAC | Other | Total |
| 2006 election | 24 | 2 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 2011 election | 23 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 32 |
| 2016 election | 20 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 2021 election | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 |

## 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 | 20,779 | 87.04 | 14 | 20,865 | 87.21 | 10 | 24 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,708 | 7.15 | 0 | 1,592 | 6.65 | 2 | 2 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 675 | 2.83 | 0 | 634 | 2.65 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 330 | 1.38 | 0 | 235 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 |
| | Azanian People's Organisation | 245 | 1.03 | 0 | 254 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Independent Front | 137 | 0.57 | 0 | 346 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 23,874 | 100.00 | 14 | 23,926 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 23,874 | 97.72 | | 23,926 | 97.77 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 556 | 2.28 | | 546 | 2.23 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 24,430 | 100.00 | | 24,472 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 51,936 | 47.04 | | 51,936 | 47.12 | | |

## 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 | 17,424 | 65.93 | 14 | 18,981 | 73.76 | 9 | 23 |
| | Mpumalanga Party | 2,325 | 8.80 | 0 | 2,837 | 11.02 | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 3,819 | 14.45 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,603 | 6.07 | 0 | 1,742 | 6.77 | 2 | 2 |
| | Congress of the People | 571 | 2.16 | 0 | 923 | 3.59 | 1 | 1 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 407 | 1.54 | 0 | 449 | 1.74 | 1 | 1 |
| | Azanian People's Organisation | 188 | 0.71 | 0 | 635 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 |
| | South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 92 | 0.35 | 0 | 167 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 26,429 | 100.00 | 16 | 25,734 | 100.00 | 16 | 32 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 26,429 | 97.05 | | 25,734 | 94.40 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 804 | 2.95 | | 1,528 | 5.60 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 27,233 | 100.00 | | 27,262 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 54,570 | 49.90 | | 54,570 | 49.96 | | |

## 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 | 16,053 | 57.28 | 14 | 17,452 | 64.80 | 6 | 20 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,924 | 17.57 | 0 | 5,614 | 20.84 | 7 | 7 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,785 | 6.37 | 1 | 2,067 | 7.67 | 2 | 3 |
| | Independent candidates | 3,783 | 13.50 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 342 | 1.22 | 0 | 319 | 1.18 | 1 | 1 |
| | United Christian Democratic Party | 185 | 0.66 | 0 | 208 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 120 | 0.43 | 0 | 252 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 |
| | South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 166 | 0.59 | 0 | 192 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 |
| | Mpumalanga Party | 128 | 0.46 | 0 | 173 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 119 | 0.42 | 0 | 154 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bolsheviks Party of South Africa | 114 | 0.41 | 0 | 140 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Green Coalition | 94 | 0.34 | 0 | 79 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 67 | 0.24 | 0 | 98 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans | 37 | 0.13 | 0 | 79 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Socialist Party | 39 | 0.14 | 0 | 51 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan African Socialist Movement of Azania | 26 | 0.09 | 0 | 55 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 42 | 0.15 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Total | Total | 28,024 | 100.00 | 16 | 26,933 | 100.00 | 16 | 32 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 28,024 | 98.22 | | 26,933 | 94.60 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 507 | 1.78 | | 1,538 | 5.40 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 28,531 | 100.00 | | 28,471 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 56,934 | 50.11 | | 56,934 | 50.01 | | |

## 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 | 14,546 | 57.15 | 13 | 15,967 | 64.29 | 6 | 19 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,851 | 19.06 | 0 | 5,374 | 21.64 | 7 | 7 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,947 | 11.58 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 1,237 | 4.86 | 1 | 1,339 | 5.39 | 1 | 2 |
| | Bolsheviks Party of South Africa | 389 | 1.53 | 0 | 399 | 1.61 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 382 | 1.50 | 0 | 373 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 |
| | Forum for Service Delivery | 222 | 0.87 | 0 | 271 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 192 | 0.75 | 0 | 198 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans | 156 | 0.61 | 0 | 154 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 120 | 0.47 | 0 | 130 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | Magoshi Swaranang Movement | 97 | 0.38 | 0 | 105 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 66 | 0.26 | 0 | 89 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 80 | 0.31 | 0 | 67 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
| | International Revelation Congress | 24 | 0.09 | 0 | 116 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 |
| | Mpumalanga Party | 52 | 0.20 | 0 | 80 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Artists Party | 28 | 0.11 | 0 | 44 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Defenders of the People | 26 | 0.10 | 0 | 33 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Socialist Party | 15 | 0.06 | 0 | 38 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| | Azanian People's Organisation | 5 | 0.02 | 0 | 42 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Christian Democratic Party | 17 | 0.07 | 0 | 15 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 25,452 | 100.00 | 16 | 24,834 | 100.00 | 16 | 32 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,452 | 98.46 | | 24,834 | 96.12 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 399 | 1.54 | | 1,002 | 3.88 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 25,851 | 100.00 | | 25,836 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 58,432 | 44.24 | | 58,432 | 44.22 | | |

### By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 8 Nov 2023 | 1 | | African National Congress | | African National Congress |