The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 36 seats.

Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC AZAPO BPSA DA EFF MP Other Total 2006 election 45 4 — 5 — — 2 57 2011 election 41 1 — 4 — 12 2 60 2016 election 41 0 3 5 10 1 1 61 2021 election 36 0 2 4 14 2 3 61

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.

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 11 Dec 2024 30

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