The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards, while the remaining 107 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, no party won a majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| Event | ACDP | ANC | AZAPO | COPE | DA | EFF | FF+ | IFP | PAC | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 election | 3 | 86 | 0 | — | 54 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 152 |
| 2002 floor-crossing | 3 | 88 | 0 | — | 44 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 152 |
| 2004 floor-crossing | 2 | 93 | 0 | — | 47 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 152 |
| 2006 election | 3 | 87 | 1 | — | 47 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 152 |
| 2007 floor-crossing | 3 | 87 | 1 | — | 47 | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 152 |
| 2011 election | 1 | 118 | 1 | 2 | 82 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 210 |
| 2016 election | 1 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 |
| 2021 election | 2 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 214 |
See main article: 2000 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[1] [2]
See also: Floor crossing (South Africa). 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 Tshwane council, seven councillors crossed from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA, one councillor crossed from the DA to the African National Congress (ANC), and two councillors left the DA to sit as independents. The two councillors of Vision 2000+ crossed to the Christian Democratic Party; the single United Democratic Movement councillor crossed to the United Christian Democratic Party; and one independent councillor joined the ANC.[3]
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 2 | 88 | ||
| 54 | 10 | 44 | ||
| – | 7 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| — | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.[4]
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January 2003 | 40 | ||||
| 19 March 2003 | 53 | [5] | |||
| 23 June 2004 | 1 | ||||
| 44 | |||||
| 69 | |||||
Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004. Five councillors crossed from the NNP to the ANC, while the remaining NNP councillor crossed to the Freedom Front Plus. One councillor crossed from the African Christian Democratic Party to the Independent Democrats, one crossed from the Christian Democratic Party to the DA, and one crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the DA.[6]
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 5 | 93 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 47 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in September 2004 and the election in March 2006.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 2005 | 71 | ||||
| 7 September 2005 | 48 | ||||
See main article: 2006 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[7] [8]
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.
The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In the Tshwane council one councillor crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the African People's Convention, and one councillor crossed from the Independent Democrats to the Inkatha Freedom Party.[9]
| Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 0 | 87 | ||
| 47 | 0 | 47 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 November 2007 | 59 | ||||
| 16 July 2008 | 55 | ||||
| 10 December 2008 | 22 | ||||
| 2 September 2009 | 76 | ||||
| 5 May 2010 | 74 | ||||
See main article: 2011 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[10] [11] The council was expanded from 152 to 210 members, partly as a consequence of the annexation of the former Metsweding District Municipality to the City of Tshwane.
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | 78 | ||||
| 15 February 2012 | 28 | ||||
| 80 | |||||
| 7 November 2012 | 8 | ||||
| 28 May 2014 | 27 | ||||
| 58 | |||||
| 13 August 2014 | 52 | ||||
| 17 September 2014 | 88 | ||||
| 19 August 2015 | 55 | ||||
| 11 November 2015 | 16 | ||||
| 20 January 2016 | 42 | ||||
See main article: 2016 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[12] [13]
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | 47 | ||||
| 5 September 2018 | 37 | ||||
| 31 October 2018 | 9 | ||||
| 12 December 2018 | 19 | ||||
| 19 May 2021[14] | 3 | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 26 | |||||
| 30 | |||||
| 44 | |||||
| 58 | |||||
| 88 | |||||
| 92 | |||||
See main article: 2021 South African municipal elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[15] [16]
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2022 | 79900096 | ||||
| 3 Aug 2022 | 105 | ||||
| 5 Apr 2023[17] | 79900042 | ||||
| 28 Jun 2023[18] | 83 | ||||
| 8 Nov 2023[19] | 47 | ||||
| 8 Nov 2023 | 64 | ||||
| 24 April 2024[20] | 2 | ||||