The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards, while the remaining 107 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, no party won a majority of seats on the council.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ACDP ANC AZAPO COPE DA EFF FF+ IFP PAC Other Total 2000 election 3 86 0 — 54 — — 1 2 6 152 2002 floor-crossing 3 88 0 — 44 — — 1 2 14 152 2004 floor-crossing 2 93 0 — 47 — — 1 2 7 152 2006 election 3 87 1 — 47 — 7 1 2 4 152 2007 floor-crossing 3 87 1 — 47 — 7 2 1 4 152 2011 election 1 118 1 2 82 — 4 0 1 1 210 2016 election 1 89 0 1 93 25 4 0 1 0 214 2021 election 2 75 0 1 69 23 17 1 1 25 214
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
October 2002 floor crossing
In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats.
In the Tshwane council, seven councillors crossed from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA, one councillor crossed from the DA to the African National Congress (ANC), and two councillors left the DA to sit as independents. The two councillors of Vision 2000+ crossed to the Christian Democratic Party; the single United Democratic Movement councillor crossed to the United Christian Democratic Party; and one independent councillor joined the ANC.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 86 2 88 54 10 44 – 7 7 3 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 — 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
By-elections from October 2002 to August 2004 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 22 January 2003 40 19 March 2003 53 The former ward councillor was elected for the Democratic Alliance but had subsequently crossed the floor to the New National Party. 23 June 2004 1 44 69
September 2004 floor crossing Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004. Five councillors crossed from the NNP to the ANC, while the remaining NNP councillor crossed to the Freedom Front Plus. One councillor crossed from the African Christian Democratic Party to the Independent Democrats, one crossed from the Christian Democratic Party to the DA, and one crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the DA.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 88 5 93 45 2 47 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 — 1 1 — 1 1 6 6 0
By-elections from September 2004 to February 2006 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in September 2004 and the election in March 2006.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 26 January 2005 71 7 September 2005 48
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
By-elections from March 2006 to August 2007 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 15 November 2006 37
September 2007 floor crossing The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In the Tshwane council one councillor crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the African People's Convention, and one councillor crossed from the Independent Democrats to the Inkatha Freedom Party.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 87 0 87 47 0 47 7 0 7 3 0 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 — 1 1 1 1 0
By-elections from September 2007 to May 2011 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 28 November 2007 59 16 July 2008 55 10 December 2008 22 2 September 2009 76 5 May 2010 74
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election. The council was expanded from 152 to 210 members, partly as a consequence of the annexation of the former Metsweding District Municipality to the City of Tshwane.
By-elections from May 2011 to August 2016 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 7 September 2011 78 15 February 2012 28 80 7 November 2012 8 28 May 2014 27 58 13 August 2014 52 17 September 2014 88 19 August 2015 55 11 November 2015 16 20 January 2016 42
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 25 April 2018 47 5 September 2018 37 31 October 2018 9 12 December 2018 19 19 May 2021By-election was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3 9 24 26 30 44 58 88 92
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 4 May 2022 96 3 Aug 2022 105 5 Apr 2023 42 28 Jun 2023 83 8 Nov 2023 47 8 Nov 2023 64 24 Apr 2024 2 28 Aug 2024 92 23 Oct 2024 84 25 Jun 2025 56 9 Jul 2025 44 9 Jul 2025 98 1 Oct 2025 10 21 Jan 2026 57
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