The Emfuleni Local Municipality 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 forty-five 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) lost their majority of seats on the council for the first time.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC COPE DA EFF FF+ PAC Other Total 2000 election 62 - 18 - 1 2 2 85 2006 election 65 - 15 - 1 3 1 85 2011 election 64 1 21 - 1 1 1 89 2016 election 50 1 22 11 2 1 3 90 2021 election 38 0 24 14 6 2 6 90
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
Following the loss of its outright majority, the ANC governs in coalition with the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), the Community Solidarity Association (CSA), as well as the Patriotic Alliance (PA), New Horizon Movement and the VAAL party.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 13 Mar 2024 16 23 Jul 2025 35 27 May 2026 28
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