Bushbuckridge Local Municipality elections explained

The Bushbuckridge Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of seventy-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-eight wards, while the remaining thirty-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 fifty-three seats.

Results

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	APC	BRA	DA	EFF	PAC	Other	Total
2006 election	1	57	—	—	2	—	5	3	68
2011 election	1	55	3	7	3	—	1	4	74
2016 election	0	53	2	14	3	4	—	0	76
2021 election	0	53	2	2	2	8	—	9	76

March 2006 election

See main article: 2006 South African municipal elections.

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

May 2011 election

See main article: 2011 South African municipal elections.

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

August 2016 election

See main article: 2016 South African municipal elections.

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

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021

In December 2020, the Better Residents Association (formerly the Bushbuckridge Residents Association) lost 3 of its 14 seats in the municipality after it expelled three of its ward councillors, and did not contest the resulting by-elections.^[4]

November 2021 election

See main article: 2021 South African municipal elections.

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

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021.^[6]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
31 August 2022^[7]	13
31 January 2024^[8]	3

In ward 13, the ANC candidate died, and in the by-election held on 31 August 2022, the ANC candidate retained the seat by 21 votes over the EFF.

In ward 3, sitting candidate Lot Nkuna was assassinated. The ANC candidate retained the seat for the party.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Bushbuckridge . 2022-09-01 . wikitable.frith.dev.
2. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Bushbuckridge . 2022-09-01 . wikitable.frith.dev.
3. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Bushbuckridge . 2022-09-01 . wikitable.frith.dev.
4. Web site: Sussman . Wayne . 2020-12-10 . BY-ELECTIONS OUTCOME: Christmas comes early for the ANC in Oudtshoorn and Bushbuckridge, but it loses a seat to a new party in the Overberg . 2020-12-24 . Daily Maverick . en.
5. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Bushbuckridge . 2022-09-01 . wikitable.frith.dev.
6. Web site: Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa.
7. Web site: Sussman . Wayne . 2022-09-01 . AUGUST BY-ELECTIONS: EFF edges closer but ANC retains seat in tricky Mpumalanga test . 2022-09-01 . Daily Maverick . en.
8. Web site: Sussman . Wayne . 2024-02-01 . ANC shakes off EFF challenge in Bushbuckridge by-election . 2024-02-01 . Daily Maverick . en.