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Bela-Bela Local Municipality elections

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The Bela-Bela Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 ten seats.

Results

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The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

March 2006 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[1]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress8,53777.0878,60077.30512
Democratic Alliance1,34812.1711,52013.6612
Onafhanklike Munisipale Kiesersforum7006.3205254.7211
African Christian Democratic Party1871.6902021.8200
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania1791.6201441.2900
United Democratic Movement1251.1301341.2000
Total11,076100.00811,125100.00715
Valid votes11,07697.8111,12598.23
Invalid/blank votes2482.192001.77
Total votes11,324100.0011,325100.00
Registered voters/turnout25,15245.0225,15245.03

May 2011 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[2]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress10,61064.16711,81674.85512
Democratic Alliance3,66822.1813,75923.8134
Independent candidates1,94111.7411
Congress of the People1851.1200
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania510.3101300.8200
African Christian Democratic Party810.490820.5200
Total16,536100.00915,787100.00817
Valid votes16,53698.0415,78795.05
Invalid/blank votes3311.968234.95
Total votes16,867100.0016,610100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,32959.5428,32958.63

August 2016 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[3]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress8,41051.2578,50951.7929
Democratic Alliance4,46127.1824,47127.2135
Economic Freedom Fighters2,12112.9202,16813.2022
Bushbuckridge Residents Association9285.6509405.7211
Independent candidates2111.2900
Ubuntu Party850.520940.5700
Congress of the People880.540700.4300
South African Christian Movement390.240820.5000
African Christian Democratic Party250.150600.3700
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania430.260350.2100
Total16,411100.00916,429100.00817
Valid votes16,41198.1916,42998.13
Invalid/blank votes3031.813131.87
Total votes16,714100.0016,742100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,21255.3230,21255.42

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
17 July 2018 8 Democratic Alliance African National Congress

In a by-election held on 17 July 2018, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by an ANC candidate.[4] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party Ward PR list Total
African National Congress 8 2 10
DA 1 3 4
Economic Freedom Fighters 0 2 2
Bushbuckridge Residents Association 0 1 1
Total 9 8 17

November 2021 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress8,47054.8188,73056.84210
Democratic Alliance2,66617.2512,69117.5223
Economic Freedom Fighters1,63310.5701,86012.1122
Freedom Front Plus1,0997.1101,1327.3711
Better Residents Association3932.5403632.3611
Independent candidates6274.0600
African People's Movement3122.0202411.5700
Belabela Community Revolution940.6101130.7400
African People's Convention780.5001100.7200
Congress of the People600.390630.4100
African Transformation Movement220.140310.2000
Democratic Artists Party240.1600
Total15,454100.00915,358100.00817
Valid votes15,45498.7315,35898.17
Invalid/blank votes1991.272871.83
Total votes15,653100.0015,645100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,26750.0631,26750.04

By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
16 November 2022 7[6] Democratic Alliance Freedom Front Plus

In ward 7, a by-election was held after the previous DA councillor resigned. The DA's support dropped from 60% in 2021 to 34%, with the Freedom Front Plus taking the ward, increasing their share from 28% to 57%[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Bela-Bela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Bela-Bela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Bela-Bela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  4. ^ "ANC wins Bela-Bela local municipality by-election". The Citizen. 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Bela-Bela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ^ "FF+ Wins Bela-Bela ward 1 off the DA". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. ^ Sussman, Wayne (2022-11-17). "NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: Sizzling upset – FF+ at fever pitch in the hot springs of Bela-Bela". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2022-11-17.