The council of the Ikwezi Local Municipality was elected in 2000, 2006 and 2011. The first two elections were conducted by a system of party-list proportional representation, while the 2011 election used mixed-member proportional representation. In 2016 the Ikwezi Local Municipality was merged with two others to create the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality; for election results in the merged municipality see Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality elections.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC DA JKA Other Total 2000 election 3 — 2 — 5 2002 floor-crossing 3 — 1 1 5 2004 floor-crossing 4 — 1 0 5 2006 election 3 1 1 — 5 2011 election 5 2 — 0 7
2000 elections
The Ikwezi Local Municipality was created in 2000, replacing the transitional local councils of Willowmore and Steytlerville. The council consisted of five members; the ANC obtained a majority of three.
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 Ikwezi council, one councillor crossed from the "Jansenville Klipplaat Alliansie" to the New National Party (NNP).
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 3 0 3 2 1 1 – 1 1
September 2004 floor crossing Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004, in which the NNP councillor crossed to the ANC.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0
2006 elections
The ANC obtained a majority of three out of the five members.
2011 elections
At the time of this election the council was expanded to seven members, and the municipality was demarcated into four wards. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting from the wards, while the other three were appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. The ANC obtained a majority of five members.
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